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Navy admits standard-issue uniform is highly flammable and will melt onto skin
UK Daily Mail ^ | 10 January 2013 | By Beth Stebner

Posted on 01/11/2013 6:04:23 AM PST by US Navy Vet

The U.S. Navy’s standard-issue blue digitized camouflage fatigues are highly flammable and will burn ‘robustly until complete consumption,’ a report revealed last month. The findings show that the digital-print camo, which is made from 50 percent cotton and 50 percent nylon, will drip as it burns, causing potentially hazardous burn injuries. But the Navy’s top spokesman said that the government organization is aware of the report findings, and added that sailors had asked for a fade-resistant uniform that was also comfortable.

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...Just Swell...
1 posted on 01/11/2013 6:04:33 AM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: US Navy Vet

Made in China?


2 posted on 01/11/2013 6:06:23 AM PST by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: US Navy Vet

I remember melting my nylon pants on the lawnmower manifold...


3 posted on 01/11/2013 6:07:48 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: US Navy Vet

” But the Navy’s top spokesman said that the government organization is aware of the report findings, and added that sailors had asked for a fade-resistant uniform that was also comfortable.”

Is burning to death comfortable?


4 posted on 01/11/2013 6:08:02 AM PST by EEGator
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To: US Navy Vet
Well, who would thunk that?

Blue Digital uniforms that burn Like HMS Sheffield aren't working.

The United States Navy look at HMS Coventry and said, We can kill our sailors even faster and more efficiently!

Good Job Navy, Good Job.

5 posted on 01/11/2013 6:09:45 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: US Navy Vet

sailors had asked for a fade-resistant uniform that was also comfortable.


So the brass and the civilians blame the sailors.


6 posted on 01/11/2013 6:12:49 AM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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"Most synthetic fabric, such as nylon, acrylic or polyester resist ignition. However, once ignited, the fabrics will melt. This sticky, hot, melted substance will cause localized and very severe burns. When natural and synthetic fibers are blended, the hazard may increase due to the combination of a high rate of burning and melting usually will result in serious burns. In some cases, the hazard may be greater than that of either fabric individually."

Fabric Finishing Partners

7 posted on 01/11/2013 6:13:03 AM PST by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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.....look into who made them, then look into who ran test on them (consumer test)...AND THEN, try and find out who in Congress invested in the company who produced them.-


8 posted on 01/11/2013 6:13:29 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Navy admits standard-issue uniform
Would someone please explain to me why sailors need to wear blue digitized camouflage in the first place?
9 posted on 01/11/2013 6:16:05 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Bad idea from the get-go. This is what happens when a Service becomes an ‘enterprise’. Easy fix: no digitized cammies in a shipboard environment.


10 posted on 01/11/2013 6:17:37 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: oh8eleven

So they’ll blend in with the ocean if they fall overboard?

PS - our Sailors snidely refer to these uniforms as ‘aqua-flage’.


11 posted on 01/11/2013 6:19:42 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: oh8eleven

Really? If you fall overboard it’s a lot harder for sharks to find you. Gees.


12 posted on 01/11/2013 6:19:45 AM PST by ryan71 (Water, food and ammo.)
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"THE SMOKING LAMP IS OUT...THE SMOKING LAMP IS OUT."
13 posted on 01/11/2013 6:25:47 AM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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Wonder if other services digital camo uniforms have the same ‘Fire retardant’ properties?
14 posted on 01/11/2013 6:25:59 AM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. The Edge of the world is Square and water pours over it!)
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To: oh8eleven

The fabric was on sale.


15 posted on 01/11/2013 6:27:41 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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So that they blend in with the water...


16 posted on 01/11/2013 6:29:21 AM PST by Kozak (The Republic is dead. I do not owe what we have any loyalty, wealth or sympathy.)
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I’ve seen this ‘camo’ up close. It even has little ‘US Navy’ icons. No wonder ‘Last Resort’ got canceled after a couple of episodes.


17 posted on 01/11/2013 6:32:20 AM PST by real saxophonist (I show my friends my 1911. I show my enemies my Glock.)
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To: Kozak

Nancy Pelosis husband was in the fabric stock market at the time and needed a few quick million.


18 posted on 01/11/2013 6:32:24 AM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: moose07

Not “fire retardants”. Fire retards.


19 posted on 01/11/2013 6:33:41 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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“sailors had asked for a fade-resistant uniform that was also comfortable.”

So, I’m assuming that the blue 100% cotton shirts and dungarees that sailors wore aboard ship were uncomfortable?


20 posted on 01/11/2013 6:33:56 AM PST by paterfamilias
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