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One great thing about serving in the armed forces was that I picked up garment tops in several different colors. I have brown, black and desert tan t-shirts with the symbols silk-screened on the inside (I’m assuming they’re silk-screened on the black ones – I can’t actually see them). I wear them pretty frequently when my wardrobe could do with a bit of color in the undershirt 😆 Can civilians buy the military ones? I’ve seen colored ones for sale, but don’t know if I can buy them… SamBee wrote:Can civilians buy the military ones? I’ve seen colored ones for sale, but don’t know if I can buy them…
It’s been awhile since I was in but then I just ordered them from the distribution center and I don’t recall anyone asking if I was in the reserves or on active duty.
You know I might actually try that… [Edit to add: I notice you can’t order them online.]
In 2007 I had to buy some before being deployed. I had to show them my military ID. There was a shortage at that time and the Army had a different colors than the Navy so my wife ordered me some online. I was at DB last week and they have a distribution center there and they had a sign saying ID required. I didn’t read through all the pages–there was too much–but I wanted to mention a few things about garments that i have done–and have not felt bad about. I am very sensitive to lights, noise, and the way my clothes feel—i get uncomfortable very easy. i am longer than normal from crotch to waist. When I started wearing garments, the cotton crotch was bigger–so it was not a problem for me. When they started making the crotch piece smaller, i discovered that the seam was always riding up in places in the front that made them extremely uncomfortable. Even though my younget daughter is 9 years old, i have continued to wear maternity garments because the crotch seam runs from side to side instead of from front to back. i buy the snuggest size that fits me and it is so much more comfortable for me!!! Some of them have been stretched out, and I asked my former bishop and stake president if it would be alright to take them in so they would fit me–he said that was not a problem—i was did not want to adjust them to fit my clothes, only to keep them from falling. i have even tried buying the tall sizes to see if it made the crotch longer–but it did not help.
I have tried the new garments that are made like running shorts–but they have a tendency to ride up, too. sometimes I can wear them–but not very often.
When I was nursing twins, I discovered that the nursing garments pulled waaaay high because there was no snap or velcro to hold the top half down—makes it pretty hard to wear anything—even modest dresses that are not cut low. I wore my bra under my garments when I was nursing my twins. It was tricky enough to latch two babies on at once–trying to adjust two garment flaps would have been difficult. Maybe someone else could have done it–but I didn’t feel bad about the way i chose to do it.
When I needed to wear pads for my period, I always wore my underwear under my garments to hold a pad in place—in fact, I liked wearing my husbands old underwear that he had left from before he went to the temple–no binding elastic! i found out another gal in my ward did the same thing!!LOL!! I hear that the new “running short ” style garments will hold a pad in place–but I don’t have to worry about that any more.
As far as garments being a physical protection, my husband accidentally set himself on fire once, His garments melted away. some of the worst burns were where the garment seams were–it took those areas longer to melt so they burned worse.
I have never heard any teaching that says you need to leave your garments on for sex—-that seems more wrong than leaving them on for sex, to me.
I usually wear sweats for sports–so wearing my garments is not a problem for me. I also ran around at a ward party in only my swimming suit for a bit and a member of the stake presidency was going topless.
I found it a little interesting when they said we really should not take them off to mow the lawn–that is one time I used to put on my swimming suit with shorts to catch a little sun.
We just had a set of twins get married last Nov and Dec. they were told that you should not hang your garments on a clothes line where people could see them. I had never heard or been told that before. i don’t have a line now–but I used to love
to hang my garments on the line! they smelled so good—my back yard was fairly private–but I live in town now.
I personally find garments to be more comfortable than regular underwear—and I notice clothing catalogues now sell under clothing that look similar to our garments.
church0333 wrote:In 2007 I had to buy some before being deployed. I had to show them my military ID. There was a shortage at that time and the Army had a different colors than the Navy so my wife ordered me some online. I was at DB last week and they have a distribution center there and they had a sign saying ID required.
Seems that only NATO forces can buy them as well, which I find interesting.
I was never asked for my military ID to buy the colored G’s, but then I looked pretty GI Joe so they may have just put 2 and 2 together. 🙂 I’ll have to wear my “cammies” when I go in next time. And face paint. SamBee wrote:I’ll have to wear my “cammies” when I go in next time. And face paint.
😆 :clap: Please let me know when you’re going so I can be there and watch!
InquiringMind wrote:…I went on my mission, and less than a month after getting to my first area, I tore my ACL playing basketball with other missionaries on P-Day. I was wearing my garments at the time of the tear and I was keeping all the mission rules. I received a priesthood blessing and was told that I would be “healed in the due time of the Lord by the doctors and nurses.” I had to go home and have knee surgery to fix the torn ACL, and then I returned to my mission.
So, for one, why didn’t the garments protect me from the serious knee injury…
Ah…it was Gods will for your to tear your ACL….you might have beeen hit by a car or possibly become a democrat if you had not been sent home when you were….
I just read the whole thread from where I left off. I would like to mention that you can definitely see when people are wearing garments regardless of their modesty. At church you can see through men’s shirts and you can almost always see women’s garment tops. I watch people at church and I notice that I can see all of it. I only watch because I’m not wearing them. I have had a few breakdowns trying to get ready for church and not being able to find anything that someone couldn’t question. It has made church even more difficult than it has already been lately. Dax and Ann-what were you referring to when you said two votes made the difference? I would like to read that but I’m unsure where to find it.
I’m considering going to my next temple recommend interview and when they ask about garments, saying I don’t wear them, but I consider myself worthy. Maybe that’s worth a try for a few of you, if you don’t have anything to lose. It’s my understanding that the TR interview is just supposed to be something that makes us reflect on our personal worthiness and not a checklist.
I was referring to second-hand info, just so you know. Go to the 9/27/12 post at bycommonconsent by Margaret Blair Young. Comment #16. I have heard that story about the vote on cap sleeves from another source, but I heard one vote was the holdout. Sounds like Twelve Angry Men (the movie). I believe the story. Kind of funny true story. My bishop got the letter from SLC with the rephrased how to respect the garment letter and he read it aloud in bishopric meeting. When he got to the part about wearing garments while doing yard work, he loudly said something like “that’s not cool” and he never placed the new letter in the temple recommend book. So we’re still using the old letter that doesn’t tell people to wear garmets while moving the lawn in my ward.
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