Perhaps that's because you never sported them? No offense taken but there are about 10,000 of us (slats excluded) who love what the thin stripes used to mean and will miss them. uCAL is doing all they can to kill the Esprit de Corps we used to enjoy. From what I have read, all input from the LUAL uniform peeps was summarily ignored. This is the yet another example of their quest.

I think the wide stripes are a big negative. A big fat PNS car, huge watch, gold negative. But to keep the bonhomie up, I will opine that I'm optimistic that this is el Hefe's last summer on the payrolll.

Just my opin, but these uniforms are crap. As Merle said, "I think I'll just stay here and drink."