{"id":70846,"date":"2019-06-08T21:16:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T21:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/08\/chief-dons-new-army-greens-while-attending-d-day-events\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:28:33","slug":"chief-dons-new-army-greens-while-attending-d-day-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/08\/chief-dons-new-army-greens-while-attending-d-day-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief dons new \u2018Army Greens\u2019 while attending D-Day events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley donned the service\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/10\/05\/poll-army-times-readers-are-all-the-way-in-for-pinks-greens-but-the-comments-section-tells-another-story\/\">Army Greens<\/a> uniform during an event honoring the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/10\/05\/poll-army-times-readers-are-all-the-way-in-for-pinks-greens-but-the-comments-section-tells-another-story\/\">\u201cpinks and greens,\u201d<\/a> the uniform was inspired by those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/11\/11\/for-veterans-day-the-army-has-a-present-a-long-awaited-new-service-uniform\/\" target=\"_blank\">worn by World War II-era officers<\/a> and is now expected to be worn Army-wide as early as 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley wore the uniform to an event commemorating the liberation of Europe from Nazi forces that began on June 6, 1944, commonly known as D-Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had the honor to meet with several Veterans of D-Day and it was deeply humbling to visit with these heroes of freedom,\u201d the chief of staff wrote on his official Facebook account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUSArmyChiefofStaff%2Fposts%2F2497595257229715&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"745\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley took several pictures alongside veterans of World War II. More than 1,300 U.S. service members, partnered with 950 troops from across Europe and Canada, headed to northwestern France to commemorate the D-Day anniversary, according to Army public affairs releases covering the events this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley\u2019s Facebook page posted pictures of a memorial in the town center of Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise, France, that honors paratroopers from the U.S., British and French airborne units that jumped into Normandy during the D-Day invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Brian Winski, the current commander of the 101st Airborne Division, was also photographed in the new uniform, talking with a World War II veteran during the Cabbage Patch Ceremony at Carentan, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ceremony honors the 101st Airborne paratroopers who fought the Germans in the cabbage patches surrounding Carentan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley\u2019s official account also posted pictures of the Normandy American Cemetery located in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, which was established by the U.S. First Army several days after the D-Day invasion as the first U.S. cemetery on European soil in World War II, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abmc.gov\/cemeteries-memorials\/europe\/normandy-american-cemetery\" target=_blank>according<\/a> to the American Battle Monuments Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5436\" height=\"3624\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5440066.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5440066.jpg.jpg 5436w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5440066.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5440066.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5440066.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5440066.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5440066.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5436px) 100vw, 5436px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maj. Gen. Brian Winski, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) commander, exchanges word with World War II Veteran Tom Rice during the Cabbage Patch Ceremony and Parade at Carentan, France June 5, 2019. The Cabbage Patch commemoration ceremony and parade honors the 101st Airborne paratroopers who fought the Germans in the cabbage patches surrounding Carentan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Army Greens will be fielded to soldiers reporting to their first units as early as next summer, the Army said in a November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/213650\" target=_blank>press release<\/a> announcing the change late last year. However, the mandatory wear date for the uniform won\u2019t be until 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current Army Blues uniform will serve as a formal dress uniform under the new plan, while the Army Greens will become the everyday business-wear uniform for soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s combat uniform, known as the Operational Camouflage Pattern, will remain the service\u2019s duty day and field uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new uniform will come at no additional cost to the American taxpayer, the Army said in its announcement, adding that the uniform will be produced domestically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gen. 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