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09-13-2004, 08:49 AM
New SOKOR Uniform
The South Korea Army is pushing to change its 24-year-old uniforms to be more comfortable and better-suited to the demands of modern combat operations, army officers said on Sunday (August 22).
The Army presented tentative designs of a new set of battle dress fatigues, clothes for indoor duties and class-A uniforms, which will be “less heavy and neater in fashion.”
There have been constant requests to alter the Army’s dress-code, which follows the designs of the Japanese and U.S. armies. The Japanese and U.S. militaries, since the Japanese occupation of 1910 to 1945 and the United States’ temporary military rule, influenced the Korean military for the three more years after liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
The plan to outfit the troops with a new dress code has been four years in the making and is currently in the hands of the Defense Ministry. If Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung and President Roh Moo-hyun approve the outfits, then soldiers are expected to don the new uniforms next year.
“As long as there are no big problems in the design, the new plan will be carried out as scheduled,” said Maj. Wee Yong-sub at the Army public relations office.
According to the Army, the green battle dress uniforms will be changed to dark-brown. The new color has been recommended by experts to “better match with Korean skin color and to effectively project the image of a strong ground force.”
The Army will also provide soldiers with a light cap weighing 180 grams, instead of the current 330-gram caps, along with additional caps for sports, military details and special training.
Bullet-proof helmets, which are supplied to troops in Iraq assisting the U.S.-led rehabilitation effort, are being handed over in stages to frontline camps near the buffer border with North Korea, army officials said.
The South Korea Army is pushing to change its 24-year-old uniforms to be more comfortable and better-suited to the demands of modern combat operations, army officers said on Sunday (August 22).
The Army presented tentative designs of a new set of battle dress fatigues, clothes for indoor duties and class-A uniforms, which will be “less heavy and neater in fashion.”
There have been constant requests to alter the Army’s dress-code, which follows the designs of the Japanese and U.S. armies. The Japanese and U.S. militaries, since the Japanese occupation of 1910 to 1945 and the United States’ temporary military rule, influenced the Korean military for the three more years after liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
The plan to outfit the troops with a new dress code has been four years in the making and is currently in the hands of the Defense Ministry. If Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung and President Roh Moo-hyun approve the outfits, then soldiers are expected to don the new uniforms next year.
“As long as there are no big problems in the design, the new plan will be carried out as scheduled,” said Maj. Wee Yong-sub at the Army public relations office.
According to the Army, the green battle dress uniforms will be changed to dark-brown. The new color has been recommended by experts to “better match with Korean skin color and to effectively project the image of a strong ground force.”
The Army will also provide soldiers with a light cap weighing 180 grams, instead of the current 330-gram caps, along with additional caps for sports, military details and special training.
Bullet-proof helmets, which are supplied to troops in Iraq assisting the U.S.-led rehabilitation effort, are being handed over in stages to frontline camps near the buffer border with North Korea, army officials said.