I went in JUL-16, before the NAVADMIN was released. The only folks wearing Type III NWUs in my class were SeaBee Mustangs, and SEALs. They all had rough-out brown/tan boots.
Truly hoping my CO will auth the brown boots at some point. I'm not in any hurry, since I had to buy a second set of aquaflage just to go to school. Plus, I'm actually getting use out of my parka, so I'm content to hold off for a while longer...<lyric>rock it 'til the wheels fall off</lyric>
Since I was the sailor's DIV-O at the time, and it wasn't me, it was either a Chief, or the CO/XO, judging by the direction he was coming from, and his demeanor.
Strange. Yea O's mostly wear khaki's in my unit, so that's what I've been doing. But I will double check with my CO re whether we are authorized to purchase Type IIIs right now. Current fleet-wide status certainly leaves some folks in an odd gray area...I think my CO will likely authorize since a handful of others have already been wearing it and presumably it's authorized for everyone or no one, but better safe than sorry as they say...