I have to say that, as a Marine, I find this appalling. I live in a suburb of Cleveland and I've actually seen soldiers in ACUs having dinner in restaurants here. Excuse me? If the Army wants to 'humanize' their soldiers and tell the 'army story', I'll say right now this ain't the way to do it.
I really feel like going over to them and saying, look... this is Chili's, not a combat zone.
I take pride in my service and I respect and appreciate those who serve today.
I can see ACUs being the Uniform of the day on base, but off base, if you're not training or in a combat zone, I think it's a bad idea. Makes me lean toward thinking less of you, not better...