Named after Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the short-waisted, slim-fitting jacket was standard issue in 1944. The Army adopted the blue Army Service Uniform, or ASU, to replace the green Class A dress ...

He cut an impressive figure in his Army dress blues and his high and tight haircut. His uniform bore the medals and awards of a war hero: Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's ...

The War Department last week told the public about the first major change in army dress since “O. D.” (olive drab) was introduced during the Spanish-American War. A new uniform, slate blue in ...

The blue uniform was always optional for formal occasions when the Army had the dress greens, and that would be the intent for the future if the service adopts the Pinks and Greens, Dailey said.

When the Army fielded the ASU, uniform regulations evolved to make it a multi-purpose dress uniform that can be worn both in official and formal settings, in place of buying a dress mess uniform.

Now she’s 22 and wearing Army dress blues. With black shoes shined and brown hair pulled back neatly, she sings the same song on the Byam Elementary School stage. This time, it means something ...