It's out with the blue and in with the green as the Navy will finally have their Type I Navy Working Uniforms replaced with a better design that not only makes them blend in expertly at sea (which would be difficult if they were to be stranded in the middle of the ocean) but also wouldn't burn as robustly as their former ones.
After 11 perilous years of parading around looking like victims of an airplane toilet explosion, the Navy finally is saying sayonara to the Type I Navy Working Uniform, a heinous half-nylon boondoggle that not only wasted hundreds of millions of dollars but endangered the lives of everyone who donned the accursed “blueberry."
That’s because until 2012, sailors didn’t realize that a mere spark could turn them into blueberry flambe.
(Image credit: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Todd A. Schaffer/Navy)
I wonder about the viability of camouflage in a naval setting. The new uniforms look practical and seem safer than the "blueberries" and do away with the camo. Whatever our troops wear they should be comfortable.
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I wondered about "aqua-flage". If you fell overboard wouldn't you want to be seen?
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