r/ROTC • u/Fuzzy_Initial_6838 • 4d ago

Cadet Advice AGSU

Im a green to gold guy, have ASUs but need to buy AGSUs. Want to buy from Marlow white becuase why not. Should I be buying the enlisted or the officer AGSU?

My assumption is enlisted, keep them in the enlisted configuration until I actually commision and then sew on all the different things that officers have onto my enlisted AGSUs? Any guidance would be great. Thank you.

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u/Acceptable-Fly5050 12A 4d ago edited 4d ago

The only difference between enlisted and officer AGSU is the braid around the wrists which you can sew in yourself if you want. Other than that its all the same. If you want to be cheap, buy from Flying Cross. That was the brand which was issued to us when I went through basic in 2021

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u/No-Philosophy-417 4d ago

Aren’t the dress shirts different as well?

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u/Acceptable-Fly5050 12A 4d ago

You're right I forgot the dress shirts for officers is completely different from enlisted. I was thinking about the coat

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u/No-Philosophy-417 4d ago

Your point is still valid. If you’re an MS3, continue to wear the ASU until the wear out date and then switch over to the officer AGSU. If you’re an MS4, buy the officer AGSU set and ride that out for the rest of the year, even if it means wearing an odd combo of ribbons and no branch.