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| Navy Testing Two New Camo Uniforms |
| 2010-08-12 |
| Pictures at site The Navy is set to field two new camouflage uniforms next year, just months after the last of the fleet will be issued the service's newest pixel-pattern, blue-and-grey "Navy Working Uniform." Navy officials announced late last year they would provide a service-specific camouflage pattern to the ever-growing number of Sailors supporting operations in combat environments, recognizing the bright colors of their newest at-sea uniform were inappropriate for anything other than shipboard operations. "In 2006, the [Chief of Naval Operations] saw the need to improve the tactical uniforms," said Lt. Cmdr. Chris Neish, a top gear buyer for the Naval Expeditionary Programs office. "The rationale was to provide a uniform to address the needs of the battlefield today." Borrowing from work done by Naval Special Warfare Command on two camouflage patterns similar to the Marine Corps' desert and woodland digital patterns, the Navy began testing the so-called "Navy Working Uniform Type II and III" in late July. The Type II uniform is a slightly darker version of the Corps' desert Marpat scheme and the Type III set-up is akin to the Corps' woodland digital. Both have the Navy's "Anchor, Constitution and Eagle" emblem embedded in the digital pattern. According to Navy officials, only Naval Special Warfare operators and those supporting them will be allowed to wear the Type II duds, while all Sailors who are currently issued the old-school woodland uniforms will be allowed to wear the Type III cammies -- both deployed and at their home stations. That means Sailors in the Seabees, riverine units and explosive ordnance disposal technicians will get the new Navy Type III uniforms for day-to-day wear. Naval Special Warfare operators will also be issued Type III camo duds for woodland and jungle environments. Commandos issued the Type II desert scheme will not be allowed to wear their new uniforms on base in the U.S. unless they're in training, and any Sailors outside the special warfare or expeditionary community deployed to a desert locale will still wear the Desert Storm-era tri-color desert camo, the Navy says. The entire program cost an estimated $80 million to develop, test and field the two camo uniforms, officials said. |
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