Posted on 04/06/2016 1:59:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Junior female sailors are not the only women to get new uniforms.
Female officers and senior enlisted sailors will wear updated styles, such as new combination covers.
By the fall of 2016, both enlisted men and women will receive new service dress blues, what the Navy calls “crackerjacks.”
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The “Dixie cup” style dates back to 1886 when it was first incorporated into Navy uniform regulations, according to the Navy’s historical site.
“It can be squared, rolled, crushed, fitted with ‘gull wings’ or simply worn as it comes from small stores. It can be used as a flotation device or a sun shield or even, some claim, as a dog food dish. With its many shapes and uses, it may be the most versatile article of clothing a Navy enlisted man wears,” the site states.
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According to the site, approximately 140,000 white hats are made every month in Puerto Rico for the Defense Personnel Support Center.
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Hmmmm. I haven’t worn the E-6 and below uniform since 1978, but If i remember correctly, the undress white uniform had no piping and the service dress whites included piping, both required the neckerchief.
I was an E-5 in 1965 and undress whites was white pants and a white jumper. A neckerchief made it dress whites. There was no piping. That was only on our dress blues.
We send our little teenage girls to fight. I know women can shoot and do brave things but in hand-to-hand combat, our daughters will be killed easier. It might be cute on tv shows but reality is that male troops are stronger.
From what my daughter was telling me, huge spike right before WESPAC
And they got preggers all by themselves?
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