Navy BDUs

[Pakman3000]

When did they get a new camo scheme? Saw some footage from the USS Comfort and the blue scheme looked sweet!

[MaximusR3]

you mean these?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2613715770_9537e06887.jpg

i'm not really sure why most navy personnel would need BDUs, spending most time on a ship where camouflage is somewhat useless but more power to them i suppose lol

[DaCajun]

Well they look a hell of a lot more comfortable than those crappy blue bell bottom dungarees I used to have to wear all the time. But i'm not sure I would wear them in the Nuclear powered engine rooms since I worked with extremely hot surfaces, torches, and such. So I really wouldn't want the nylon in the 50/50 nylon cotton blend to melt to my skin. I had a nylon rope melt and drip on to my skin once and it was not very pleasant at all. I couldn't imagine a whole uniform. Unless the cotton helps shield the nylon from melting with extreme heat?

[Pakman3000]

Well they look a hell of a lot more comfortable than those crappy blue bell bottom dungarees I used to have to wear all the time. But i'm not sure I would wear them in the Nuclear powered engine rooms since I worked with extremely hot surfaces, torches, and such. So I really wouldn't want the nylon in the 50/50 nylon cotton blend to melt to my skin. I had a nylon rope melt and drip on to my skin once and it was not very pleasant at all. I couldn't imagine a whole uniform. Unless the cotton helps shield the nylon from melting with extreme heat?

I always envied the other services with their uni's. Navy has soooo many. Marines have the sword and spiffy class A's. Army too. In the AF we have reg BDUs, now ABUs with the tiger/cloud greenish pattern. Our short sleeve dress blues suck! You can wear a geeky tie or wear it open with no tshirt looking like you just stepped outta the Vietnam era. As a new airman I used to get looks cuz I would go against regs by copying the Army and wearing tshirts so you couldn't see the chest hairs. lol

[DaCajun]

I don't think they changed any of our dress uniforms which are the cracker jack ones just the working uniforms by standardizing them. I was just thinking too about the air crews which all wore different colored long sleeve shirts to distinguish their particular job on the flight decks. Especially with all the noise it's easy to tell whose job is what instead of going around asking everyone of them to find a specific airman. If they standardized to all the same uniforms that would screw that system all up.

[Timmy_2_Tones]

Well they need the BDU's so that they can be camouflaged with the water..... Duh!

[MaximusR3]

Well they need the BDU's so that they can be camouflaged with the water..... Duh!

of course, why didn't that occur to me. So when an enemy actually does attack they can all jump ship and hide in the ocean while they search the ship and eventually leave after deciding it must be a ghost ship

[Timmy_2_Tones]

Well they need the BDU's so that they can be camouflaged with the water..... Duh!

of course, why didn't that occur to me. So when an enemy actually does attack they can all jump ship and hide in the ocean while they search the ship and eventually leave after deciding it must be a ghost ship

Precisely, Seee how easy it is to use your brain and figure out an answer.. LOL! :o

[MaximusR3]

yeah i guess someone should have just given me one of these sweet links

http://tinyurl.com/yk7nskr

[Timmy_2_Tones]

yeah i guess someone should have just given me one of these sweet links

http://tinyurl.com/yk7nskr

I like it. Do remember though, You technically fell under the Department of the Navy. Which technically means you were in the Navy, Marine.

[MaximusR3]

See that's why they made the Marines though, they needed somebody to actual do some fighting while the Navy guys paraded around in their bell bottoms. LOL

No offence Navy guys, most of you are cool and all but just so much fun to make fun of

[DaCajun]

No offense to the marines but all I saw laying on the floor after a barfight with Navy guys was a lot of marines, they just simple can't hold their liquor either like a Navy guy. The thing that beats you down is that big ego that some get thinking they are badasses just because they were in the marines :lol: . Most of the guys I hung out and worked with could bench over 300lbs. squat over 400lbs. We have plenty of free workout time while out to sea. Someone smart is someone that doesn't underestimate their enemy. I never started a fight but I damn sure finished them. ;) . I always had respect for all branches because I've had family in every single branch in a few wars. I just have to laugh at fools who tries to pick fights over things like being in a different branch then get their ass beat down, pretty sad. I did 6 years active duty so look at my rack and what is missing? hmmmmm

My good conduct medal.

[MaximusR3]

lol yeah i think of everyone that built their racks on the other site, Saviger was the only one that had a good conduct ribbon. Damn goody two shoes

i never got into the whole branch rivalry thing either, outside of just poking fun amongst friends. So many Marines had such big heads and that's one of the things that made me a bit of an outcast (that and the fact that i kept my hair at an astonishing 2.5" to 2.75" inches on top). In boot The DIs even told all the guys in my platoon how when they get home all the girls are gonna want them and they will be badasses and such but while i just laughed it off, it is apparent that most of them took it completely seriously.

hey DBG, were you one of those certified badasses out of boot? :lol:

[David_3033]

I had no problem getting women before or after bootcamp. :lol: Hell just look at my wife she is a hottie!!

[MaximusR3]

lol very well then. You and Inkabodpain will have to duke it out on who's girl is hotter :lol:

[David_3033]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1592839&l=1485ca5736&id=643233327

[MaximusR3]

uh oh, here comes the proof! now let's get ink in here to submit his picture and the battle can begin lol


nice catch dbg ;)

[David_3033]

Thanks, yeah I think I will keep her. :lol:

[hazonku]

I think it's only fair that the navy gets a cool uniform, everyone else already has. Question... Do they have a shore side version? Like an ACU or MARPAT one? A lot of the times when we'd call for EOD to blow some shit up in Iraq more often than not it'd be a combined unit of Army Sappers & Naval EOD. The Navy guys I worked with in Iraq in 2005 wore the same 3 color DCU's I wore way back in 2003. (only difference being the octagonal hat of course). Are these guys expected to where this new uniform in Iraq & Afghanistan? Cuz that would be lolz.
I hope they have some sort of desert friendly color schemed one in the works.

[DaCajun]

Cute kid db and I guess the wife is ok, :D, you should definitely keep them 8-) .

[smoke]

See that's why they made the Marines though, they needed somebody to actual do some fighting while the Navy guys paraded around in their bell bottoms. LOL

No offence Navy guys, most of you are cool and all but just so much fun to make fun of

yeah, since one of them is doing the website.. :o

[Taino67u]

now how in the hell will they work for the SEAL Teams and all the Navy personell assigned to the USMC?

[MaximusR3]

LOL

[David_3033]

now how in the hell will they work for the SEAL Teams and all the Navy personell assigned to the USMC?

All the corpsman I have seen wear the Marines marpat. I could be wrong though. At least at my reserve unit that is how it was. :D

[MaximusR3]

now how in the hell will they work for the SEAL Teams and all the Navy personell assigned to the USMC?

All the corpsman I have seen wear the Marines marpat. I could be wrong though. At least at my reserve unit that is how it was. :D



yep, Corpsman wear special versions of MARPAT that doesn't have an EGA on it

[saviger]

lol yeah i think of everyone that built their racks on the other site, Saviger was the only one that had a good conduct ribbon. Damn goody two shoes

we finish our fights in house, before UCMJ needs to get involved.

[saviger]

On the subject of Camo, the Army is already talking of scrapping the ACU pattern, and going with Multicam. My team was given a few uniforms/equipment in Multicam pattern to play with at YTC as I was out processing in 08.

[MaximusR3]

lol yeah i think of everyone that built their racks on the other site, Saviger was the only one that had a good conduct ribbon. Damn goody two shoes

we finish our fights in house, before UCMJ needs to get involved.


which is exactly how i think it should be but alas, some people just enjoy doing paperwork i guess

[MaximusR3]

I've read a little bit about the Multicam pattern, seems pretty cool. sort of a "one camo to rule them all" sort of thing

[Timmy_2_Tones]

I kinda dig that Multicam. It is very reminiscent of the DCU.