How do I iron a uniform shirt in a military fashion?
If it is a Navy uniform, on the front of the Utility blouse you need a crease going down the centre of each breast (the button of each pocket should be intersected by a crease), on the back you need three, one roughly in the centre, and one on either side flanking it at a midpoint between the first crease and the shoulder. Each arm should also have a crease ironed into it.
Pants get one crease down each leg, which should lie directly over the top of the knee.
The same goes for Winter Working Blues, which are currently in season, and Summer Working Whites. Winter Dress Blues (and Whites) should be folded in half, with a crease going down the front (which should intersect the bellybutton) and, of course, one down each arm.
Such enthusastic ironing is really only required for very formal inspections or events. After my first year, I rarely incorporated military creases into my uniforms. Hell, I didn’t even shine my own shoes, opting instead to pay native Phillipinos who were more eagre to the task than I.
EDIT: And no George, we don’t. The only inverted crease in a Navy uniform should be on the back of either the Winter or Summer Dress uniform, due to the necessity of having to iron both the front and the back simultaneously in order to achieve the desired crease in front. . .At least, that was true until my EOS in ’02.
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