When will the Navy change its camo pattern?

Why do we wear camo in the Navy in the first place?! Dungarees or anything easy makes more sense than NWUs.

While I had a feeling the Navy would come out with the urban cammo pattern, I thought it was a foolish idea. They should go back to traditional working uniforms on ships, and leave things well enough alone for SeeBeas, Seals, MAs ashore, etc...

But, the reality is that change is inevitable. Change is how you show accomplishment on your Fitrep or Eval, even if the change is NOT for the better...

I believe there are already grumblings, and "considerations." It's been about a month, but I believe (if memory serves) they were looking at a swap to something similar to Coast Guard blue, or just a jumpsuit for normal shipboard usage.

Using Utilities makes sense, especially if they are of a pattern already in the inventory (color doesn't matter, as that is an "easy" change), as that reduces the total stocking requirements of the services as a whole.

I'd estimate we'll see a swap by 2020 with a complete phase out by 2025.

They'll probably change around the same time the Air Force does, which as of present will be years down the road when the government is fed up with us looking different.

I say we all just adopt the scorpion camo or whatever the Army is calling it and be done with it until we start deploying to a different environment. Would save money, it's useful and it looks awesome.

I think it will be a while. Although I am not a fan of the blue you do get used to it. And aside from that the uniform is very good. It's significantly higher quality than anything else we've had and the type 3s actually look good too.

They'll change before the Air Force does.

Once they figure out a maternity uniform for pregnant men!

It took them how long to realize that the NWU was NOT an underway uniform? Our FRV coveralls were a step in the right direction for underway uniforms but why they needed to waste the money on a new coverall when we could have simply all worn the engineering coveralls is beyond me. As for the NWUs; they were never designed with safety in mind. Not defending them at all but if we wore them as intended (not during work that would warrent sparks or fire and any "dirty work" then we would not have figured out the melting thing). Not to mention that despite being able to roll the sleeves, the pants are like miniature greenhouses with no ventilation. And the boots... While I can respect shined boots I wonder if they realized that the polish was/is extremely flammable. (Just for the hell of it I polished an old pair of boots and took flame to them and watched them burn.) They were fairly good candles.

We need something that is more practical for our service. Since we have the FRV coveralls for shipboard use, the only reason to have camo is interoperability and to maintain the "military" look for the public.

Please do, I beg you, please do. Who the f*** are we hiding from submerged or even on the ocean. The dumb digital design was merely the Navy showing how they are one of the warriors. If we are in a combat situation, what ever the other branches use is just as good as anything. Bring back the uniforms of the 50's, they were designed for specific reasons. Not for show. (OK, we do look good in our Dress Blues/Whites)

Am I alone in my support for "Working Khaki"?