- Goodbye ball caps. New rules will only allow the ballcap in your command area if approved by your CO. Leave the pier, go down to Subtrafac for training and you'd better have that 8 point cover. If I need to carry two covers, one will stay in the barracks.
- Goodbye foul weather jackets. This one is not so bad since I could never get one when I needed it anyway. Every queer in the sonar shack had one but God forbid some poor seaman in Deck Div get one to work (aka chip, paint, chip, etc.) in topside. BTW, what ever became of those nylon flight jackets issued to CO's, XO's and COB's? (Not to mention the Chop and SKC.)
- Since we couldn't roll up our sleeves the right way, we get to roll our sleeves like the damned Army. Not a big gripe, just different. I think the video mentions some sort of damage control usage for the new method.
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I don't see the new rules as really changing the wear of ballcaps on the waterfront. The new Navy Working Uniforms replace utilities and wash khakis, but not the poopie suits. I pretty much expect to see the same poopie suits and ballcaps along the waterfront. As an officer, I'm not sure why I'd bother spending the money on the NWU. All I ever wore was my poopie suit if I was on the boat, or my CNT khakis if I had to go to a meeting at squadron or run an errand off base. Maybe that's different for the enlisted guys. It seems to me the only time my guys really put on utilities was to go take the advancement exam or attend a MCPON all hands call.
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