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[PhrogPhlyer]

What's not to like about polyester?

 

[Lawman]

If we don’t have people wearing their service uniforms at the top level meetings in some sort of Pentagon/Staff Beauty contest, how we will justify the need to change uniforms every few years….

 

[MIDNJAC]

I got maybe 4 sets of working khakis when I was a graduating/new ENS. Never wore them a single day. I do wish I had bought a life time supply of the associated garrison covers though. They are far better than what you can buy at the NEX now IMO, lightweight, etc.

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

One aspect of service uniforms that I always likes was you could tell the a lot by one's ribbon stacks.
I once had a meeting with a BGen who's stack said he was a HQ deck jockey,
When I spoke with his Aide, a Maj, a quiet and unassuming professional, that man's stack said he'd not only been there-done that, but got a Purple Heart and a Silver Star for his troubles.
I'd venture to say that some of the biggest braggards have the smallest stacks.

Not sure if the Navy still has the phrase "Khaki on the flightline" but on the Tripoli, the deck crew (LSEs, grapes, etc,) really tightened things up when there was khaki on the flight deck, especially if it was their section Chief.

 

[taxi1]

working khakis...Never wore them a single day.

Not on the ship?

As an LSO, I wore mine often enough. But this was in the late 1900s.

 

[number9]

Not on the ship?

As an LSO, I wore mine often enough. But this was in the late 1900s.

I have a dumb question about paddles. If the ship is going to make a sudden change of course, are you told over the radio/intercom so that you can communicate it to whoever is in the slot trying to land? I assume so, but..

 

[Gatordev]

Are 100% polyester CNTs no longer a thing.

Not since the early 2000's. The Navy switched to some sort of supposed poly-wool blend that was supposed to be better. I never partook and just wore the one set of Abbott's I had the few times I needed khakis over the next 18 years, which was rare after flight school.

I got maybe 4 sets of working khakis when I was a graduating/new ENS. Never wore them a single day.

Not even as SDO in flight school? That's impressive.

 

[Faded Float Coat]

I have a dumb question about paddles. If the ship is going to make a sudden change of course, are you told over the radio/intercom so that you can communicate it to whoever is in the slot trying to land? I assume so, but..

The captain would call down to my headset (CAG Paddles) to tell me he had to make a turn for winds, sea-space, or traffic. He'd typically say, "Hey, I've gotta turn after we catch this guy," or "If I make it gently, can you catch him in a turn?" Sometimes the captain himself wouldn't call, but the Boss would call after a conversation with the bridge.