Wore that in the winter my first few years as an NROTC Mid in the late 90s. It was awful because it was itchy and the winters in ATL aren't cold enough to warrant long sleeves and a tie. Plus you had to haul around the combo cover.@HAL Pilot may have something else in mind, but perhaps he's referring to the all-black "Johnny Cash" uniforms...long sleeved shirt over SDB trousers. Either with both tie and ribbons (service uniform), or without both (working uniform). Much bigger on the east coast, I think, than it ever was on the left.
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These days the white pants with blues are only for officers and staff nco’s and only in the summer. I guess it was more unofficial since back then there were dress whites but also only for officers and snco’sThe yachting uniform?
We did it once in VP-46 for a dinning in on Diego Garcia in the late 80s just because... Never saw it other than that one time.
But on USS Theodore Roosevelt in the mid 1990s when we had a MARDET, we used to have the Marines dress up like that (dress blue jackets, white pants) to usher and serve drinks/hors d oeuvres to visiting VIPs during port visits during our cruises. We'd set up tents and stuff on the flight deck and have a VIP party. The Marines called it a "Sunset Parade" as it was usually the evening time and the Marines thought being part of a "parade" was better than being called waiters...
Imagine real brown shoes here instead of black ones
Most of the older uniforms combos have gone away. But there's still no shortage of uniforms. When I finished up my time in USN I had to bring 5 pairs of shoes with me on cruise: black, white, and brown shoes and brown and black boots.These days the white pants with blues are only for officers and staff nco’s and only in the summer. I guess it was more unofficial since back then there were dress whites but also only for officers and snco’s
Also, holy shit they Navy has had a ridiculous array of inane uniform combinations. About the only USMC nonsense I’ve seen in my time involves changes to when to wear green/tan cammies or flight suits and when to roll or not roll cammie sleeves.
They were still issuing us a set of Johnny Cash at combined OCS in '98-99. We just assumed they were still in the sea bag because some SWO daddies up in Newport must like them; it's puzzling they lasted as long as they did. They were a good uniform but they were rather redundant to khakis, especially if you included long sleeve khaki shirts.I remember the salt and peppers and the winter blues (Johnny Cash) while in NROTC 1981-1985. I want to say the winter blue stayed for awhile after that.
IMHO, what was quite possibly the singularly most retarded thing the Navy Uniform Board ever decreed was to mandate black T-shirts for all flight suits. We'd had the smurf cammies for several years by then and that meant navy blue T-shirts were widely available, at the Exchange or the ship's store, let alone already in most people's seabags (standard issue at boot camp and commissioning sources). But the oxygen thieves known as the NUB decided that fliers should stuff their kit with more shirts.Also, holy shit they Navy has had a ridiculous array of inane uniform combinations.
...long sleeve khaki shirts.
Yeah, but you folks have conniptions if people wear their cammies off base, because oh, the horror over something that’s apparently uniquely horrifying to Marines or something.These days the white pants with blues are only for officers and staff nco’s and only in the summer. I guess it was more unofficial since back then there were dress whites but also only for officers and snco’s
Also, holy shit they Navy has had a ridiculous array of inane uniform combinations. About the only USMC nonsense I’ve seen in my time involves changes to when to wear green/tan cammies or flight suits and when to roll or not roll cammie sleeves.
I manned the rail in SDBs a month into cruise, and then put my black shoes in a locker in my stateroom, 100 percent in order.Most of the older uniforms combos have gone away. But there's still no shortage of uniforms. When I finished up my time in USN I had to bring 5 pairs of shoes with me on cruise: black, white, and brown shoes and brown and black boots.
They were at USNA up to a few years ago. Now the only the summer variant of the Johnny Cash's are used with the idea that one would wear the Ike/All-Weather Coat/SWOter/Reefer or do the short sleeve challenge when winter rolled around. For those curious, Ikes and the SWOter were common sights. There has also been an uptick in MIDN wearing the Reefer. One of those "wearing it like it's going out of style" type situations since the newer classes aren't getting it. All-Weather Coats are authorized, but people just wore the Ike in the rain.