{"id":16507,"date":"2018-06-04T16:35:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/04\/check-out-the-talibans-new-punk-rock-uniforms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:49:26","slug":"check-out-the-talibans-new-punk-rock-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2018\/06\/04\/check-out-the-talibans-new-punk-rock-uniforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the Taliban\u2019s new punk rock uniforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pakistani Taliban<\/a> has debuted a new uniform that combines decades of punk rock, splashes of Gwen Stefani \u2014 and a dash of dominatrix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flawlessly blending a combination of camo pants, black shirts, fingerless leather gloves and a total disregard for parental authority, the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) strutted their stuff in a new training video featuring rocket-propelled grenades<\/a>, white board instruction and standing around in mid-\u201dLa Macarena\u201d poses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no official word yet on the meaning behind \u201cNo Tension,\u201d but if it\u2019s a band name as we assume, it sounds rad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By tucking camo pants into knee-high white socks, TTP fighters now have greater aerodynamic maneuverability when firing RPGs, as well as the added flexibility required to break into an impromptu mosh-kick whenever No Doubt\u2019s \u201cJust a Girl\u201d blares from the speakers of a gun-mounted Toyota pickup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add in the fingerless leather gloves and high-top sneakers, and you\u2019re guaranteed a seamless transition whenever going from firing a Kalashnikov<\/a> to hopping on a skateboard and dropping into an empty pool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSick ollie, brah!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Tension\u2019s shirts don\u2019t feature any sex pistols. And they may appear distorted … socially. But there\u2019s no clash between the ideologies of these misfit offspring. Black flags and bad religion \u2014 that\u2019s what No Tension does. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Pakistani Taliban has managed to create one of the most cringeworthy jihadi aesthetics. They look like Sum 41 with RPGs.

(via @ToreRHamming) pic.twitter.com\/YA0roz9Xb5<\/a><\/p>— Jake Hanrahan (@Jake_Hanrahan) June 4, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>