UDT Shorts, Silkies, and Ranger Panties: A Risqué Military Fashion Trend

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • UDT shorts might look like a relic of a bygone era, when men weren’t afraid to show off a little thigh, but in fact they have only become more popular with time. Other standard-issued uniform bottoms by the different branches of the US military have since been adapted to include the short’s same minuscule inseam that toes the line of inappropriate.
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Комментарии • 210

  • @johnmccloskey3660
    @johnmccloskey3660 Год назад +339

    Remember if they fit, go down a size.

  • @andrabook8758
    @andrabook8758 11 месяцев назад

    you do know that speedos were a thing and still are, technically speaking, right? Just checking.

  • @Kghost0311
    @Kghost0311 Год назад +133

    My wife hates when I wear my silkies in the yard or to the store 😂😂😂

    • @diltzm
      @diltzm Год назад +19

      I too wear them for yard work, much to the chagrin of my wife and probcbly neighbors too.

    • @meoffjack
      @meoffjack Год назад

      Doesn't your wife think you look sexy in those?

    • @gbel9295
      @gbel9295 Год назад +1

      I sport my Ranger Panties everyday for my neighbors..😆

    • @Military.FutureUrbanCamo
      @Military.FutureUrbanCamo Год назад +5

      @@diltzm I want some camo ones

    • @mudfish78
      @mudfish78 Год назад +1

      She loves it when I do though.

  • @gregchabot7160
    @gregchabot7160 Год назад +33

    Daisy Dukes of Freedom. 🇺🇲

  • @A_Qwynide
    @A_Qwynide Год назад +35

    *"WHICH IS A GOD DAMN DISGRACE"* - yes, yes indeed

  • @garysarratt1
    @garysarratt1 11 месяцев назад +28

    Anyone who’s ever had to put all his clothing in a sea bag understands the appeal of smaller items.

  • @dewetmaartens359
    @dewetmaartens359 Год назад +108

    In South Africa and the old Rhodesia we wear short shorts at work, casually and as part of our military uniform/tradition. In Africa you want your legs to be fully mobile and not get snagged on thorns, makes you move quicker, also the heat. When it gets cold in winter (it snows in SA) we still wear them and look down on a guy wearing long pants. I'm wearing short shorts right now and have 7 pairs: All khaki-green and one blue one.

  • @O8WRx
    @O8WRx Год назад +20

    Silkies all the way. Wearing them right now funny enough.

  • @HaroldCornbreadCarter
    @HaroldCornbreadCarter 11 месяцев назад +8

    The amount of UDT shorts with the word “Juicy” sharpied across the ass, that I’ve given as birthday gifts is unfathomable.

  • @leroybishop2245
    @leroybishop2245 Год назад +12

    UDTs and blue&gold tshirt combined with sunglasses and sun tan oil. Those were the days. Now my UDTs are a size 56🤣🤣🤣

    • @eduardosuarez2414
      @eduardosuarez2414 Год назад +1

      Were the blue & gold shirts used to signify who had done a dive recently?

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard1709 Год назад +10

    Back then, these were the only shorts worn by men and boys. Longer garments were for the flabby and elderly.

  • @mikedelgado5901
    @mikedelgado5901 Год назад +18

    So glad I got out before all these changes, silkies for life

  • @DanniChan_Worldwide
    @DanniChan_Worldwide Год назад +17

    Back at MCRD PISC 1987, we were issued the tight, red, shortie-shorts complimented by the bright yellow USMC tee. SHortly thereafter in the FMF I got my first pair of silkies, and now as a retiree I STILL wear my silkies around the house...so damn comfy!!!

  • @underwaterlevelz1947
    @underwaterlevelz1947 Год назад +17

    I'm a competitive long distance runner, I wear silkies religiously when I train and compete. All the babes at my gym love it.

  • @stvargas69
    @stvargas69 Год назад +11

    Played a oil rugby in college in the early 90s. The rugby shorts back then were short but boring. Threw on a knock off pair of tiger stripe UDT shorts and got nothing but compliments! Made me run faster too!

  • @Dave-in-MD
    @Dave-in-MD Год назад +5

    And all the UDT shorts are made by UNICOR. Federal Prison Industries.

  • @CaptBongo
    @CaptBongo Год назад +5

    Proud supporter and wearer of UTD shorts and silkies since 1984. Really don.t care who bitches about them. Comfort and freedom over being polite and so called correct. Awesome post

  • @ea5yliver
    @ea5yliver Год назад +9

    Got my Untied Status Marin Crops silkies in a care package from my wife so I can wear them on deployment here. ❤️

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 11 месяцев назад

      You mean you didn't have a pair already packed in your ready bag? C'mon, Marine!

    • @ea5yliver
      @ea5yliver 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@GhostRanger5060 Nah man, that was the first time I finally pulled the trigger on 'em. Bought 'em over a month in advance but they didn't arrive until two weeks after I shipped. 😭

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 11 месяцев назад

      @@ea5yliver Glad that story had a happy ending, brother. :D

  • @tugboatphil22
    @tugboatphil22 Год назад +13

    My Army time was 75-78, got out and went Navy 78-97. I ended up in a boat unit that supported Spec War, EOD, & Underwater Construction. UDT shorts weren't an issue item outside those type units. I was able to score a pair and loved them. The thing was, they were short, but for those of us who grew in the 50s & 60s they weren't that much shorter than what we wore as "shorts" in the summer.
    I can no longer wear mine due to them shrinking over the decades...mostly after I retired. But I still have them just in case.

    • @subicstationditosailor4053
      @subicstationditosailor4053 Год назад +1

      Mine shrank substantially.

    • @JudoTim3891
      @JudoTim3891 11 месяцев назад +5

      😂 Yeah yeah, they shrank, that’s what happened!

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 11 месяцев назад

      All mine shrank too. That plus they now make my size smaller than they used to.

    • @oak815
      @oak815 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@JudoTim3891 exactly I told my wife my belt shrank too

    • @AlexM-oq5el
      @AlexM-oq5el 11 месяцев назад

      I regret not getting a pair when I was in. Anyone could grab em from the nex, but I figured I wasn't high speed enough to justify them 😅

  • @pauldarling330
    @pauldarling330 Год назад +2

    OMG does my wife hate my UDTs. Don't care. I fucking earned the right to wear the damned things.

  • @jamesmcswain8120
    @jamesmcswain8120 Год назад +2

    There was nothing like holding a mans legs during sit ups with aome silky's

  • @SSGTStryker
    @SSGTStryker Год назад +36

    In our squadron, we’ve always referred to our PT short shorts as “Daisy Dukes of Freedom!” (We also called UDT, Silkies, and Ranger Panties the same moniker)

    • @hagestad
      @hagestad Год назад +1

      is mainly US trend. Why would shorts cover half of your leg or more combined with high socks?

    • @SSGTStryker
      @SSGTStryker Год назад

      @@hagestad Agreed, kinda defeats the purpose. 🩳

    • @Tunkkis
      @Tunkkis 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@hagestad I prefer my shorts short and socks long.

  • @ModernTacticalShooting
    @ModernTacticalShooting Год назад +3

    All true, we wore "black and tans" in 5th SFG. Black silky shorts with brown bdu t-shirt everywhere we could.

  • @GhostRanger5060
    @GhostRanger5060 Год назад +20

    Old skool retired Cold Warrior here -- I wear my Ranger panties to the gym all the time. Last time was yesterday. Next time will be today. I don't care what people think. If the dingbats can wear yoga pants, I can wear silkies. Real men always will be proud to show their legs. Pansies wear tank tops and baggy pants because their legs suck. What makes most elite units different is that they have highly developed legs due to hard rucking, swimming, and running compared to their military peers in less elite units. I earned the tab. I get to wear the Ranger panties. Haters gonna hate. #manup #RLTW #oldskool #coldwarrior #lightfighter #manlylegs

    • @seanx476
      @seanx476 Год назад

      Just like my father 😂
      Old dungeries or blue jeans, he'd cut the legs off to where his nuts would hang out without a care in the world 🤣

    • @PatrickHutton
      @PatrickHutton Год назад +1

      I usually wear meggings at the gym. I'm happy with my legs (thanks deadlifts and squats) but they're too pale and fuggly the public.

    • @INSIGHTCO
      @INSIGHTCO Год назад +1

      LLTB! Long live the brotherhood!

    • @saltandsugarandsand6114
      @saltandsugarandsand6114 11 месяцев назад +2

      REAL warriers don't skip leg day :)

  • @McPh1741
    @McPh1741 Год назад +3

    We were at lunch one day and my friend (prior Army) said he still had his in a trunk with a bunch of his Army gear. He said he’d give the trunk to his son and maybe some day he could show it all to his kids. I was like, “Yeah. I can see it now, your grand kids yelling at your son ‘Dad! I found grandpa’s hot pants!’”. Remember, the shorter the shorts, the more hardcore the training.

  • @JohnRodriguez-si9si
    @JohnRodriguez-si9si 4 месяца назад +1

    I Myself, John Rodriguez, have had the rare honor and privilege of wearing both the UDT Shorts ( 1st Force Reconnaissance Company) and Ranger Panties ( 3d Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment) ,from 1987 to 1998. I AM STILL an Owner of 2 Pair of TruSpec UDT Shorts in size 34W.

  • @webherring
    @webherring Год назад +1

    Having grown up in the 70s and 80s, long shorts, especially during 90s and 2000s, are just clown pants.

  • @philipleckburg8443
    @philipleckburg8443 3 месяца назад +1

    I wear silliest to this day! Best skivies EVER!!! PT gear, swim trunks. OHH RAH! And I wore the khaki udt shorts in recon. Back in the 90's. Keep the short shorts alive!

  • @Triumph2727
    @Triumph2727 Год назад +1

    I still have mine! And a pair of American flag silkies that my wife and neighbors fucking hate!

  • @mas8171
    @mas8171 7 месяцев назад +1

    I wore them with pride‼️ But you forgot to mention the Un-godly bloody pain of the UDT short’s inseam along the crotch/inner thigh after sugar-cookies on the beach and then the sandpaper-effect creating 🩸 down the legs and trying to walk/run like a f’n cowboy 🤠 off his horse!
    1st Plt. C Co. 1st Recon Bn. ‘85-‘87

  • @tztz-h9h
    @tztz-h9h Месяц назад +1

    Donald Trump is Jesus Christ.
    The world is witnessing the resurgence of a strong and prosperous America.

  • @DG-uw6wx
    @DG-uw6wx 11 месяцев назад +1

    When one feels sad... always remenber a time when men in short shorts with FN's were making the world a better place.

  • @SapperTac
    @SapperTac Год назад +5

    My wife hates when I wear my sapper snuggies. She says she hates man thighs. 😂

    • @washguy5982
      @washguy5982 Год назад +2

      My wife is in the same club!

    • @brianvannorman1465
      @brianvannorman1465 Год назад +6

      Jealousy is a wicked thing. Especially if it's in your spouse.

    • @vitigaymer1053
      @vitigaymer1053 11 месяцев назад +2

      She jelly that you wear em better

    • @RoyG.
      @RoyG. 5 месяцев назад

      Tell your wives to get over it.

  • @ericcallender1575
    @ericcallender1575 Год назад +2

    If you got it, flaunt it. Good footage.

  • @Dannysoutherner
    @Dannysoutherner Год назад +1

    Short shorts and speedo suits are great. These long bags they give to guys these days are not practical. If you swim in them your legs get tangled up in them. They take forever to dry and I don't like anything flapping around my knees, too distracting. Guys today are too willing to follow the fashion trends than wear something useful. Think outside the box. They are not a gay thing.

  • @PD-we8vf
    @PD-we8vf Год назад +1

    Wtf are the seals wearing in the pool now? Long Underwear under the udt’s

  • @unisuit
    @unisuit 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thomas Sullivan Magnum cannot be wrong.

  • @ranger1411
    @ranger1411 Год назад +2

    Omg I know I am old now. Back in the day in 1st bat we went comando

  • @tonyfourpaws4511
    @tonyfourpaws4511 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'm wearing silkies right now. They are my goto when I want to be extra comfy. people usually give me weird looks but They have probably never worn them so they have no idea.

  • @kevinhenderson8944
    @kevinhenderson8944 Год назад +2

    Funny how they become a sought after item. First thing I did when I graduated Ranger School was get a burger at the Four Winds Diner. Second thing, go to the PX to get my Ranger panties… then get my tab sewn on.

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 11 месяцев назад

      That's old skool thinking right there. NICE! #rltw

  • @jona_KardCiv1
    @jona_KardCiv1 Год назад +1

    The Marine silkies had no support for the balls. So you had to wear tighty whities underneath.

  • @solwanderer3708
    @solwanderer3708 Год назад +7

    I remember catching my CO (Capt. looked like David Hasselhoffs beefier brother/Navy) while I was in a pair of silkies setting out on a run, he wasn’t phased in the least. Come to find out, he wears the same sized shorts… he is indeed beefier than I am.

  • @sharkman5735
    @sharkman5735 Год назад +2

    I’ve been wearing them for 40 years !!!! One kind or the other!!

  • @gbel9295
    @gbel9295 Год назад +1

    Ranger Panties...ROCK..

  • @Piratedavessaltylife
    @Piratedavessaltylife Год назад +1

    When you paddle kick for hours, you need Short Shorts. Less chaffing, lest obstruction.

    • @andrabook8758
      @andrabook8758 11 месяцев назад

      uhmmm...speedos? like, why is everyone acting like no one else has thought of this before, lool

  • @dunexapa1016
    @dunexapa1016 Год назад +1

    Yep, I am sure the enemy is impressed ...

  • @nemesis1291
    @nemesis1291 Год назад +2

    Hahahahaha, I love history

  • @heybabycometobutthead
    @heybabycometobutthead Год назад +5

    Only Americans think wearing shorts so long and baggy they look like skirts is normal shorts,

    • @Dannysoutherner
      @Dannysoutherner Год назад +1

      Not all of us mate. Yes, they do look like a dress.

  • @11bravo72
    @11bravo72 Год назад +2

    I have 4 and 1 of them are Ranger Panties 😎

  • @Sinar-P
    @Sinar-P Год назад +1

    Rhodesian Army from the 1970's. We went into battle with short shorts a camo shirt and a pair of tackies ( basketball shoes).

  • @harrykrumpacker871
    @harrykrumpacker871 Год назад +2

    Following current trends, expect UDT shorts to be either really baggy and below the knees OR a "capri" type short pants (we used to call them "high-waters") in the next Navy Uniform overhaul.

  • @sleeplessvirus
    @sleeplessvirus Год назад +1

    My first pt uniform was the banana suit. But just the sweats which had been shrunk more than the head of a dead missionary who took a wrong turn in the Amazon .

  • @TheGuerillapatriot
    @TheGuerillapatriot Год назад +1

    when I was a kid that was normal

  • @donisz
    @donisz 9 месяцев назад +1

    Boys where is the new episodes?

  • @jefffoy530
    @jefffoy530 Год назад +8

    I’ve been out of the Corps for almost ten years. I literally wear these every single day. I stopped wearing boxers several years ago when I ordered a two pack of ranger panties. I threw all the boxers away, ordered ten more pair of silkies, and haven’t looked back.

    • @WildCelt130
      @WildCelt130 Год назад +1

      I bought silkies just out of boot camp because that's what the DIs wore. I quit wearing anything else for underwear ever since and I've been out of the Corps for 18 years.

  • @brendencroup8310
    @brendencroup8310 11 месяцев назад +1

    Don’t forget rhodie shorts

  • @goodnightmr5892
    @goodnightmr5892 Год назад +2

    Obligatory “Ooooooooooh My“ 😂

  • @zachgregory1289
    @zachgregory1289 Год назад +1

    If a ball falls out, they are correct size shorts. Just tape up.

  • @DogSoldier0351
    @DogSoldier0351 Год назад +1

    Silkies for life Semper Fi

  • @tony66au
    @tony66au Год назад +1

    That shot of Mat in silkies ..... Whew :-)
    Aussie call them footy shorts, Damned near perfection comfort wise and just a teensie bit revealing!

  • @thepunadude
    @thepunadude 11 месяцев назад +1

    BANANA HAMMOCKS!

  • @ipdavid1043
    @ipdavid1043 Год назад +1

    Short is good and flexible

  • @see-rious-ley
    @see-rious-ley 11 месяцев назад +1

    Eeeeeeewwwwwww…..❤❤❤

  • @TheSorcererAhrimanahsul
    @TheSorcererAhrimanahsul Год назад +1

    The More You Know! I didn't know any of this it's pretty neat history.

  • @franksmith6810
    @franksmith6810 Год назад +1

    I'm wearing a pair now!

  • @boathemian7694
    @boathemian7694 Год назад +1

    Hahahahaha! I was in the First Recon Bn. At Pendleton, we were issued those udt shorts. Actually they along with a bush cover and jungle boots and a tshirt were acceptable uniform at certain times. Now I run every morning in my silkies. Ooorah

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 Год назад +1

    The Rhodesian plum smugglers were the best!
    When I was deployed to Kandahar Airfield in 2007, I was suprised to see Slovenian or Slovakian ( can't quite remember) rocking camo daisy dukes with a matching skin tight t-shirt.

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 11 месяцев назад +2

      Those Eastern Europeans know the deal.

  • @derekquinn462
    @derekquinn462 Год назад

    Anybody hearing the NAIR commercial in the background?

  • @happynowfarms
    @happynowfarms Год назад +1

    At Benning in the 80's we purchased our own Battalion PT uniforms for basic/ait, they were Silkies at the time. The grey PT uniform came after.

  • @brianvannorman1465
    @brianvannorman1465 Год назад +1

    Go NAVY!!

  • @tedbaehr1862
    @tedbaehr1862 3 месяца назад

    Anyone know when short shorts went away??? I think 1990's basketball started the trend of longer shorts. Truly a travesty! To this date, I despise wearing shorts that touch my knee caps.

  • @vielplaysdagames2298
    @vielplaysdagames2298 11 месяцев назад

    Check out the entire army’s of Germany and the uk fighting in North Africa during ww2 lol

  • @pakelly99
    @pakelly99 11 месяцев назад

    I can hear a sound, it’s a bit like when adults speak on peanuts, e.g. when Charlie Brown is in a school and the teachers address the class. But then it was more like WO W’ WO WO.
    In this case it’s more like BO BO BO BO BO B’ BO BO.
    And, give me a bit of your sandwich [I’m literally starving to death].
    I don’t like you!

  • @Jadeserphant
    @Jadeserphant 3 месяца назад

    “Ranger panties” made me snort my iced tea into my sinuses. Sooooooo thanks for that. Ima go ask my husband if he still has his! Lolol

  • @bobbarr6590
    @bobbarr6590 Год назад

    Uniform of the Day - Green t-shirt and Catch Me F*** Me’s.

  • @richardmurphy9006
    @richardmurphy9006 Год назад

    Only the GAA in Ireland wears shorts in sports always will I guess I see soccer players pulling up their baggy shorts honestly athletic shorts are the dogs Bollocks

  • @jay-by1se
    @jay-by1se Год назад

    Yep. All in on the ranger panties. The new PT uniform is as weak as the new super queer military.

  • @sid35gb
    @sid35gb 11 месяцев назад

    Okay I get the practical application but this video is clearly targeting a demographic that is no longer restricted in the military that rhymes with Hay 😂

  • @josephguttmann1083
    @josephguttmann1083 2 месяца назад

    i just love wearing silkies anytime of day

  • @SuperDarkrock
    @SuperDarkrock Год назад

    LOL, aaah, the days of chaffing bawls.

  • @jimbrickwall8307
    @jimbrickwall8307 11 месяцев назад

    If you aint getting cat called by other men, go down a size

  • @WenisTRON
    @WenisTRON Год назад

    Just saying we had silkies first, rangers did not lead the way on this.

  • @Obscure_1992
    @Obscure_1992 Год назад

    Idk about you but in a woke military I wouldn't be wearing those. 😂

    • @mightymikethebear
      @mightymikethebear Год назад

      In the woke military wearing silkies might make you run faster, just sayin'.

  • @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__
    @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__ 11 месяцев назад

    Or the "catch me, fook me" shorts

  • @darkgardener9577
    @darkgardener9577 Год назад

    LEADING THE WAY BABY!!!!

  • @chicoperez7677
    @chicoperez7677 Год назад

    Army PT shorts are the worst

  • @alicantuncer4800
    @alicantuncer4800 Год назад

    2:08 nice pushup form

  • @bigchillingmode
    @bigchillingmode Год назад

    James from Tfbtv

  • @mistersmith3986
    @mistersmith3986 7 месяцев назад

    Sthilky & Sthmothe

  • @mrmacguff1n
    @mrmacguff1n Год назад

    WHO WEARS SHORT SHORTS?

  • @RTheSingleHanded
    @RTheSingleHanded 11 месяцев назад

    Hooyah Navy lmfao

  • @FiremanFrach
    @FiremanFrach 11 месяцев назад

    😂😂😂@ the opening.

  • @Performancebuilder-zp8jr
    @Performancebuilder-zp8jr Год назад

    My man hates it

  • @Tom-r1r
    @Tom-r1r 11 месяцев назад

    Houston Jones.

  • @OEFvet0311
    @OEFvet0311 Год назад

    Rhodesians.

  • @The_Comedian556
    @The_Comedian556 4 месяца назад

    2:24 damn

  • @paulmorris6177
    @paulmorris6177 11 месяцев назад

    Still have my UDTs from my time in the Marines (‘86-‘90)…😂

  • @Paul-xq8gs
    @Paul-xq8gs Год назад

    Table tennis players wear short shorts. Praticing 10 hrs a day, six days a week over 25 yrs, thats a massive rotation of hot moist short shorts!!! Adelaide,S.Australia.🤤

  • @kathrynr.7065
    @kathrynr.7065 Год назад

    Silkies were a determining factor in the decison to marry a Marine. 🤷‍♀️
    It's amusing when you see an old retired gunny rockin' the nut-huggers when working out on base. Keep it up, hard chargers! 😂😏😯

  • @erics2091
    @erics2091 Год назад

    ♫ We might be crazy. We might be drunk. We’ve been wearing our *silkies*. Now here we come. ♫
    Slight twist on ‘B!tch I Operate’ lyrics by Vargas and Best.