| has gloss | eng: The current main service uniform is the green service uniform. The blue Army Service Uniform (ASU) is the "new" service uniform, and was adopted for optional wear in 2008. It will start to be issued to new soldiers as mandatory wear as of Fall 2010, and must be worn Army-wide as mandatory wear after July of 2014. The ASU is replacing two uniforms already in use – the "Army Green" service uniform and the "Army White" service uniform. It will be based on the current dress uniform known as the "dress blue" uniform. It has its roots in the historical "Army blue" uniform, which dates back to the Revolutionary War, in which the Continental Army outfitted its soldiers in blue to distinguish them from the red uniform coats that British Army personnel wore in their uniforms of the time. It also recalls the Civil War Union Army's blue uniforms, which caused the two sides to sometimes be referred to in literature and other works as "the Blue and the... |
| lexicalization | eng: Army Service Uniform |
| lexicalization | eng: U S Army Service Uniform |
| lexicalization | eng: U. S. Army Service Uniform |
| lexicalization | eng: U.S. Army Service Uniform |
| lexicalization | eng: US Army Service Uniform |
| instance of | c/United States Army uniforms |
