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To: SeaHawkFan

My father and uncle are retired sailors. We all thought the blue camos were silly. I mean if you fall over board how they going to find you?


39 posted on 08/02/2014 8:32:26 PM PDT by BBell (I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
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To: BBell
My father and uncle are retired sailors. We all thought the blue camos were silly. I mean if you fall over board how they going to find you?

Yeah the two biggies was Man Overboard and Fires. Man Overboard meant you went to your work center immediately no matter what and no matter what attire. A shipmate was in the water and time mattered. Trying to locate someone in rough seas is difficult enough without uniform making matters more difficult.

56 posted on 08/02/2014 8:53:56 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: BBell
My father and uncle are retired sailors. We all thought the blue camos were silly. I mean if you fall over board how they going to find you?

Which means the standard navy uniform should feature this color:

If they really, really want cammo-pattern then they could have this as a secondary color:

59 posted on 08/02/2014 9:02:37 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: BBell

I always thought that the Navy should have a uniform that reacts with salt water. If a sailor fell overboard the salt water would cause a color change in the uniform making the sailor more visible. Can this be done?


93 posted on 08/03/2014 5:17:52 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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