Army Shirt Bdu
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 US Army BDU Pants & Shirt size Medium Regular US $16.99 
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 US Army Woodland Camo BDU Pants/Shirt size small US $19.99
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 US Army BDU Pants & Shirt size medium regular US $25.99
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looking or some info regarding the old bdu uniform from the mid 1990s.?
can anyone assist with any info regarding the parts of the uniform and gear, what size they came in, if there was a male uniform and a female uniform or 1 uniform for all, what was the color and name of the web gear and rucksack what color of t-shirt did they wear (and if it was the same for the underwear and if the underwear and bra warn by women was what ever they wanted to get from the store), what was the color and type of socks warn, and so on. i have been watching army movies from the 1980s and 1990s and have been using them or guides and was wondering if that is ok or not. any help would be great. thanks
Movies normally screw something up.
BDUs came in 7 sizes (XXSmall, XSmall, Small, Medium, Large, XLarge, XXLarge), and 6 lengths (XXShort, XShort, Short, Regular, Long, XLong, XXLong). They were all mixed such as S-XS, M-R, M-XXL, etc. There were special sizes that were in extreme from the basic spread, i.e.: some who was very tall and skinny, could get a M-XXXL, but these extreme sizes usually had to be ordered outside of the basic training facilities.
The BDU was unisex, but there was a maternity version for females.
For most of the life of the BDU, webbing and associated gear, or "TA-50" - named from the authorization document, came in basic olive green. Beginning in the mid-90s, TA-50 in the BDU woodland pattern began to be issued, but was not universal across the Army.
T-shirts were initially olive green or brown, and as the wear-out date for the olive green uniforms was reached, the brown t-shirt was the only one generally authorized. Underwear mirrored that; issue underwear was in green and brown, then just brown. Female issue underwear was white and plain. However, outside of the training environment, males and females could wear pretty much whatever underwear they wanted as long as all you could see was the brown t-shirt. There were some underwear restrictions for those in hazardous environments, i.e.: fuelers, aviators, etc, who had to wear very specific all-cotton or wool underwear, no synthetics, etc.
Socks were the same as underwear. Issue socks came in black, brown, and green. However, in practice, as long as you could not see the colors, you could wear whatever you wanted.
Boots were all-black leather, green and black jungle boots, or all-black jungle boots. There were several versions of all those, and Commanders could dictate which specific boot for ceremonies or environmental reasons, i.e.: my battalion commander in Korea prohibited us from wearing jungle boots of any kind during the winter.