Posted on Apr 20, 2015
What do you think of the new Navy crackerjacks?
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The good news: Officials have the money for the long-awaited reboot of dress whites and dress blues.
The bad news: The money isn't available until 2016.
Money problems and a decision to roll-out new women's jumper-style dress blues in tandem with the men's have delayed the roll-out by a year for service dress blues; service dress whites will be delayed for two years.
Men and women, E-6 and below, will be able to buy the service dress blues at the Navy Exchange in early 2016, said Capt. Janet Bristol, head of the Uniform Matters Office. The uniforms are likely to be issued to recruits beginning Oct. 1, 2016, the start of fiscal year 2017. Funding for the crackerjack whites is earmarked for fiscal 2017.
"We are definitely going forward with it," she said in a recent interview. "We are still formalizing some of our final decisions on the timing and rollout schedule, but the funding is in place, the uniforms will be coming and I think the sailors will enjoy the new features."
The dress blues sport sure-to-be popular updates like a front zipper on the trousers that renders the 13 buttons purely decorative, and a side zipper on the blouse. The dress whites are set for the largest redesign in decades and will have tailored cuffs and piping that matches the blues. But not all changes are being well-received: Many female sailors complain that the "Dixie cup" is easily stained by makeup and doesn't fit hair buns.
Read the full story here: http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/careers/2015/04/20/crackerjacks-sdw-sdb-new-uniforms-navy/21340721/
The bad news: The money isn't available until 2016.
Money problems and a decision to roll-out new women's jumper-style dress blues in tandem with the men's have delayed the roll-out by a year for service dress blues; service dress whites will be delayed for two years.
Men and women, E-6 and below, will be able to buy the service dress blues at the Navy Exchange in early 2016, said Capt. Janet Bristol, head of the Uniform Matters Office. The uniforms are likely to be issued to recruits beginning Oct. 1, 2016, the start of fiscal year 2017. Funding for the crackerjack whites is earmarked for fiscal 2017.
"We are definitely going forward with it," she said in a recent interview. "We are still formalizing some of our final decisions on the timing and rollout schedule, but the funding is in place, the uniforms will be coming and I think the sailors will enjoy the new features."
The dress blues sport sure-to-be popular updates like a front zipper on the trousers that renders the 13 buttons purely decorative, and a side zipper on the blouse. The dress whites are set for the largest redesign in decades and will have tailored cuffs and piping that matches the blues. But not all changes are being well-received: Many female sailors complain that the "Dixie cup" is easily stained by makeup and doesn't fit hair buns.
Read the full story here: http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/careers/2015/04/20/crackerjacks-sdw-sdb-new-uniforms-navy/21340721/
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well the line trims on the whites seems to be going back, I could be mistaken, but I thought it was on the uniforms maybe in the WWII timeframe. I had wanted to be able to wear cracker jacks for the women the entire time I was in. I felt like a stewardess in our Navy Blue and could not understand why that uniform could not be the same when every other single uniform was exactly the same. Cracker jacks to me are the epitome of the Navy and Navy heritage. Now as the buttons on the front well that symbolizes more tradition and heritage and hate to see it disappear, I hope they keep a flap in front with the buttons and hide the zipper, for appearance sake.
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Loads of useful things to spend money on and its getting wasted again on uniforms??? Uniforms don't have to be 'trending' its a uniform leave them alone they look fine the way they are
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They have a "lazy" button for the dress blues. It is non traditional to un-button a single button when shipmates are out getting $h17faced! They need to honor the 13 button "salute" like the rest of us did.
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I Love them!!! I Wish We had them when I was in... (90-94) Instead of the Pipping Less ones We had, It adds a Little More to the Whites ( Less Blank ).
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They look a lot better and much more professional then the old version. I disliked wearing the old version, I thought they looked cheep.
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Everything old is new again. My father wore dress white jumpers similar to the ones that you see in the pics here when he was in the Navy during WWII and Korea. I, for one, am glad to see the Navy going back to the whites with piping. Those polyester things that I wore throughout my Navy career were so uncomfortable and with no piping looked ridiculous!
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Listen up mates! a swabbie aint no swabbie without their crackerjacks. Back in the '70's Zumwalt us to be icecream sailors (at least that is how i felt.) took away my dixie cups and my cracker jacker jacks for a double breasted jacket and a frisbie with a bill. I kept my blues nad i'm glad to see the summer dress uniform is changing too. Welcome back cracker jack kid.
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Well, I lost my original comments about the uniform. So much for trying.
I like them. It seems again like the government has not learned from history that they are well on to planning a repeat. The "Crackerjack" was popular and one the best recruiting tools going. It was easy to care for and very popular.
I like them. It seems again like the government has not learned from history that they are well on to planning a repeat. The "Crackerjack" was popular and one the best recruiting tools going. It was easy to care for and very popular.
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