Navy Requieum for a Blueberry

[Perrotfish]

Just an FYI, we are all officially going to have to throw out our aquaflage in October, and start wearing the green NWUs instead.

Let all take a moment to bow our heads in memory of blueberries everywhere.

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[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Heard about this today. Hope our CO approves wear early. The NWUs are better than the mechanic coveralls we wear underway, but the Type IIIs are so much better. I hope they switch to a two-piece FRV. That'd be stellar.

 

[pgg]

I read that they were to be authorized for wear through Oct 2019?

Whatever. The greens do look better, and have the advantage of not being obnoxiously ridiculous. I'm a little irritated because I have 4 or 5 sets including the Goretex thing. I can think of about 600 things I'd rather spend $600 on than a new set of uniforms I'll wear a couple times per year.

But surely the new top secret special pay arrangements will compensate me for that outlay. :-/

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I read that they were to be authorized for wear through Oct 2019?

Whatever. The greens do look better, and have the advantage of not being obnoxiously ridiculous. I'm a little irritated because I have 4 or 5 sets including the Goretex thing. I can think of about 600 things I'd rather spend $600 on than a new set of uniforms I'll wear a couple times per year.

But surely the new top secret special pay arrangements will compensate me for that outlay. :-/

They are. The type IIIs will be issued to recruits starting next fall, and Sailors who already have the type I will be allowed to wear them through 2019. Authorization to wear the Type III starting October 1 is command dependent.

 

[WernickeDO]

Is it true that the blueberries turn orange when someone goes overboard into salt water?

 

[Cooperd0g]

Is it true that the blueberries turn orange when someone goes overboard into salt water?

Go ahead and jump overboard and let us know how it works out.

 

[WernickeDO]

Go ahead and jump overboard and let us know how it works out.

I would if I could.

 

[Perrotfish]

Update: the Navy, in a bizarre fit of common sense, has authorized brown boots for wear with the new green NWUs in the hospitals (with command approval).

Now I'm conflicted: is it worth it to spend several hundred dollars on new Uniforms, if it means I can wear a boot that actually breathes and isn't weighed down with steel toes? I was planning to ride off into the sunset in aquaphlage but now I feel like I might need to make the switch.

 

[Cooperd0g]

Update: the Navy, in a bizarre fit of common sense, has authorized brown boots for wear with the new green NWUs in the hospitals (with command approval).

Now I'm conflicted: is it worth it to spend several hundred dollars on new Uniforms, if it means I can wear a boot that actually breathes and isn't weighed down with steel toes? I was planning to ride off into the sunset in aquaphlage but now I feel like I might need to make the switch.

Only you can determine that. Are you considering getting out soon? Factor that into the decision.

 

[DeadCactus]

It continues to blow my mind how many millions of dollars are wasted on constant uniform changes.