all right - Ill change the subject!
Are all NEX uniform shops created equal? Ill have to drive/fly at least 5-6 hours to get to a uniform shop to get my initial fitting. Do some places have limited stock or not as experienced staff or anything? If im going to drive - id like to know when i get there, I'll be able to get everything and anything!
Im going to orlando at the end of the month - I might stop by while im there vs driving to Great Lakes or MD later.
I'll double down on Devilbones - Sizes are funky. Not like civilian clothes. Even Navy sizes vary from uniform. Might be large on one thing medium in a different thing.
Not all NEXES are equal. Some are like Sax 5th Avenue - others are more like a convenience store. Depends on the size of the base.
Online you can get just about anything, but the try on part is quirky. You can always return stuff from online. I bough a pair of khaki pants that I exchanged in person at the Newport RI NEX last weekend.
Newport RI has basically everything. You can always hold off till you are there is you don't see some things and want to try them on.
I've never been to Orlando - but Newport RI and Norfolk VA have everything under the sun.
Great Lakes with also have everything and VA is not far from MD depending on the way you travel. Norfolk probably has the world's greatest exchange. I think the Norfolk comment might be a fact on being the largest in the Navy but I could be wrong. It is big. Not doubt there.