I certainly hope so.
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Adios Service Dress Khakis
- Thread starter kmac
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"The Force is strong in this one..."
Duffleblog has a great article about the blue digital cammies
OMG, I hope so also...
, however, I'd be all in for bringing back a bit of tradition by replacing th 'P'cutter crest w/ mini-wings, ala FADM "Bull" Halsey & our early Naval Aviation legends.
BzB
phrogpilot73
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Here's what I brought: (1)blue jacket (it was required for officers on both my MEU deployments), (1) short sleeve khaki shirt, (1) pair blue trousers, (1) pair green trousers, (2)pairs cammies for my first deployment (one green, one tan), (6) pairs my second deployment (FAC tour), (6) flight suits my first deployment (3 green, 3 tan). That was it for uniforms. With that mix, we could wear every uniform in the USMC inventory, minus Blue C, Service A/B, and dinner dress.
Kinda sad for an 'ol Sailor to sit back & watch what is happening/has happened to Navy uniforms today (formal, dress, working & flight). What was workable/affordable/storageable over the past century, has suddenly (last ~10 yrs.) become a confusing 'jungle' of weird color combos, multi color/pattern cammys, and saddest of all, the loss of AWGs and now losing SDKs.
Agreed. The fact that the Navy actually has/had a Task Force Uniform that met for YEARS only to come up with wonderful innovations like the PT uniform and aquaflage.
Embarrassing.
Me thinks I smell a pot being stirred.Going out on limb here...but am I the only one that thinks Aviators (and ONLY aviators...) ought to wear berets?
With miniature wings, of course, over the large rank device.
Yea, same same. This sounds like the one instance where we make more sense than the rest of the fleet...Victory!
Desert deployment was desert bags and one set of the NWU type 3 for O's/Aviators. Prior deployment had a change of command in sig, so those guys had to have a set of whites and a set of khakis to stand duty, but other than that it was just bags.
It was probably an accident that what we did made sense...that shit doesn't happen on purpose.
Desert deployment was desert bags and one set of the NWU type 3 for O's/Aviators. Prior deployment had a change of command in sig, so those guys had to have a set of whites and a set of khakis to stand duty, but other than that it was just bags.
It was probably an accident that what we did made sense...that shit doesn't happen on purpose.
These are the same kind of people who are restricting (read: trying to eliminate) the wear of desert flightsuits because they deem them too "expeditionary." Never mind the fact that the survival folks would prefer that all our flight suits be tan instead of green. Oh and we spent millions designing a 2 piece flightsuit that works in all environments, makes wearing the body armor more comfortable, etc...yet now the powers that be are trying to eliminate the opportunities for wearing it as well. FML this kind of stupid shit is getting old!!!
Made all four months of my last 5th Fleet vacation only wearing a flight suit. Brought one set of Broccoliflauge and they never left the hanger. I was able to pack everything in about 46 minutes to get home in a hurry and I still felt overpacked. Bring what you need and nothing more...
And all the Army guys I know hate them and want to go back to regular flight suits, that is at least according to the dozen or so Army aviator types I have talked to (our resident Army crew can chime in at any time to correct or disagree with me).
Out of curiosity, why?
It is irritating that we are issued four flight suits, and then soon after that two of them became ineligible for me to wear.
The PMA guys that I have talked to (including those involved in the development and testing of the 2-Piece) say that Coyote is the 1 color that works in every environment.
For evasion or for rescue? I'm interested to hear more, as I would think the Coyote wouldn't be good for evasion in a jungle environment, but I know color can do some cool tricks to the eyes, so maybe it would work.