The field jacket has a long-standing pedigree in military history. With many iterations over the years, none remains more iconic than the M-65, a style first introduced by Alpha Industries to outfit ...

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You came here for fashion, not a history lesson, but this is one that needs a bit of a history lesson. The field jacket—hiplength, patch pockets (usually four of them), hard-wearing fabric—came to us ...

Introduced by the U.S. military in 1965, hence the name, the M-65 field jacket was an upgrade to the then-popular M-51 jacket. The M-65's primary difference from its four pocket front forbearer was a ...