When DH and I were first married and broke, he was in the Marines. It seemed he had to have new stripes sewn on his uniform every few months. Those things were like sewing through wood. I didn't have a sewing machine at base housing and broke dozens of hand needles. I had a bottle of Elmer's All purpose Glue and glued the patch on the shirt with a hot iron. The edges never lifted and never came loose wash after wash. I had to iron his uniform too, creases just right and measured drove me nuts. His first pay scale increase went to sending his uniforms to the base cleaners!