Evolution of the United States Army Uniform - HD
Vložit
- čas přidán 6. 05. 2024
- 23 distinct styles of dress which represents and honors the American Patriots and Pioneers who helped found the United States and the U.S. Army Soldiers who served while wearing these uniforms, weapons, and accouterments - during some of the most well-known and significant conflicts since the first militia musters of the 17th century. Shot in 4K and featuring Mark Aaron as "the soldier."
As accurately as we possibly could... telling the story of the United States Army Soldier... one uniform at a time.
1620s - Jamestown / Plymouth Militia
1775 - Lexington Green Minuteman
1778 - Continental Soldier in French "Lottery Coat"
1781 - Light Infantryman in Hunting shirt
1792 - Legion of the United States
1812-1815 - War of 1812
1846 - Mexican War
1860 - West Point Cadet
1862 - Volunteer Officer
1864 - Western Theater Infantryman
1876 - Plains Indian Wars 7th Cavalryman
1898 - Spanish-American War Infantry
1918 - WW1 Doughboy
1942 - WW2 Pacific Theater Soldier
1944 - 101st Airborne in Normandy
1945 - 29th Infantry Division Captain
1952 - Korean War Infantryman
1965 - Early Vietnam Officer
1969 - Vietnam "Grunt"
1980s - Grenada / Panama
1991 - Gulf War
2004 - Iraq War
Modern U.S. Army in Garrison
Directed/Produced: Kevin R. Hershberger
Cinematography: Hugh Burruss
Costumers: Nathan Hoffman & Brennan Wheatley
Grip / Electric: Brian Lyles
Costumes & Props: Historical Wardrobe - Richmond, VA
BECOME A "FOUNDING FATHER" ON OUR NEW PATREON PAGE - Join to find content you can't find anywhere else - Consider becoming a member and joining the history revolution!
/ lhfw
🇺🇸👕🎖️** Find All Of Our Exclusive Patriotic & History-Oriented Merchandise Here - Every Sale Supports The Channel And Keeps Us "On The Air":
teespring.com/stores/lionhear...
☕ If you appreciate our content and want to support us further, direct donations are always welcome at: www.buymeacoffee.com/lionheart
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, CLICK THE 'BELL' ICON FOR ALERTS ON NEW CONTENT - AND SHARE THIS VIDEO TO HELP US GROW AND KEEP HISTORY HAPPENING!
www.lionheart-filmworks.com/store
Some other videos you might like on our Channel:
"Civil War Uniforms of Blue & Grey - The Evolution" Volume 2: • "Civil War Uniforms of...
"Civil War Uniforms of Blue & Grey - The Evolution" Volume 1: • "Civil War Uniforms of...
Lt. Robert T. Waugh - 1944 Medal Of Honor Moment: • Lt. Robert T. Waugh - ...
Medal of Honor Moment - Sergeant York: • Sergeant Alvin York - ...
✈️🚁⭐ ** ONE WAY YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL! If you love military history, and to collect and model the great warbirds of the past - please visit our friends at Air Models in the UK - Each purchase really helps this channel out: airmodels.net/?aff=60 **
#lionheartfilmworks #militaryhistory
This man is a legend he fought for his country for 400 years!
Blazent Gaming hes basically wolverine
and never aged or got to old he fought in wagons and horses before the first Jeep tanks planes machine guns and record players
4:36 If anyone us woundering why the 29th infantry has the Ying-Yang symbol on their uniforms it is because the 29th was made up predominantly of men whose grandfathers fought in the American Civil War for either side. It represents these men coming together when their ancestors fought and killed eachother. The Blue represents the Union and Grey represents the Confederacy.
Not gonna lie, desert storm was badass looking.
My girlfriend calls me the minuteman. She's knows I always loved 18th century infantry stuff. What a gal.
I don't think most people realize how expensive these replica and original uniforms are
In Jrotc my full uniform costs around 300 U.S dollars
Jesse urban True dat brotha
1969 Army volunteer proud and honored to serve
Lexington minuteman...
ANOTHER SETTLEMENT NEEDS OUR HELP. I'LL MARK IT ON YOUR MAP
What is that from? Total War?
Fallout reference
ples no
BasenightX 146 yes your a good man
I thought the same thing
Ancestor after ancestor
Then: America
Now: Murica
We have to thank this man for flighting all these wars!
WW2 up to Desert storm era were nice. ACUs were not that great but the new one looks better.
Where did ya get this stuff from?
There are no Confederate Uniforms included in this video since it is not an overview of American military uniforms on the whole - the focus is on the U.S. Army only. You will also notice there are no U.S.M.C., Air Force or Navy Uniforms included. Perhaps we will produce videos featuring these and other uniforms in the future. In fact, another video like this covering the variety and depth of Civil War Uniforms and clothing - from the 1859 Harper's Ferry Raid to Reconstruction - is in the pipeline for this winter.
The plan is to do several more - covering American Revolution periods uniforms (American and British) and certainly a Civil War U.S./C.S. and probably a World Wars edition. The goal of this was also to showcase the extent and depth of the costumes we have built/own for film/TV and rent out for production, so we don't have everything, but close to it. No 1830s Seminole War (yet), but we did indeed film a French & Indian War American Loyalist, but had to cut to keep this at 7 minutes, but it will be back for the next one.
Today:
No guns or armor?
Boy those budget cuts are tough. . .
Fun fact: The US flag is reversed on a lot of their uniforms because on a flagpole, the stars are the side that touches the pole. Having the stars facing forward signifies that the flag is advancing, not retreating.
Leveling up in a game be like......
Wow. This guy was definitely dedicated to serve the US army for almost 400 years! That really shows loyalty and dedication!
Jacob Hollis no, he just keeps respawning and won't leave the server
These two comments made my damn day. XD
You should do the US Marines uniform evolution.
Spanish-American War uniform is my favorite.
Looking like a Character select screen right here
wait til you guys see the WWIII outfit
Seems that some aren't understand the meaning of the word "Evolution" in the title of this video. Evolution of the United States Army Uniforms - where did they come from, what were they? How? The lineage of the U.S. Army begins with the first militia musters of citizens in the Americas in the early 17th century. It all starts there.
I liked the part where they showed the US army uniform
101st airborne is my all time favorite
fun fact: the lighter blue dress pants come from when the cavalry would take off their jackets and store them, leaving their pants to fade in the sun while the jacket didn't.
Xdxd
To save some comments and time regarding discussion about the execution of the hand salute in the video. The palm-out salute - yes, taken from the British and most armies in the 19th century - was used during the entire 19th century as portrayed (Civil War era) - not so much during 18th century, not in the same way. However - the U.S. Army regulations (and then adopted by USMC, etc.) changed the salute to what we know today in 1902. 1902 is when it changed. The NCO stripes also flipped positions to what we know today - in 1902. Big changes in the Army that year for a variety of reasons (they even started regulated PT with this manual), and allot of what's seen during the Civil War changes more to what we know today. I have a copy of the manual right here in my collection. It's all very clear, but this all portrayed correctly in the video. For 1860.
People asking why he skipped the so called "CSA," it's because this video is about United States military uniforms. Not enemies of the United States....
0:20 we only have-
6:11 *the best equipment*
WW2 through the Grenada/Panama is my favorite. Always been fascinated by those wars and equipment
101st airborne is my favorite uniform of all time
Lil story I got: one day when I was about 6 me and my dad went to the dump to drop some stuff off. I found a little plastic army man on the ground I told dad I wanted to take it home and dad said no (probably because it was at the fucking dump 😂) well this older man saw me and said "Here kid I think I have something you'd like" he went to his truck bed filled with trash, rummaged threw it and came back with a old US army pouch. I've had ever since and I didn't know what to do with it and how old it even was. I just learned that it was a from the Vietnam war. That's pretty cool. I've been using it on my airsoft equipment hoping that I'm using it to its full potential. I feel like some people are going to yell at me for not keeping it in the best condition ever but I mean the guy was going to throw it away and I'm using it for what it was meant for.
Just gotta add the OCP uniform now
Who's agree that Vietnam War Uniform era is the best
Imagine you had to pee when wearing the uniform and you couldn’t hold it in without taking off the suit and had to take off like 40 buttons
Yooo lexington minuteman
Wheres preston
My family's service runs from Antietam and Shiloh thru Ypres and St. Mihael, thru the Sigfried Line and the Ruhr, thru the Punchbowl and Operation Arc Light to the Fulda Gap. I retired after 22 years in the regular Army and my brother retired after 30 years in the regular Air Force and the AFNG.
I didn't dream I'd tear up as much as I did watching this video. Great job. Thank you.
Some of those uniforms look bad ass. I personally like the uniforms of the Civil War.
No other branch has such a rich history than the good ole Marine Corps, a video on their uniforms would be awesome!!
Why? Their garrison/dress uniforms only change about every 50 years (often in minor ways) and their field uniforms have tended to be Army uniforms with some slightly different shiny things or stenciling.
Not Telling Not Telling you on crack. marines got nothing on army
Not Telling Not Telling
United States Army least the way!
6:15
I salute to you, Private What
Notice the transition from presentable neat uniforms to rugged and effective camo and equipment
I can't wait to see what our uniform is for the war of 2142.
U won't.....
Joey Krainski Only in Battlefield
Just play the game
Cyborgssss!!,!!
nice Black Ops 1 create-a-class menu
Thinking about it, those years were not long ago. Time passes by so quickly, this mean we need to appreciate life because life it too short.
God bless the our troops
One of the most accurate ones I’ve seen
Why did the buttons on the Continental Army (1778) have "USA" on them? The United States of America didn't exist until 1787.
1776!
the name USA is right there in the declaration of Independence
Scott Harris its fake
Uhhh
Spanish American is when it started to look more practical
Grandfather was in Vietnam.
Uncle was in Panama.
Dad was in Storm/Shield.
Cousin was in Iraq.
I'll be in today.
Thank you to those that serve.
Albeit the choice of music isn't as good in my opinion, this is certainly better than the Business Insider version, covering more uniforms in a concise, but interesting fashion.
The ACU pattern is no longer the uniform of today, it's actually the OCPs. The ACU pattern is getting decomed in October of next year.
Who else think ww2 uniform is the best
When I hear the minutemen I hear
1. The Minutemen in the American Revolutionary War who gave their lives to give America its freedom
2.
Another settlement needs your help.
I’ll mark it on your map.
Excellent choice for the Korea war uniform.
My grandfather was 7th ID in Korea
Kyle Hibner awesome. Mine was in same division but in ww2 shot twice carried a bar and lived
Korea is going to win the war we’re about to start
Same with mine. He was also in ww2
This is America
Kyle Hibner My great grandfather was a Purple Heart recipient after he was wounded in Leyte with the 7th Infantry Division.
Civil war? Confederates?
Why is the modern solider missing all of his gear?
I don't know about y'all but the Spanish American one looks dope af
Digital Urban is the old ACU
Now its the OCP
This was published in 2017, so the newest uniform now is the OCP.
MattMc TV you'll live.
True but for the videos sake getting a set of OCP's isnt too easy because they're so new, not even fully implemented yet so I don't blame them for not including them.
you should do an evolution of Military police uninforms
Desert storm was the best outfit
For those asking why he skipped the CSA, I don't see an explanation from the posters, but my best guess is because this is "UNITED STATES ARMY". As much you guys may be Americans (I'm a Southerner myself), the CSA was NOT part of the USA, nor did they ever claim or even want to be. This gets to the root of the problem of why I and many other Americans have a hard time understanding how people can fly CSA flags next to USA flags and claim pride in both.
I can understand that - genuinely. To be fair, Confederate uniforms can, in that context, be left out. But as far as the flags go, it's complicated.
The Confederacy saw itself, in many respects, as carrying on the finest traditions of the roots of the American idea - resistance to tyranny - whether real or perceived.
Lots of Americans disavow the Confederacy because of the idea that it constituted high treason to the United States. But while Confederate states - and their soldiers - may have ended their support for the federal government, they never believed themselves to be abandoning the American idea. Rather, the vast majority believed that they were perpetuating it.
If the flags of the Confederacy represent treason, so does the US flag - carried during the revolution by men who betrayed their oaths as former British officers during the French and Indian war, turned their back on their king and country, and waged a war against their own people to create an independent state. But then again, who were "their own people"? That was what the revolution was about, just as much as it was about taxes or politics. The white British population of the colonies never stopped being proud of their ancestors, or totally lost their identity. But perceived political injustices meant that some colonists believed their rights as natural born Englishmen were being violated, and they set out to do what a good Briton does - fight about it.
They never said, "I want to consciously betray my country and all that it stands for," but rather, they believed themselves to be speaking up in a debate about freedom, identity, and community within the English speaking world - addressing long standing arguments about rights and liberties. The redcoats called them traitors; we call them patriots.
Arguments about policy and politics can lead to new senses of identity - and identity matters. If a group believes themselves to be unwelcome - or violated - they'll fight for the freedom to do things their own way.
Our founding fathers were, in the finest definition of the word, traitors - guilty of high treason; natural born Englishmen who betrayed their country and people. But did they really, in the classic sense? Asserting such seems rather ignorant and despotic. Confederate leaders, such as Robert E. Lee (whose own father was a close friend of George Washington and a hero of the revolution) were keenly aware of this. They believed wars against established authority to be a matter of principle, deeply rooted in what it meant to be an American. Our country was founded on high treason, rebellion, and resistance to people that one group or another perceived as tyrants. The problem is that there's something inherently American about being a rebel.
Here are some quotes from Author James McPherson, who read 20,000 letters from Union and Confederate soldiers written during the war:
Invoking his state’s revolutionary motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis, a young Virginia officer filled letters to his mother with comparisons of the North’s “war of subjugation against the South” to “England’s war upon the colonies.” He was confident that the Confederacy would win this “second War for American Independence” because “Tyranny cannot prosper in the nineteenth century” against “a people fighting for their liberties.”
An enlisted man in a Texas cavalry regiment told his sister in 1861 that just as their forefathers had rebelled against King George to establish “Liberty and freedom in this western world … so we dissolved our alliance with this oppressive foe and are now enlisted in ‘The Holy Cause of Liberty and Independence again.”
An Alabama corporal who had just been captured at Gettysburg nevertheless expressed confidence that, fighting for “the same principles which fired the hearts of our ancestors in the revolutionary struggle,” the South would ultimately win the war.
As Georgia captain in the Army of Northern Virginia learned of the fall of Vicksburg, he wrote to his wife, “let us not despair… we must put fourth even greater energy - resolve more fully to conquer or die. Our forefathers were whipped in nearly every battle and lost their capital & yet after seven years of trials and hardships achieved their independence.”
A farmer’s son in the 1st North Carolina Infantry wrote, “instead of indulging in feelings of despondency, let us compare our situation and cause to those of our illustrious ancestors who achieved the liberties we have ever enjoyed and for which we are now contending.”
Over and over in Confederate letters, one finds sentences like these: “it is better to spend our all in defending our country than to be subjugated and have it taken away from us.” “It is better to die than be subjugated, and I for one am ready and willing to fight until the bitter end.” “we had all better go the same way [as those who had died] than suffer the wretches who are trying to enslave us, to accomplish their ends. I prefer death to Yankee rule.”
Defense of homeland is one of the most powerful combat motivations. Many northern soldiers conceded this truth. They “fight like Devils in tophet,” an Illinois sergeant wrote of the Confederates in 1862, because they "are fighting to keep an enemy out of their own neighborhood and protect their property … not that I can really concede their cause just but, right or wrong, if we thought or believed we was right, it would be the same to us.”
Two years later an officer, also from Illinois, made this increasingly common point in a letter to his wife: “They are fighting from different motives than us. We are fighting for the Union…a high and noble sentiment, but after all a sentiment. They are fighting for independence and are animated by passion and hatred against invaders…it makes no difference whether they are just, or not. You can get up an amount of righteous enthusiasm that nothing we have can ever excite, something that our motives just will not compare with.”
“we are fighting for matters real and tangible…our property and our homes,” wrote a Texas private in 1864, “they for matters abstract and intangible. It is only that there are so many more of them that they slowly advance.”
A Tennessee Lieutenant insisted that “The Yankees are sacrificing their lives in droves for nothing; we ours for home, country, and all that is dear and sacred…everyone seems to know that his life, liberty, and loved ones are at stake, hence we must never be whipped.”
A young North Carolina soldier agreed that, “when a southron’s home is threatened, the spirit of resistance is irrepressable,” and one of the the Confederacy’s numerous gentleman privates - men who enlisted in the ranks despite their wealth and social status - a thirty two year old virginia planter, declared two weeks before he was killed at Malvern Hill that to drive the “insolent invader…from the soil polluted by their occupying presence…had something of the glorious in it, that appeals to other feelings than those of patriotism and duty - to those of freedom.”
Arthur fremantle, a british officer touring America during the war, wrote an entire book about his deep sympathies for the south, wherein he commented:
"At the outbreak of the American war, in common with many of my countrymen, I felt very indifferent as to which side might win; but if I had any bias, my sympathies were rather in favor of the North, on account of the dislike which an Englishman naturally feels at the idea of slavery. But soon a sentiment of great admiration for the gallantry and determination of the Southerners, together with the unhappy contrast afforded by the foolish bullying conduct of the Northerners, caused a complete revulsion in my feelings...I have not attempted to conceal any of the peculiarities or defects of the Southern people. Many persons will doubtless highly disapprove of some of their customs and habits in the wilder portion of the country; but I think no generous man, whatever may be his political opinions, can do otherwise than admire the courage, energy, and patriotism of the whole population, and the skill of its leaders, in this struggle against great odds. And I am also of opinion that many will agree with me in thinking that a people in which all ranks and both sexes display a unanimity and a heroism which can never have been surpassed in the history of the world, is destined, sooner or later, to become a great and independent nation."
5:47 Gulf War Uniform [Desert Storm 1991] is so cool, and sunglasses too. [From Malaysia]
Love the Ww2 uniform
It's pretty cool looking at the 400-year evolution of the US soldier. Even the salute has evolved, nowadays (unlike back then) the proper salute insists on not exposing the palm.
If you ever get the chance it would be interesting (in my opinion) to see the evolution of the US Marine Corps uniforms from 1775 until current day.
Thanks for the Great vid!
Anyone who says that the ww1 uniform looks to British, that’s actually how American soldiers looked like ;)
They got that WW1 uniform from the British as a headstart when the United States joined the war late.
Collar totally different
They may have looked like that, but that was still a British uniform, the American soldiers adopted that uniform during WW1
David Kolb
Yeah, the Brits supplied us with a lot of surplus.
Matthew Johnstone Hindsight 20/20 the US never joined ww1 late, nobody knew the war was gonna end on Nomvember 11th 1918, plans were already being drawn up for the 1919 offensive,
What about OCP's?
Really thank you for protectig our south korea
Why were ww1 doughboys called doughboys?
Because they where "kneaded" on the battlefield
The doors right over there 👉
Nah im just playin i actually like that one
Makes me feel kind of melancholy. All the young men who died wearing these uniforms. Men of honor. I'm so lucky to be an American.
one day, soldiers will wear either energy powered exoskeleton armors or invisible camos or both.
I started out in shade OG107 Fatigues and Khakis in 1981 then went to BDUs and green shirts in 1983.
The Continental Army uniform was the best.
Good video but you forgot the new OCP uniform that went into service in 2016
Someone tell Desert Storm stop being a blue falcon with those shades...
juan ramirez Hi I'm Jodie
juan ramirez oh we all know that every unit had a few of those
They were all combat but then the present day one isnt? Disapointing
The 29th decision 1945 uniform has to be one of my favourites
Just all
My Great Grandpa fought the Korean War. He's still alive!
You forgot about at least 100 different uniforms
A) this is clearly meant to be a general overview. Going over every uniform ever adopted buy the US army would make for a very very long video
B) These uniforms cost a lot and can be difficult to obtain, so it is unrealistic that they could procure over 100 different variations of US uniforms from the 1600s to today
You know, budgets for films are a thing. He probably had one in this instance
This was really interesting! Thanks for making this!
The Lexington Minutemen still looks better than the ACUs lol
1969 look so badass :D
The desert storm one look bad ass
Anti-Social and all the ones after it
i prefer the desert storm uniform with the aviators
God damn right
It's 'Nam baby!
American's history isn't even long but they sure have their style
Missing the actual current uniform thats been out for a few years.
0:34 Your timing is impeccable
The continental army is my favorite uniform
5:33 my dad use that uniform in Panama but for me the best uniform are from the Vietnam War era.
Can't believe I'm about to put on today's uniform soon.
Y no ocps though?
You can't count anything from before 1776.... before that was still technically under British control.
Tyler Barnes Indeed you are correct
They were still in North America though, so wouldn't they be considers US military from our standards? At the very least what came before the official US army.
Tyler Barnes That's like saying the United Kindom's history began in 1922 with its modern foundation. Our history is our history regardless of what you called yourself at the time.
They were from America tho so they were Americans
Gaming with Wolfgang no they were from Great Britain
Preston Garvey Commonwealth minuteman...
Can we just take a moment to think about how many times this guy had to shave and get his hair cut to make this video?
Nice detail in showing a WWI Doughboy with an M1917 rifle rather than the M1903 Springfield
By the way; that was some collection of uniforms and weapons. WOW!
The last gear was dissapointing
nice video !
For some reason i like the Vietnam outfit the most.
Greetz
M1 grand
The only uniform USA had 400 years ago were breechcloths and deerskin.
This video was put on here in the last year, but it doesn't show the new multicam pattern. And weren't they using camouflage in Vietnam? I know they'd have used the olive drabs, but I thought they used camouflage. There was also no showING of the m14 or the more complete modern-day soldier's kit.
I didn't Know people could live for this long
The music is so addicting to listen I can't even pause the video.