question about navy uniform?
hello, was just wondering about the navy uniforms, I noticed it was the blue one’s but I also saw that it might be replaced with the brown one’s? the ones that have the marine colors on it? is this true? anyone has any information on it? I read this below on a website.
In January 2010, the Navy began considering new Navy Working Uniform patterns modified from MARPAT, named Type II and Type III, desert and woodland, respectively.[11] These patterns are overall darker than their respective MARPAT progenitors, modified with different color shades,[12] and addressed the fact that the blue and grey Type I pattern was not meant for a tactical environment (the Battle Dress Uniform and Desert Camouflage Uniform are still used for this purpose).[13] Backlash from Marines, including an objection from Commandant Conway, led to restrictions when NAVADMIN 374/09 was released:[14] the Type II to Naval Special Warfare personnel, while Type III is restricted to Navy ground units.[15]
NWU Pattern I is basically the Marine Pattern uniform with a different camouflage pattern (consisting of black, blue, and two shades of gray). It does not have Marine colors in it.
There is an NWU Pattern II, which was designed to be the new Desert Uniform. That’s the one mentioned that the Marines won’t let us wear. It’s restricted to a very few select units. The Navy is currently trying to figure out a new plan to get a desert-capable uniform out to the fleet, since the old DCUs are going away, and it sucks to wear Army ACUs when you are in the Sandbox (trust me on this. Though it was cool to have all the pockets available).
So no, we have our new blue camouflage, and it won’t be replaced by brown ones anytime soon. Sigh.
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