So they’ll blend in with the ocean if they fall overboard?
PS - our Sailors snidely refer to these uniforms as ‘aqua-flage’.
Really? If you fall overboard it’s a lot harder for sharks to find you. Gees.
The fabric was on sale.
So that they blend in with the water...
‘cause all the other guys have their camo
To make them harder to find when they fall overboard. Wait...
From day one, that is what I wondered. Why? Why? Why?
It was the dumbest thing I had ever heard. Blue Cammies. Was it a “Meee tooo” warfighting thing? Just dumb.
Christ, I was a sailor, and this Navy keeps embarrassing the crap out of me. I think it hit a low when I saw that television thing on PBS about carriers, and they showed the whininess and political correctness that is rampant.
To make them harder to find when they fall overboard. Wait...
To make them harder to find when they fall overboard. Wait...
Me too...I think they look like their from the Belgian Navy...ugh.
Another Mullin debacle...
Geesh...no kidding. What's wrong with the traditional blue dungarees and khakis? Were the sailors getting an inferiority complex because the other services "in the field" all had cammies? What purpose do digitized blue cammy uniforms serve, onboard a grey ship?
I remember my progression in Navy boot camp in the mid-80s, especially with respect to the dungarees. The degree of "fading" announced to everyone whether you were in Week 1, or Week 9. When we were brand new recruits, the newly-issued dunagree trousers were still deep, a dark inky blue, stiff, and smelling of moth balls. They could practically stand by themselves. The shirts were scratchy and stiff, and had the smell of long-term storage.
After about 5 or 6 weeks however, the dungarees started to fade, and actually became comfortable. The lighter blue color looked good against our sun-burnt faces and necks; our white leggings and white duty belts accented the color of the now-worn dungarees.
In any case, if banning the new camoflaged uniform saves just one life...