Probably had the seam on the bottom of the epaullets showing.

I don't see what's so hard about iorning your shirt and pants and running a bottle of shoe cleaner/polish across your shoes every once in a while. Then again, it can be quite an adventure when you're 22 years old and have never used an iorn or polished a pair of shoes. I sure as hell didn't do it very often before I had to wear the monkey suit.