Petition: New SAF Uniform Design
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Dear all, I'm an army wife and my husband is a SAF regular army officer.
One of the many primary reasons I married my husband is because of his dashing uniform. We were fixed up by someone we knew mutually and had many email conversations over a month before we met. He sent me a picture of him in his no.4 uniform and immediately, I fell in love with the way he looks in it (i didn't say i fell for him immediately). I felt myself swooning.
When we began dating, he invited me once to a parade in his camp and when I saw him in person in his no.4 uniform, I was sure and told myself I will make this man my husband. The whole get-up made my knees weak. On our wedding, he wore his no.1.
Anyway, I was horrified to find out that SAF was going to change the no. 4 uniform. What was worse is that the new uniform is unspeakably ugly. It looks like pyjamas and the camo print is hideous. The colours are gross too, with a lot of brown, very weird, looks like crap. The colors of the current one are perfect and manly. And the camo print of this current one is perfect too. The cut, lapels, badges, collar, cutting are perfect.
I don't understand why they would change such a nice and flattering uniform. The current SAF army no.4 is the nicest and smartest and manliest army combat uniform throughout all the armies in the world.
I would like to ask if wives are asked for their opinions before this change was decided? Who decided this? As wives of our regular soldiers, we are in close contact with the uniforms as much as the soldiers are. And it is also a large part of our lives.
I fell for my husband because of the dashing and manly no.4 uniform. Many many other army wives believe that uniform is extremely flattering and sexy.
Can we seek some explanation or redress in some way? :(
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............ u fell in love with ur hubbie cos he wore the uniform ?
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This is funny.
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I smell a troll.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I smell a troll.
I'm not a troll. This is true. There are MANY women who are wives of soldiers who either love the uniform or fell for their husbands partially for it. (I can vouch for this as a member of officers' wives club and yes we do talk). I did not say I only fell for him cos of the uniform. Afterall he's not the only SAF army officer in Singapore right? But it's one of many reasons i decided on his eligibility. I said I fell for him (physically attracted and turned on) when i saw him in his fatigues.
Please don't tell me none of you care about physical attractiveness when you meet someone. That's ridiculous.
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Freaking "Zi fu you huo"
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Oh well, but you did know him well enough to know that you won't change your feelings just because he changed his uniform right? I mean, its not his fault.
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so u love the uniform more than ur hubby?
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Originally posted by Super.pray:
You husband's "ugly" uniform help keeps him stealthy in the battlefield.
Grow a brain woman, use the divine power!
Err, 5 dollars, I can't think of any singaporeans who will pay. -
one of the best excuses why we shouldn't change uniforms.an email to the gahmen could solve the problem... provided they dont fall of their chairs laughing their head off.
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Originally posted by Man!x:
one of the best excuses why we shouldn't change uniforms.an email to the powers may be could solve the problem... provided they dont fall of their chairs laughing their head off.
Nah, when we go to war, just print it out on pamphlets and air-drop them on enemy soldiers.
With any luck, they'll simply laugh themselves to death.
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army wife i think u n ur fan clubs have an unhealthy obsession.
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marry an indonesian or malaysian regular then.
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Does your husband wear the no.4 to do you in bed?
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Write to the defence minister and threaten him that marriage rates will go down due to the new ugly uniform.
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Originally posted by Plastic Bag:
Does your husband wear the no.4 to do you in bed?
sbo, helmet, boots and dont forget id tag..
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Originally posted by Midlusionz:
Freaking "Zi fu you huo"
I'm sorry my Chinese is not strong. Can a kind soul please translate this in English for me?
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it means uniform trouble
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Lemme guess - your husband wore a No 4 at your wedding?
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ok TS madly in love with army uniform.
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Let me guess...
Whose clone are you?
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Please go easy on TS. TS needs to wait 5 minutes before posting.
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okay.. you got me paralysed with laughter...
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Originally posted by Man!x:
one of the best excuses why we shouldn't change uniforms.an email to the gahmen could solve the problem... provided they dont fall of their chairs laughing their head off.
Ok now I have a better idea of the kind of 'reception' i will get if I raise the issue casually to the wife or an officer of general level or to officer themselves, something i considered seriously. This matter is so frivolous and funny to you? It's not to me.
None of you are regulars I believe? It's one thing to wear something hideous for 2 yrs, but another thing to know you'll be wearing it everyday until you're 45. And as wives, we have to see the new ugly uniforms on our husband everyday. Its so ugly really.. I think the enemies will laugh their heads off when they see our soldiers on the battlefield..
The manly one now is already very stealthy and is a very good camo. We will not be doing many urban ops. When war breaks out, it will primarily be fought in the jungle. Also, the landscape and fighting zone of our enemies are all jungle. That is why we have only 1 unit doing FIBUA compared to 5 infantry units specialising in jungle combat. And with the new digital print uniform, does SAF expect its soldiers to draw digital patterns on face too?
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Can you ask your husband to explain to you the usage and function of the digital camo? before we take turns to bombard you. quick. go.