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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?
9 posted on 01/11/2013 6:16:05 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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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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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 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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‘cause all the other guys have their camo


37 posted on 01/11/2013 6:55:39 AM PST by stuartcr ("I upraded my moral compass to a GPS, to keep up with the times.")
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To make them harder to find when they fall overboard. Wait...


42 posted on 01/11/2013 7:01:56 AM PST by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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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.


43 posted on 01/11/2013 7:02:34 AM PST by rlmorel (1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
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To: oh8eleven

To make them harder to find when they fall overboard. Wait...


44 posted on 01/11/2013 7:04:05 AM PST by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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To make them harder to find when they fall overboard. Wait...


45 posted on 01/11/2013 7:04:45 AM PST by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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Me too...I think they look like their from the Belgian Navy...ugh.
Another Mullin debacle...


52 posted on 01/11/2013 7:27:43 AM PST by matginzac
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Would someone please explain to me why sailors need to wear blue digitized camouflage in the first place?

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...

56 posted on 01/11/2013 7:49:53 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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