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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. Navys 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 Navys 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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: military; uniform; usnavy
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...Just Swell...
To: US Navy Vet
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:06:23 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
To: US Navy Vet
I remember melting my nylon pants on the lawnmower manifold...
To: US Navy Vet
” But the Navys 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?
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:08:02 AM PST
by
EEGator
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.
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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)
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.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:12:49 AM PST
by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: US Navy Vet
"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
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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!)
To: US Navy Vet
.....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.-
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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))
To: US Navy Vet
Navy admits standard-issue uniform
Would someone please explain to me why sailors need to wear blue digitized camouflage in the first place?
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:16:05 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: US Navy Vet
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.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:17:37 AM PST
by
tgusa
(gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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’.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:19:42 AM PST
by
tgusa
(gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
To: oh8eleven
Really? If you fall overboard it’s a lot harder for sharks to find you. Gees.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:19:45 AM PST
by
ryan71
(Water, food and ammo.)
To: US Navy Vet
"THE SMOKING LAMP IS OUT...THE SMOKING LAMP IS OUT."
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:25:47 AM PST
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: Doogle
Wonder if other services digital camo uniforms have the same ‘Fire retardant’ properties?
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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!)
To: oh8eleven
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:27:41 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: oh8eleven
So that they blend in with the water...
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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.)
To: US Navy Vet
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.
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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.)
To: Kozak
Nancy Pelosis husband was in the fabric stock market at the time and needed a few quick million.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:32:24 AM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
To: moose07
Not “fire retardants”. Fire retards.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:33:41 AM PST
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
To: maine yankee
“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?
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