 15Thanks
 |
|
January 20th, 2012, 06:35 PM
|
#1 | | Lifer
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tampa
Posts: 3,276
| Military dumps infamous ‘BCG’ eyeglasses
Quote:
By Patricia Kime - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jan 20, 2012 14:41:11 EST
Military recruits who wear glasses no longer will have to endure the embarrassment of sporting BCGs — those beloved standard-issue specs, technically called S9s, which are universally known as “Birth Control Glasses” because they’re supposedly so unattractive.
The Naval Medical Logistics Command has chosen a new design, which will be offered to all active-duty and Reserve personnel and will be the sole choice for service members at recruit depots.
The glasses, with a hipster, Buddy Holly vibe, will soon be the rage on recruits’ faces in Great Lakes, Ill., Parris Island, S.C., Fort Sill, Okla., Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and elsewhere.
“Service members have told us they like the appearance of the new frame. We are confident this frame will increase the likelihood that military personnel will continue to utilize their eyeglasses beyond boot camp,” said Capt. Matt Newton, commander of the Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity, Yorktown, Va.
Recruits who need glasses are issued them as part of standard boot camp medical care. Service members who have not been issued glasses at boot camp within the past year have access to a broader variety under the military’s “Frames of Choice” program. They can choose from among six frame designs that come in several color choices and include wire frames and aviator styles.
Before the new specs, called 5As, were selected, they were put through a rigorous test program, challenging their endurance, functionality and yes, even their cosmetic appearance.
The 5A will arrive at recruit depots in the coming months. Within six months, they also will be available to all active-duty and Reserve service members, according to a Navy release.
As for the BCGs? They’ll continue to be standard issue for retirees, at least for now. According to the Navy, the Defense Department’s Optical Fabrication Enterprise will decide during the next two years whether to provide the new glasses to the retired population.
| http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/0...ruits-012012w/
| 
| | |
January 20th, 2012, 06:44 PM
|
#2 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington
Posts: 194
|
I still put on my BCGs from time to time when I really want to "geek it up!"
| |
| | |
January 20th, 2012, 06:59 PM
|
#3 | | Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Austin, TX, USA
Posts: 2,579
|
We got those Buddy Holly black plastic spectacles when I went into the Army 1969! They were uber DORKY then. But now they're hot???!!!@@@ Go Figure. The more things change, the more they don't really.
| |
| | |
January 20th, 2012, 07:01 PM
|
#4 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern KY
Posts: 1,251
|
I still have a pair of mine in my toolbox at work. I will put them on and say "Do I make you horny baby". That always gets a laugh.
| 
| | |
January 20th, 2012, 07:03 PM
|
#5 | | Lifer
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tampa
Posts: 3,276
|
I've got 20/20 vision so I was never issued any but I remember after graduation at Infantry school, we went back to the barracks for the last time to grab our stuff and the guys that did have them smashed them, threw them, etc.
| |
| | |
January 20th, 2012, 07:34 PM
|
#6 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: BumF**K Egypt
Posts: 1,112
|
Di5
| |
| | |
January 20th, 2012, 08:36 PM
|
#7 | | Designated Marksman
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cleman Barracks, Dept. of The Columbia.
Posts: 616
| RPGs
About a year after retiring from active duty I went to work for a defense contractor, one of my fellow employees was a female retired SFC… She always referred to this style of eye wear as RPGs, Rape Prevention Glasses.
| |
| | |
January 20th, 2012, 10:11 PM
|
#8 | | Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,711
| I always heard them as both "Birth Control" and "Rape Prevention", depending on male / female wearing them.
I don't know what happened to mine, but I now wish I could do the "Do I make you horny baby?" routine. 
| |
| | |
January 21st, 2012, 03:36 AM
|
#9 | | Rifleman
Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Near Water
Posts: 48
|
Who are the asshats that approve these descisions?!!!!
Buddy Holly my ass! There's gonna be alot of soldiers running around Basic and AIT looking like metrosexual fags.
Here's an idea Big Army, how about something neuter like clear frame safety glasses?!
Digital camo, ship steward Class A's, and now fag glasses.
| |
| | |
January 21st, 2012, 04:19 PM
|
#10 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: NC
Posts: 432
|
I lieft my first pair at the bottom of a fight'n hole on Camp Gieger in November of 1997
| |
| | |
April 10th, 2012, 07:21 AM
|
#11 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: United States
Posts: 485
|
^^^ SPAMBOT ALERT!
Damn you Garrard! You've summoned the SPAMBOTs/ADBOTs!!!! 
| |
| | |
April 10th, 2012, 07:31 AM
|
#12 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: The Last Best Place
Posts: 1,858
|
IF I HAD TO WEAR THEM, SO SHOULD EVERYONE ELSE! 
I've got a pair in my car in case I forget to bring my not-so-dorky glasses
| |
| | |
April 10th, 2012, 07:52 AM
|
#13 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: USofA
Posts: 541
|
I don't know what it's like to have inferior vision, so I never had to deal with them.
:)
| |
| | |
April 10th, 2012, 08:08 AM
|
#14 | | Designated Marksman
Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 657
| Oh a wise guy eh?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Philz M1A  I don't know what it's like to have inferior vision, so I never had to deal with them.
:) | Here lemmie show you about inferior vision . . . pick two! nyuk nyuk nyuk
| |
| | |
April 10th, 2012, 08:09 AM
|
#15 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Texas!
Posts: 265
|
I still have mine around here, somewhere. Probably in my foot-locker full of other memorabilia.
| |
| | | Moderator Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | |
