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The Navy Runs Out of Pants for Its Working Uniform – Won't Get More Until October
(www.military.com)
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I've seen the dungarees, the utility uniform, the blue camo pattern, and now whatever this is. I just don't see what the point is in changing it over and over again.
Fuck man, you're right...
Article called them NWUs and I just assumed the website fucked up the picture.
But the new NWUs are green, not blue like the ones I was thinking of.
On the plus side, now if you go overboard you're not camouflaged so you can't be seen by anyone on board.
It's been a while, but I think they changed the coveralls, too.
It all just seems like such a waste. I get that the old NWUs could be worn anywhere. Underway, in-port, out in town, etc. Would have been a lot more cost-effective for the powers-that-be to just say "you know what, just wear coveralls everywhere, as long as they're not covered in paint."
I have a stack of ancient uniforms that replaced a stack of even more ancient uniforms. The Navy changes their uniforms faster than the ship's laundry can pretend to wash the last set.
They couldn't, because those coveralls were super flammable and a danger to anyone wearing them.