{"id":21728,"date":"2018-05-14T21:54:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T21:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/14\/is-this-the-rollout-plan-for-the-pinks-and-greens-the-army-says-nothing-is-final\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:17:09","slug":"is-this-the-rollout-plan-for-the-pinks-and-greens-the-army-says-nothing-is-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/05\/14\/is-this-the-rollout-plan-for-the-pinks-and-greens-the-army-says-nothing-is-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the rollout plan for the \u2018pinks and greens\u2019? The Army says nothing is final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Army leadership has been saying for months that a decision<\/a> on bringing back the World War II-era pinks and greens uniform was due this spring, but with May underway, officials say a decision is still forthcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Marlow White<\/a> has been building excitement about the prospect of a new service uniform, creating a prospective rollout timeline it last updated on May 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release pegs Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley making a final decision<\/a> on the uniform and its fielding plan by Nov. 11, with several events leading up to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One is a wear test during spring or summer of this year by a recruiting battalion, followed by \u2015 if Milley approves \u2015 an initial rollout next June, to coincide with the 75th anniversary of D-Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo decision on the [pinks and greens uniform] has been made by Army leadership, so any timeline in reference to fielding of the uniform is speculative,\u201d PEO Soldier spokeswoman Debra Dawson told Army Times.
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And currently, she added, no units are wearing any pinks and greens prototypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis calendar is our own estimates based on some different public briefings we have attended,\u201d Marlow White president Kevin Harrington told Army Times. \u201cThe Army is pushing the wear test a few months.\u201d
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Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey bows in prayer prior to kickoff at the Army-Navy game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Dec. 9, 2017. SMA Dailey wore the Army’s proposed ‘Pink and Green’ daily service uniform, modeled after the Army’s standard World War II-era dress uniform. (Ronald Lee\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marlow White\u2019s pinks and greens site<\/a> will get an update, Harrington added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe anticipate the Army making the final decision either in October to coincide with AUSA or in early November for the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a final decision, according to the site, it could take 18 or more months to manufacture and ship enough uniforms to have them available on every post.<\/p>\n\n\n\t