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| WASH: Turn your BDU's inside out and put the washer and dryer on a gentle cycle. Doing this will cut down on frays and wear and tear on the patches, pocket flaps, buttons, and the overall uniform. After it comes out of the wash, sit down for about five minutes and clip off all of the strings. Use a pair of sharp sewing scissors, or maybe a pair of fingernail clippers. Doing it before you put it on is a good idea because you will find more and it is easier then when it is not on you body. IRON: Start by unbuttoning all the pockets. Then take the blouse and lay the arm front side down and make sure that the whole seam (along the bottom edge of the sleeve) is facing you. Then press the entire sleeve making sure not to crease any wrinkles. Flip it over and do the same to the other side. Press the front and back of the shirt, a little bit at a time. When you're pressing the pockets, make sure to tuck the bellows in before pressing. The collar should be turned down between the top and 2nd button then press it flat. To do the pockets flaps, you can place a piece of scrap cloth behind the flap prior to pressing, or place just the pocket flap on the board and press flat. This will make it so you don�t have button marks on the flap. The trousers look hard but are actually very easy. Take one leg and find the center of it (hint: match the inseam and the outer seam at the bottom of the leg. Also, it helps to button the top button of the trousers, but do it backwards, with the front of the trousers facing each other (try this a couple times, you will see it promotes a better crease for the legs). Lay the leg flat and press front and back. Do the same thing for the trouser pockets that you did for the blouse. Another trick would be to place a piece of tape on the inside of the pant leg to hone the crease, but make sure to remove after ironing. Avoid using too much starch. Too much starch will cause a dandruff effect. You can also use steam instead of starch and get the same effect. EMERGENCY: If you do not have an iron, don't worry. All you need is two quarters. Take your trousers or shirt sleeve and sandwich it between the two quarters where you want the crease. Then simply hold the quarters tightly and draw the material through them. This will provide an instant crease. CARE: It is recommended that you hang everything on fairly large diameter wooden hanger, too. It will reduce the �just above the knee crease" in the trousers. If you don�t have wooden hangers hang them over a rod or dowel. If you use metal hangers, hang them as close to the cargo pocket as possible. WEARING THE UNIFORM: To roll your sleeves turn the sleeve inside out up to the armpit. Go to the lowest part of the now folded sleeve and and roll it in two three inch rolls neatly up to the cuff. Then fold down to cuff so that you are exposing the camo pattern, making sure that only camo is showing. Button the tab on the cuff to secure the roll. Your boots should be shined and laced up all the way, all boot laces should be tucked in. To blouse you boots take a blouser and put it on just below the top of the boot. Take the pants and fold them under the blouser. Then, pull the blouser and pants OVER the very top of the boot. |
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