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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Army Service Uniform (ASU) is the military uniform worn by United States Army personnel in situations where formal dress is called for. It is worn in most workday situations in which business dress would be called for, while the Army Combat Uniform is used in combat situations. It can be worn at most public and official functions.The blue ASU was originally created as a secondary uniform to the former army \"class A greens\" in 2008. It started being issued to all soldiers starting in the fall of 2010, and is now worn army-wide as the official service uniform. The ASU replaced the \"Army Green\" service uniform and the \"Army White\" service uniform. It is based on the current dress uniform known as the \"dress blue\" uniform. It has its roots in the \"army blue\" uniform, which dates back to the Revolutionary War, in which the Continental Army outfitted its soldiers in blue to distinguish them from the red uniform coats of the British Army. It also recalls the Civil War Union Army's blue uniforms in features such as officers' shoulder-straps and the general wearing of lighter blue trousers for officers and enlisted personnel and dark blue trousers for general officers. The gold trouser stripe for SNCOs/officers and general officers differ. General officers wear two small gold stripes divided by a 1-inch black stripe in the middle and regular officers and non-commissioned officers wear one large gold stripe on the outside of the trouser leg."@en }

• Army_Service_Uniform abstract "The Army Service Uniform (ASU) is the military uniform worn by United States Army personnel in situations where formal dress is called for. It is worn in most workday situations in which business dress would be called for, while the Army Combat Uniform is used in combat situations. It can be worn at most public and official functions.The blue ASU was originally created as a secondary uniform to the former army \"class A greens\" in 2008. It started being issued to all soldiers starting in the fall of 2010, and is now worn army-wide as the official service uniform. The ASU replaced the \"Army Green\" service uniform and the \"Army White\" service uniform. It is based on the current dress uniform known as the \"dress blue\" uniform. It has its roots in the \"army blue\" uniform, which dates back to the Revolutionary War, in which the Continental Army outfitted its soldiers in blue to distinguish them from the red uniform coats of the British Army. It also recalls the Civil War Union Army's blue uniforms in features such as officers' shoulder-straps and the general wearing of lighter blue trousers for officers and enlisted personnel and dark blue trousers for general officers. The gold trouser stripe for SNCOs/officers and general officers differ. General officers wear two small gold stripes divided by a 1-inch black stripe in the middle and regular officers and non-commissioned officers wear one large gold stripe on the outside of the trouser leg.".