M14 Forum

Barnacle Bill

Have you seen the new Navy uniforms?

The E1-E6 service uniform is a short-sleeve khaki shirt with black pants & garison cap. Optionally, a black Ike jacket or v-neck wooly-pully sweater. Doesn't look remotely naval to me.

Then there is the new working uniform, which is basically BDU's in a digital camo pattern made of various shades of black & grey. Pretty silly concept - camo on a ship... the better to hide from your LPO while napping during field day?

On the positive side, they're testing bringing back dress khaki for officers & Chiefs. Even though I'm retired, I may get a set if they come in something besides 100% polyester (the Navy's been hung up on this polyester thing since I was a nub).

CAVman

I have now...



http://www.new-navy-uniform.com/picture-nwu.html

You do have a point there, Chief !!!



Cavman in WYoming

old navy chief

They tried to bring that khaki uniform back in the 90's, would cost $300 back then. Did not want it then, don't want it now. I do like the E1-E6 jumper whites with the black piping.

nalioth

Unlike the Army -which has no clue what they're talking about re: their new camouflage- the Navy actually sought camo for a reasonable purpose.

They specced the camo to hide stains from the work environment (or so the press release said).

I'm sure it won't hurt when hiding from the brass, though.

lefty o

white's(working, or dress) were always a joke. some sick twisted idividual came up with wearing white as a uniform. i never minded when i was in engineering, because engineers only wear them for inspection. when i ended up in combat sytems, i learned to despise white's.

ICANHITHIMMAN

Why not just blue BDU's? Do gold for officers and cheifs name tapes. rank and badges. GAY

kakruse

It looks like something Elmo Zumwaltz would have come up with.

CHARLIED308

BDU's look OK for small boat work, etc. The service uniform looks awful. They should stick with the cracker jack uniform.

JR

BDUs are increasingly necessary as the Navy sticks it's personnel into areas previously the realm of the Marines and Army. Do you really want the local terrorists to be able to discern whose Branch is in front of them? Think about it. A properly placed IED, or two, could render a smaller vessel unable to enter combat effectively until replacements arrive. Infantry is a dime a dozen, while Combat Systems personnel, on the other hand, are a bit harder to grow, and integrate.

The old jeans and t-shirt work uniform showed dirt and staining from day one.

Dress uniforms come and go. I will agree that the undress, and dress, whites were the biggest PIA I've ever suffered while on liberty in some tropical paradise, like Bangkok, or Saigon.

GARRARD

The khaki shirt with green trousers service uniform looks very similar to a Marine uniform.

BPA2IRS

Those will really stick out if you were to fall overboard.

Barnacle Bill

Looking at the picture in the link, I did think about painting the overhead in the RC tunnel. However, I have my doubts that they'll let you keep wearing your paint-stained uniforms just because the camo pattern makes it less obvious at a distance.

Barnacle Bill

Went to Anapolis for some sort of Middy cruise once, and they made the engine room watchstanders wear dress whites.

Barnacle Bill

That's an arguement for using the same color for all services, then. With this, the Squids will be the ones who look like they were filmed in B&W while the other services are in color...

Barnacle Bill

Except the pants are actually black. But, yeh, it looks like some sort of Marine uniform envy.