Made In America – Yeah!
It looks like American-made goods may be slowly coming back in vogue. At least, I hope so.
A New England mill, American Woolen Company, has a contract to provide the woolen fabric for the Army’s revisited “pinks & greens” WWII-style uniform.
A once-closed mill has been reopened in Connecticut, with some of the former employees recalled to work there, and more to be hired. The DoD is required by law to purchase and use domestically-produced materials, alleviating any security issues. The dark blues I wore were made of good, heavy serge woolen cloth, which held up well under any amount of usage, and were constructed in the USA. I still have them. Good quality always hold up.
BZ to this New England company. It’s one of three wool mills left in this country. It’s about time we took back our own.
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“It’s about time we took back one of our own.” Word!!!
I make a very spirited attempt to buy American Made. If not made in the USA, I’ll lean toward European/Scandinavian products. Do without some stuff just cause the only place it is made is China. Good thing my clothes are holding up, cause it’s real hard to find that stuff that is not made in the USA. Ma Bell fought tooth and nail to have our Company issued uniform articles made in China. So far it is still made here.
Was on the front lines of the distribution supply chain when NAFTA was signed. That big sucking sound was all the jobs leaving. Plants were shut down the day it was signed and massive amounts of containers waiting offshore came into American ports. I asked one of the manufacturers reps how they could build the electronics that cheap. He looked me right in the eye and said, “We’re not paying any labor rates to speak of, and mush is cheap.”
Glad to see it’s coming back home.
I buy from Pendleton and Woolrich mills and some of their stuff says imported. Don’t know why if they have the equipment to make the product.
Good to see some life coming back to New England mills. A small step, but a step in the right direction.
But…
Keep the mercury out of the ecosystem this time, please.
Here’s hoping that the trend continues, I miss seeing “MADE IN USA” on products!
The Pinks and Greens look sharp as hell!
I wish we would follow your lead and go back to Redcoats and Wolseley Pattern sun helmets or shakos.
If it were up to me, I would like to see the Civil War era uniforms brought back as the dress uniforms for the Army (with breast pockets for the men), Navy (single breasted to make room for the ribbons and medals also with breast pockets for the men and use the USS Constitution uniform collar for officers. Chiefs can have a plain collar. Regular shoulder boards can be used instead of the French style epaulets. Basically the summer officer dress whites but in navy blue (something like a blend of this
) and the collar from this 
) but with the current saucer cap). The current navy dress blues can remain as a Winter service uniform similar to the Marine service Alphas), and the Coast Guard (similar to the Navy only a brighter blue and a shield above the stripes rather than a star) as those uniforms have a simple yet elegant look to them, not too flashy or too plain (just use the current saucer caps rather than the kepi and the current rank insignia). The Marines (part of the reason I like those styles for the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard because they look sharp) and the crackerjacks can stay as is. I don’t know what I would come up with the Air Force, however.
“Made in America” gets weird with cars.
A Honda made here, or a Ford made in Mexico, or a GM made in Canada?
All with lots of parts globally sourced.
Well, there are some Ford cars made here in America. In fact, the local Ford plant has been upgraded recently.
The picture of the young soldier next to the article on the home page looks like James Schmidt, one of the youngest soldiers in WWII. https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20180307/it-just-makes-me-so-proud-of-what-hes-done-for-our-country