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Posted: 10/31/2014 9:51:19 AM EDT
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LOL.....another great idea! Works so well that when the sailors fall over board we can't even see them in the water!
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Always thought it looked like some shit a Panamanian dictator would dress his soldiers in
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FPNI.... Most retarded thing ever done by the US Navy.... and that really says something. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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LOL.....another great idea! Works so well that when the sailors fall over board we can't even see them in the water! FPNI.... Most retarded thing ever done by the US Navy.... and that really says something. No, FPDI. First Post Derps It. The fact that people keep repeating the "can't see the man overboard" meme, now that's retarded. Not only was the old school Navy work uniform blue, but the blue camo pattern is one of a family that included woodland and desert, and we have repeatedly had people explain to us here that even a blaze orange uniform isn't going to do much to make a person easier to see. |
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was on a Navy base a few weeks back for work, I kinda like it, but they were all saying the same thing, it's so they don't have to look for you when you fall overboard.
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I got out before they introduced the camo, but it appears to be a good idea in my mind. Being a nuke, underway you'd be wearing coveralls most of the time anyway, but in port it would have been dungarees. The last design really sucked. Missed the bell bottoms.
The Navy was also the only branch that you weren't allowed to stop anywhere off base in your working uniform. The Cammies seem to be a great compromise. You don't look like an auto mechanic, you can wear them off base like all the other services, and they do hide dirt grime and paint spots well. Frankly I'm jealous we didn't have them. |
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It's better than wearing the stupid working uniforms they replaced.
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They should have done a grey theme instead of blue. I think that would have made much more sense.
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I voted Meh. It works good for for what it was intended for which is hiding stains
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You gotta be camouflaged while scrapping barnacles and scrubbing toilets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhioeOeOHsA View Quote I'm pretty sure it is designed around the most common colors of stains that happen. |
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I think it looks pretty fuckin ugly, but, does it do what it was designed to do effectively?
Yes? Then fuck it, who cares. ETA: I have no idea if it does what it was designed to do, was just sayin |
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They are FAR better than the shitty uniforms they replaced. We were not supposed go anywhere off base other than home or quick stops such as gas stations, etc with those stupid things. And we didn't look like we were in the military. We looked like mechanics. Another drawback to those uniforms was that if you got one tiny little fucking drop of paint on the things they were "unsat" to wear.
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They should have done a grey theme instead of blue. I think that would have made much more sense. View Quote This. Most of the paint we ever used was grey or white, so a drop or two of paint would have blended in on grey digital camo. |
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It's better than wearing the stupid working uniforms they replaced. View Quote This When I went in back in 93' the "dungarees" were still in use. Although they stood up to hard work, I always felt fucking ridiculous wearing them. After that the "working uniform" I wore from 98' to when the NWU came out wasn't worth a shit for heavy use. I left in 2010 and only had one set of the NWU before I left, I liked them and worked pretty good. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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The navy greens are nice. I think they actually have the best IR signature out of all the .mil uniforms if I'm not mistaken.
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The navy greens are nice. I think they actually have the best IR signature out of all the .mil uniforms if I'm not mistaken. View Quote Everyone seems to love those two types. Wearing the type ones daily has kind of grown on me. I didn't mind my dungarees and hated the working uniform that followed them. ETA: At RIMPAC there was an Asian country (Sing?) that had blue cammies with outlines of ships as the pattern. It was interesting in a kid's pajamas kind of way. |
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It's kind of whatever.
I don't mind them. But I wish we could wear the Type III on shore.... |
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As a retired sailor. I like it as it was so much more comfortable than the old coveralls or dungarees. Even more so over the crappy wanna be a gyrene uniform. I bought a full set when they were authorized for purchase in the Jacksonville area even though I only had about 35 days till terminal leave.
As for falling over. It's damn near impossible to find someone now as it is. Even at night with the strobe on your cranial going off. |
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View Quote The fucker on the right needs to spit-shine his boots, pronto. |
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The fucker on the right needs to spit-shine his boots, pronto. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
The fucker on the right needs to spit-shine his boots, pronto. That looks like a yardbird to me. |
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Wore it for 2.5 years before I got out. I voted meh. Sailors don't really need camo, but id did do a better job of hiding small oil, grease and paint stains than utilities did, which I appreciated greatly, as I worked in the engine room. I wore the same two sets of NWUs for the 2.5 years, where as with utilities, I'd have to replace a set every 3-4 months due to stains.
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Dungarees were comfortable, but the patch pockets sucked and if they got too much of a "fleet" look you'd be gigged and have to buy new ones. Who here has heard of having an "inspection ready working uniform?" What a ridiculous concept. Plus we all looked like extras from the Shawshank Redemption. The utilities were even worse and then I transitioned to a unit that wore BDU's and they were great. So a BDU cut uniform, no matter the pattern, is nautical miles better than the previous ones.
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No homo, but what kinda shoes are those? I want View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
No homo, but what kinda shoes are those? I want Vans |
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The fucker on the right needs to spit-shine his boots, pronto. That looks like a yardbird to me. Looks like the average Bosun to me. |
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I liked the dungarees, but utilities felt stupid. The blue coveralls were my all time favorite and I wore them as much as humanly possible. The camo pattern stuff didn't get issued until after I got out, but I do remember laughing at the whole "Sea Warrior" concept they were trying to push at one time.
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LOL.....another great idea! Works so well that when the sailors fall over board we can't even see them in the water! View Quote I was going to ask about that, and if they had something like a Reflective Belt or vest to be worn for the Deck Apes to make them visible if they go overboard |
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At least it's flame retardent in case of shipboard fires...
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i bet they are easier to keep clean than solids. View Quote I thought this was the sole reason the Navy adopted it. The camo pattern is kind of a morale thing, but the intention of the mottled pattern is to hide the permanent stains a regular Sailor gets everyday that would have rendered the old chambray work outfit unserviceable. |
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I think they look better than the dungarees/utilities I wore when I was in. But they recently authorized ball caps for wear with them. That looks just dumb.
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