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Tango01 | 04 Sep 2015 9:45 p.m. PST |
Updated Take On Classic Design As Obsolete Styles Discontinued For US "The United States Navy announced that it will be phasing out certain out-of-date styles and items of the working uniform through Oct. 1 and introducing other new styles, the military publication Stars and Stripes reported Tuesday. Authorities said they wanted to update the uniform using new technology and limit the number of items a sailor needs to buy each year, and to keep the seabag each person brings onboard a naval ship as light as possible. The most significant change was to the Navy coveralls, eliminating the blue set except for work that would soil other uniforms. Officials had already begun to phase them out on an unofficial basis, and they will be replaced with flame-retardant coveralls to be worn on board Navy ships at all times, the announcement said. The new guidelines also lowered the required number of coveralls from four to three, with a replacement set each year…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
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