# Why Do Soldiers Tuck Their Ties In?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-soldiers-tuck-their-ties-in/167835>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-soldiers-tuck-their-ties-in/167835 "2003-04-10T18:13:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-soldiers-tuck-their-ties-in/167835/41 "2013-03-16T15:47:34Z")

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> [@marinetothebone](#):
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> Well guys, everyone is entitled to their thoughts and opinion,i am not here to throw destruction,or just to tell someone off like some of you,but there is a difference between a POW and surrender,retired USMC:smack: Master Gunny Sgt.:smack:

Most Gunnies I know have a rudimentary command of the English language and know how to compose a sentence properly.

Poser.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-soldiers-tuck-their-ties-in/167835/42 "2013-03-16T15:56:51Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> …  
> Underneath the blouse, it hangs loose…

I was all set to make a tranny joke, but now I ask seriously, “blouse” is the correct term in the military?

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-soldiers-tuck-their-ties-in/167835/43 "2013-03-16T17:09:12Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> I was all set to make a tranny joke, but now I ask seriously, “blouse” is the correct term in the military?

[Yes, sir!](http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/blouse)

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-soldiers-tuck-their-ties-in/167835/44 "2013-03-16T18:36:55Z")

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Shouldn’t someone who calls himself **marinetothebone** know how to spell _[corps](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corps)_?

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-soldiers-tuck-their-ties-in/167835/45 "2013-03-16T18:37:40Z")

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> [@moriah](#):
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> [Yes, sir!](http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/blouse)

Specifically, the “blouse” is the part of the service/dress uniform that a civilian would call a business suit’s jacket or coat. (BTW, it has become a dated term, at least Army and Marine Regs have adopted more current language style and now refer to the Class A jacket as a “coat” rather than a “blouse”).

In Army and Marine regs, a woman’s shirt is called just that, a shirt.

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