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SrA Ground Radar Systems
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Where I am currently stationed the Army and the Air Force both wear OCPs and there doesn't seem to be any issues with that. All that would need to be done is to make a pattern that would work in any environment and start phasing out the old uniforms.
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SCPO Lee Pradia
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I would have to say no. Here lies the problem, one combat uniform for all sister services, plus service specific uniforms, that would be a financial nightmare, another set of uniforms to buy for augmenting with sister services. How often does a Marine augment with the Army and vice versa? Navy with Army or Air Force or Coast Guard and so forth?
If this were to happen, who would pick the style? Because as you know, someone has to leave a legacy behind.
I can't imagine having to purchase a combat uniform for whatever environment we're prepping for, artic, desert, jungle, urban, NATO, and what have you. I'm happy to be retired.
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PO2 Kayla Modschiedler
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Yes and no, when the Navy Corpsman go support the Marines they were the Marines Uniform. The Navy switched to the NWU which is not a good uniform for sea. It's great if you get a little paint splatter on it but if you fall in the water, well GOOD LUCK! In the past we wore Dungarees, which were bell bottoms (so sexy! Just Google it, you know you want a pair lol). The reason for this was, if a person fell overboard or had to survive in the water without a life preserver they could get their dungerees wet and force air into them and use them as a makeshift life preserver. Then we switched to the utilities which were basically a Dickies shirt and pants. It was a great shipboard uniform and a little more modern than the dungarees. Plus they held those military creases a lot longer I feel than the dungarees. In addition to the utilities we also had the coveralls (mostly an underway uniform for dirty work and such) I don't know if they still use them aboard ship I got out right after the implementation of the NWU and was at shore duty so I didn't have to worry about that. I still have my coveralls though I use them for when I do yard work or have to do some major cleaning.
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PO2 Anthony Cruz
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i dislike everyone's comments when they say the NWU is horrible for shipboard use because, if you fall overboard you cant be found. Well the main underway uniform is coveralls, which is just a dark blue one piece, how is that much easier to see than the NWU? If you are in a position to fall overboard than you are probably wearing your proper PPE and have a dye kit attach (or else why would you be out of deck or the cat walk). Once that kit hits the water it releases a orange dye into the ocean that can be seen up to a mile.
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PO2 Kayla Modschiedler
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thats true
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PO2 Anthony Cruz . How often does one go topside with their rubber duckie kit though. I have done an entire deployment on a destroyer with never utilizing the rubber duckie except abandon ship drills. As for the one piece coverall, at least its a solid colour, digital camouflage breaks up light which makes it much harder to see, we tested this theory at my last command and the guy in NWU's disappear within 100 or so feet from the ship while the coveralls was seen for hundreds of feet.
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PO3 Jody Wangen
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I got out in 1989 so don't really know what my opinion is worth. but I do think it would not hurt to have the working uniform the same. with different covers. keep the dress uniform distinct to the branch. but I do think the active duty people should be polled on this. they are the ones who have live with it.
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yes
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SSG Ricardo Marcial
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Clearly over spending on uniform selection with the exception of the Marines, The Army alone has changed 4 times in 10+ years. But trying to get them all to agree to that would be impossible. A standard garrison uniform and a field uniform makes more sense. But lets not give them more reason to overspend on that idea. We might regress to Vietnam greens for garrison and Multicam for the field. 
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Department of the Navy allowed the Marines to get it right. They have the best uniform. Everyone should use their patterns and colors.
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SGT Lawrence Corser
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probably, it would save a ton of money for the government, and who cares really it is just a name tape difference or patches.
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MSgt Keith Hebert
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one utility uniform and black boots
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I do miss the black boots and BDU's.
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SrA Daniel Hunter
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Uniform, uniforms? What a novel idea! Keep the distinction of branch in the dress uniform. Have all combat (ACU/BDU) uniforms the same. Sounds like a good idea to me.
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CPO David Sullivan
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The Navy should go back to Dungarees and Crackerjacks... Look like a Sailor... Act like a sailor... BMC Retired
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PO2 Anthony Cruz
PO2 Anthony Cruz
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The Dungaree uniform had a prison feel to it, i know many shipmates who felt the same way. When the concept for the NWU came out and it was mentions that we should try a orange color for overalls and the new NWU it was felt even more that we resembled a prison gang.
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I am also torn between this one as well. Because of our distinctive uniforms on the battlefield, it allowed out reputation to precede us. In Iraq we got Intel that stated they didn't want to mess with us because they knew we were Marines based on the turret gunners Cammies. On the other side the DoD spend a little now to save a whole lot more in the long run by adopting the same uniforms. Ever since we left the BDU's the Marine Corps has had two a woodland and desert variant and it has worked very well for us and there is no sign of it changing anytime soon.
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I agree with you on the aspect of maintaining our distinctive patterns and uniforms. I don't believe that having a different camo pattern has kept each branch of service from working with each other to accomplish all and any missions in the past, present or in the future.
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