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title: "These soldiers are the first to receive the Army’s new ‘pink and greens’ uniform"
date: "2020-07-14"
modified: "2020-07-14"
authors:
  - name: "Haley Britzky"
    job_title: "Former Army Reporter"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/haley-britzky/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/fort-knox-issuing-army-greens/"
categories:
  - "Army"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "News"
  - "Tactics"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
---

# These soldiers are the first to receive the Army’s new ‘pink and greens’ uniform

![Man in Uniform](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/05/New-Uniforms.jpg>)

Fort Knox has started issuing the [new, sharp-as-hell Army Green Service Uniform](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-pink-and-greens-2021/>) to soldiers last week and can we just say:

According to [an Army release](<https://www.army.mil/article/237227/fort_knox_first_to_issue_armys_new_world_war_ii_style_uniforms>), new recruiters were the first to receive the snazzy new uniforms on July 8.

Fort Knox put the uniform on sale for other soldiers on Friday.

Army Sgt. Rochelle Walsingham, a recruiter in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was one of the first to get the uniform, which she says is more form-fitting than the old uniform.

"That was a big problem for the ASU for the females," Walsingham said. "These actually fit more to your form, and we were told you are able to take them out more or bring them in more, so it helps a lot."

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50094248616_52013ec03b_o-3.jpg>)
*A woman attending the Army Recruiter Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, has her pants hem measured by a seamstress after receiving the Army Green Service Uniform.*

Drill sergeants will be the next group to receive the uniform, per the Army's release, followed by new recruits in the fall.

Soldiers [will have until Oct. 1, 2027](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-pink-and-greens-2021/>), to make the switch over to the new uniform, which the service said in 2018 would be "cost-neutral" for soldiers and "come at no additional cost" to taxpayers.

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50094248996_1e0b6172af_o-3.jpg>)

They were issued a service coat, a long-sleeve and short-sleeve shirt, two pairs of pants, socks, tie, belt, gloves, a pair of shoes, and cap.

Sgt. 1st Class Wesley Wills said in the release that it was exciting for the new recruiters to get the uniforms "because they're going to be the face of the Army when they go out there."

"To put them in the new uniform makes sense to me because they're going to be engaging the public," Wills said. "It's going to be good for the Army."

***Related: [The Army's new 'pink and greens' are coming to new soldiers in 2021](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-pink-and-greens-2021/>)***

## Author
Haley Britzky was the Task & Purpose Army reporter from 2019 to 2022. She previously worked at Axios covering breaking news. She reports on important developments within the service, from new uniforms to new policies; the realities of military life facing soldiers and their families; and broader cultural issues that expand outside of the Army, touching each of the military services.Â

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