Some of the other changes they made were pretty questionable, but I would have been more than happy to switch out the dungarees for BDU-type uniforms. Dungarees were hot, smelled weird, and were hard to maintain. If you brushed up against any recently painted surface (which I seemed to always find every single one of onboard ship), then they were ruined. With the new working uniforms, you don’t look like you just escaped from the pen, and if you happen to get a little paint on them, it just blends right in.
As a CHief if you had primer on your new blue digi uniform, you bought a new pit. They still wear coveralls to protect the damn expensive trousers.