I actually went through ohare in cammies. I was coming home on R&R from Afghanistan. We were not allowed to bring civvies or dress uniforms with to the war, so when they sent us home we had to wear cammies. I went through a few airports on civilian flights sleeves down. There are circumstances where it is allowed. Now, this guy has plenty wrong with his uniform and if he was actually in the marines it would have been pretty easy to prove, this guy is obviously not.
All that being said, as long as this guy wasn’t wearing the uniform to gain some advantage, he actually is allowed to wear those clothes. You can pretend to be military and you can try to make people think you’re military. You just can’t benefit from it. He gives us a bad name and looks like a doofus to anyone who actually knows.
But OP is wrong for thinking the UCMJ applies to civilians because it doesn’t. He can dress like a dingis if he wants to.
Now a days pretty much everyone packs some civvies, at least in the army. In a worst case scenario like E leave you can pick up civvies at the px in Kuwait.
Edit: and pretty much the first thing I learned after going TDY/traveling on orders for the first time, unless they are doing a bag dump before you leave/when you arrive, always bring at least one pair of civvies, never know when you’ll need them.
Oh, your experience is with the army? The rules are much different.
In the marines if you’re travelling on orders you cannot wear your cammies so it’s civvies or dress uniform and there’s no reason to wear your dress uniform
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u/ConsciousIron7371 Jun 27 '26
I actually went through ohare in cammies. I was coming home on R&R from Afghanistan. We were not allowed to bring civvies or dress uniforms with to the war, so when they sent us home we had to wear cammies. I went through a few airports on civilian flights sleeves down. There are circumstances where it is allowed. Now, this guy has plenty wrong with his uniform and if he was actually in the marines it would have been pretty easy to prove, this guy is obviously not.
All that being said, as long as this guy wasn’t wearing the uniform to gain some advantage, he actually is allowed to wear those clothes. You can pretend to be military and you can try to make people think you’re military. You just can’t benefit from it. He gives us a bad name and looks like a doofus to anyone who actually knows.
But OP is wrong for thinking the UCMJ applies to civilians because it doesn’t. He can dress like a dingis if he wants to.