Posted on Sep 2, 2015
Do we not have more important things to do then continue to mess with the uniforms.
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One of my pet peeves. The uniforms that we wore through serious Naval battles served us well. Why the need for constant change. I fear for what the results will be when there is a serious fire and that man made material melts.
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MCPO Roger Collins
LCDR Rabbi Jaron Matlow - If you are saying you enlisted in 1979, make that a couple of decades. I retired in late 1977.
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I saw that. I was using British style dry humor...
MCPO Roger Collins
LCDR Rabbi Jaron Matlow - I knew that.... love the Brit sense of humour. Mine was a little slow today. :)
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Uniform shenanigans have been the butt of many jokes in the Army. At least it looks like they're finally getting it right.
The Navy's blue camo is ridiculous. They definitely have us beat on that one.
I hate to say it, but it is basically an evaluation report bullet. "Developed and implemented a service wide uniform improvement" looks good on paper.
So we all grumble and go to the MCCS to get the latest fashion.
The Navy's blue camo is ridiculous. They definitely have us beat on that one.
I hate to say it, but it is basically an evaluation report bullet. "Developed and implemented a service wide uniform improvement" looks good on paper.
So we all grumble and go to the MCCS to get the latest fashion.
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Yes, but the way I see it, Sir, is that we deal with uniforms on a daily basis and some of them are pretty expensive not only to purchase, but to make. So I'm glad to see some of the lesser used items going away, and more useful items coming into play. While I'd beg to say we don't really need four or even three sets of NWUs issued in boot camp, it's nice to see they're making cuts and adding what's necessary in place of them. I'm glad big Navy is trying to look out for us a little more.
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PO1 John Miller
SSgt Terry P. and Cpl James Waycasie, yes the main reason for bell bottom dungarees was to use as a flotation device. Historically the legs were easier to roll up/blouse when men would swab and/or holystone the decks of the wooden sailing ships.
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SSgt Terry P.
PO1 John Miller - Thanks,John, always wondered about them,just never had occasion to ask.
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What a conversation I found myself in the middle of! And LCDR Rabbi Jaron Matlow, to be fair every station I've been to (not many, granted) has told me that it isn't the real Navy, though I've never heard it in reference to our uniforms. The NSUs? They might be my favorite uniform honestly. They're the most comfortable out of the "dress shoe" uniforms at least. But what other traditions are you referring to? Pardon my ignorance, I'm still pretty fresh with the Navy.
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Crows on sleeves for one, distinction between Enlisted and CPO/Officer for another. With the new uniforms, there is no visual distinction, which leads to confusion. CPO/Officers wearing Kkakis on ship was another - you could always tell who was who...
I don't dispute that the NSU is comfortable, but there are better ways to do it than a uniform that doesn't go together with any other uniform, making it a requirement for E6 and below to have yet a larger seabag full of incompatible uniforms...
I don't dispute that the NSU is comfortable, but there are better ways to do it than a uniform that doesn't go together with any other uniform, making it a requirement for E6 and below to have yet a larger seabag full of incompatible uniforms...
As the major issued uniform is unsafe foe shipboard use....... Then again, to the brass, servicemember safety has always been job # 3 or so.
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I think some time in the mid 1980's the army switch the color of the Green Class Uniform by 2 or three shades, that one ticked me off. The waste of money for three shades of color when the troops in the field were begging for the return of Khaki's.
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Back in my Navy days in 1974 we were transitioning from Cracker Jacks to the coat and tie...4-years later we went back to the Cracker Jacks. Many evolutions of uniform changes have been observed by all services, to bad we cant leave well enough alone when we find a great service uniform that clearly defines each branch of service and is actually a well made and functional uniform.
When we went from dungarees to some sort of pull over shirt and dark blue pants, the Navy discovered they were indeed not flammable, they just melted to your skin. So again the Navy pulls another hair brainier with the NWUs...a different generation of leaders but the same old hair brain uniform changes that cost us the service member who is also a tax payer to correct stupidity.
When we went from dungarees to some sort of pull over shirt and dark blue pants, the Navy discovered they were indeed not flammable, they just melted to your skin. So again the Navy pulls another hair brainier with the NWUs...a different generation of leaders but the same old hair brain uniform changes that cost us the service member who is also a tax payer to correct stupidity.
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