A battalion commander is forbidding soldiers under his command from wearing their Army -issued fleece jackets while on a rotation in South Korea, where local average temperatures during the winter ...

The military-inspired assortment includes several pieces that give a second life to fabrics sourced from tents, camouflage jackets, and vintage fleece.

"The fleece cold weather jacket is not authorized for wear as an outer garment," Lt. Col. Geoffrey Lynch, commander of 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, said in an ...