Since I couldn't figure out why it's pulling army.css, i ended up just copying the blue theme in that folder. I'd still like to solve the mystery however, if you can tell me.
Thx,

One other thing i've noticed in styling the app is that the style alink is used in sections where it makes sense to have a darker background2 as on main.aspx where projects are listed, as well as in administration links where the bg is white, or should be, as it uses webform style.

Trying to find a color that is light enough for contrast on blue and dark enough for white means my admin links will have to be a little lighter. But it doesnt' appear that I can change the style called in a particular td unless i have access to the .cs pages.

Users can specify their own theme choice via My Profile which will override default specified under Administration. Is this causing the conflict?

Doh! That's exactly the issue. I went to my profile, switch theme and it changed. Odd thing is that it was set to default, whereas the css being used was army.css. I'll copy the blue back to blue folder and army back to its folder and set it there. Thanks so much!