When you sign your life away to Uncle Sam, you also sacrifice the right to decide what clothes you put on your body \u2014 that is, except for one unseen item all service members are granted freedom to choose, or in some cases, discard entirely: skivvies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recent Tweet elicited numerous responses from outspoken active duty personnel who proudly endorsed opting out of undergarments for a host of reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Service branches are known for distributing some pretty nightmarish standard issue underwear during basic training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe cheap, tan, will make you chafe boxer briefs that they issue you is all you are authorized to wear,\u201d Army medic Luke Chelcun writes on Quora<\/a>. \u201cAnything else they don\u2019t issue you is considered contraband once you get to your training company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily, after graduation comes freedom to choose, and for many, that means taking the liberty of going commando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was just debating this last night,\u201d Twitter user @SNAFU_SGT wrote in response to the query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI wore boy shorts under my uniform yesterday and the amount of sweat in this heat… not worth it. Commando we go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She\u2019s one of many who voiced reasons for their decision to debrief. Another soldier joked that he didn\u2019t need underwear because he\u2019s covered in … other ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI stopped wearing underwear in 2006 when I realized I am protected under the constitution of the United States of America,\u201d wrote user @BRBNimg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n