New Navy Uniforms

[BlueJ1]

I dont understand the blue bdu's. Are we supposed to blend in with a giant aircraft carrier in the middles of the ocean surrounded by dozens of support vessels...  Oh well. Atleast utilities, the worst uniform ever, is  gone.

The changes this year:
* Basic allowance. Male sailors E-6 and below will get $464.40 this year, an increase of $190.80 over last fiscal year. Women will get $475.20, a jump of $194.40.

* Standard allowance. Men E-6 and below will get $662.40 this year, an increase of $270. Women will get $680.40, $277.20 more than last year.

* Standard for chiefs. The allowance for male chief petty officers will be $871.20, a jump of $226.80. Female CPOs will get $939.60, $269.92 more than last year.

Navy Times Article

Heres a picture of our new uniforms. Uniforms leaving the Navy are utilities, working blues (johnny cashes), working whites, and the old dress whites.

[lasersailor184]

From what I understand, working whites were the hardest to maintain, yet got more men laid then any other military uniform ever.


If I was in the navy, I'd be pissed if they were getting rid of them.

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by BlueJ1
I dont understand the blue bdu's. Are we supposed to blend in with a giant aircraft carrier in the middles of the ocean surrounded by dozens of support vessels...

It's all about stealth technology these days, and stealth starts with the sailor.

It's roughest for the pilots who need to land on the piece of ocean that's heaving the least, that's the stealth carrier.  Well, until they install the holographic wave projectors.

[BlueJ1]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
From what I understand, working whites were the hardest to maintain, yet got more men laid then any other military uniform ever.


If I was in the navy, I'd be pissed if they were getting rid of them. [/QUOTE

They were my favorite. Hard to maintain is correct. Those and the dress whites. The ladies like them. Dress blues get a better reaction tho, tighter pants and alittle more impressive.

[bsdaddict]

bleh...  the new uni's certainly don't scream "NAVY!" like the old ones did.  I'll miss the old ones, 'specially the working blues.  Are they getting rid of boondockers too?

[AWMac]

Go Navy

Will you get to keep the cute hats?



Mac

[Arlo]

Navy now subdivision of smaller Marine Corps instead of other way around. News at 11.

(Actually look kinda cool, heh.)

[BlueJ1]

Originally posted by Arlo
Navy now subdivision of smaller Marine Corps instead of other way around. News at 11.

(Actually look kinda cool, heh.)

And Marines are pissed to high heaven about it. The fact our uniforms will look like theirs. Boy we love to piss the marines off, its so much fun.

[Swager]

I liked the utilities.  I also like the whites (Cracker Jacks).  We never wore the whites for working, only special occasions.

The new style uniforms look really ulgy.

[Arlo]

Originally posted by Swager
I liked the utilities.  I also like the whites (Cracker Jacks).  We never wore the whites for working, only special occasions.

The new style uniforms look really ulgy.

Dress blues were the "Cracker Jacks." Just sayin'. But I'm a bit of a "traditionalist," myself. Gotta admit, though, my opinion of this new trend isn't as harsh as yours. These wartime "blue camos" and deviant "Charlies" are quite novel. I imagine they'll pass, with time. *ShruG*

[BlueJ1]

The new dress whites have black piping on the flap and the wrists, the opposite of the dress blues.

[Hornet33]

Here's an interesting little tidbit about the new Navy uniforms. A Master Chief I know was part of the design team for those uniforms. Guess where they got the color pattern for the BDU's from???


The US Navy's Colors and Codings manual. For those that don't know, that is the manual that tells you what color to paint your ship and everything on it. The primary colors of the uniform are also the most common colors used to pain the ships. Anyone see where this is going????? You spill paint on your uniform, you don't get a new one because the paint is supposed to blend in. Sailors in the past were spending a fortune on uniforms due to spilled paint that would trash them. Now......well it's all the same color so no big deal.

I got all this straight from the Master Chief.

[BlueJ1]

Master Chief?!

*Runs and hides in the crowd of other Airmen*


But, that figures. Atleast by spending our money we will save it in the long run. Good thing I dont paint the aircraft tho.

[Hornet33]

Yeah Bob retired last year but his last command was at the personel forces command at Norfolk and he was on the design and evaluation team for the new uniforms. I shoot pool with him every Thursday night at the local bar. Really a cool guy.

[C(Sea)Bass]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
From what I understand, working whites were the hardest to maintain, yet got more men laid then any other military uniform ever.


If I was in the navy, I'd be pissed if they were getting rid of them.

I was under the the impression that the ladies prefer men in blue.