Which khakis to wear at NMCSD

[FNU LNU]

Quick question - can anyone tell me which version of the khaki uniform to wear at NMCSD? Unclear if I should wear wash khakis (safe for shipboard wear/no ribbons) or service khakis (more polyester/wear ribbons).

Thank you in advance.

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[blee]

If you want to fit in, I'd got with service khakis. I've never seen wash khakis over here, not even on patients.

 

[IlDestriero]

I liked Banana Republic, but I was an Anesthesiologist there, so not much need for the uniform.

 

[FNU LNU]

Thanks for the info and the humor, respectively. As a former Marine, I have a need to be in the proper uniform that borders on an Axis II disorder...

 

[backrow]

You will only wear wash khaki's aboard ship (for the most part).

Anytime you are in the hospital and in khaki's you will wear service khaki.

 

[MTGas2B]

Thoughts on CNT vs. poly/wool?

 

[FNU LNU]

I talked to a line officer friend of mine and he said that most people go with the P/Ws. I bought both and then returned the CNTs. The P/Ws have permenant creases and in my opinion, are a bit more comfortable. In all honesty though, I hope to spend most of my career in scrubs or utilities...

 

[IgD]

Make sure you don't wear summer whites in November although it is sunny and 90 degrees

 

[BrickHouseMD]

What's the rollout schedule for the NWU? Is it still some time around October for Navy-wide use? Have the officers jumped on board and started wearing them where they're allowed to? They seem like they'd be more comfortable than khaki's.

 

[backrow]

Thoughts on CNT vs. poly/wool?

It's rare to see CNT's these days. Poly/wool is the way to go.

As to the NWU question. You definitely see them out in the line community now and around the hospital I work in. The roll-out was geographically based, I think everyone has to have them by this January, but don't quote me on that.

I think whether you wear that or not will be hospital dependent, but if you are going on audition rotations/interviews I definitely wouldn't wear the NWU over the Khaki's.

But yes, they are more comfortable, but the off-base use rules limit my wearing although it's better than the flight suit rules.