Originally Posted by Norah
I picked my soldier and have started gathering stuff to send. Does anyone know if the cooler neck scarves have to be certain colors???
Barb C provided this website.
http://www.qovf.org/
I got this information from anysoldier.com
T-Shirts must be Brown for Army and Navy, Green for Marines, Black or Brown for Air Force.
Marine boot socks are black. White athletic socks for PT and sometimes under the boot socks. Scarves are not authorized unless issued, but this is normally 'command discretion'. Beanie caps are not issued but are often worn under a helmet at night, must be dark color.
not sure if the "scarves not authorized" refers to just the marines. my guess would be that any scarves sent should match the t-shirt colors.
The brown t-shirts the army wears are not dark brown. they are a medium sandy-brown, similar to this block, perhaps a bit "greyer" in tone.
Holy smoke! it just hit me. the guy i'm going out with is a soldier. he's been to Iraq twice and will be going again soon. Why don't I just ask him? Duuuuh. LOL
I'll let you know what else i find out about colors, etc.