Got this from DH..

The Physical Training uniform has been approved by the CNO and is expected to roll out in the spring of 2008. By October 2008, all Sailors should have had an opportunity to buy at least one set of PT gear. Wind suit not due to hit the streets until October 2008. The complete set is approximately $50.

Roll out for the Navy Working Uniform is still on track for deliver during the summer of 2008 when they should be available at the Navy Exchanges. Roll out is a 24-month program and the adjusted clothing allowance will support the 24-month timeframe.

:woot for the new daily uniforms! we will be moving to HI in summer 08 and DH hates his working whites!! Hes super excited!!

wait what there getting rid of working whites...?

wait what there getting rid of working whites...?

Yep, it will be blue/gray cammies.. we saw them at the spouse meeting I went to.. I'm actually not impressed. They're replacing utilities.. http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/200410230.aspx


Here's a link I found.. http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=32012

Here's the new proposed PT gear..http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/navy_ptuniform_070628w/

According to the MCPON, coveralls are staying. DH loves his coveralls, so that's a good thing.

dh can't wait

Not looking forward to the BDUs at all. And because DH is attached to squadron he will be required to change over as soon as they are available to set an example for his boats :(

I can not wait to get rid of those fugly, garbage-man looking utilities! :jump4joy

I can not wait to get rid of those fugly, garbage-man looking utilities! :jump4joy

AMEN Sister!

I'm confused though, will they still get to wear the $1,500 worth of uniforms that they just bought when they made Chief? :reallymad Because, if not, I'm gonna be :censored

I'm not impressed either. IN fact, I think the cammies are UGLY. :pukey

Jason was one of the people who did the trial testing for the new uniforms (the black and khaki ones) and he liked them alright, but still... I'm going to be highly upset if these uniforms he just bought will be going in the trash.

I freakin LOVE the utilities. They are my favorite uniform (L)

I freakin LOVE the utilities. They are my favorite uniform (L)

:screwy :neener

I'm confused though, will they still get to wear the $1,500 worth of uniforms that they just bought when they made Chief? :reallymad Because, if not, I'm gonna be :censored

I'm not impressed either. IN fact, I think the cammies are UGLY. :pukey

Jason was one of the people who did the trial testing for the new uniforms (the black and khaki ones) and he liked them alright, but still... I'm going to be highly upset if these uniforms he just bought will be going in the trash.

From what I understand, the CPO khaki's are not changing.

I freakin LOVE the utilities. They are my favorite uniform (L)

I do too! Utilities were my fav jr. uniform!!! I'm ticked because we just shelled out money on uniforms that we'll be having to add to and replace...

According to a friend of mine who is an Army wife, the new digital cammies suck, and the velcro on the pockets is crappy quality. I'm not looking forward to having to keep replacing them.

From what I understand, the CPO khaki's are not changing.

OK, I just talked to Jason and he said the only uniform that will be changing is the long sleeved wash khakis. I guess those ones are going to be gone, but the rest will be staying :whew

From what I understand, the CPO khaki's are not changing.

I have not heard anything about wash or poly wools changing. But there will be a Service Dress Khaki uniform in 2008.

OK, I just talked to Jason and he said the only uniform that will be changing is the long sleeved wash khakis. I guess those ones are going to be gone, but the rest will be staying :whew

Good deal! I don't like the wash khaki's anyway.. :hehe

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo working white are my favorite :sadeyes

I'm confused though, will they still get to wear the $1,500 worth of uniforms that they just bought when they made Chief? :reallymad Because, if not, I'm gonna be :censored

I'm not impressed either. IN fact, I think the cammies are UGLY. :pukey

Jason was one of the people who did the trial testing for the new uniforms (the black and khaki ones) and he liked them alright, but still... I'm going to be highly upset if these uniforms he just bought will be going in the trash.

From what I understood the BDUs will be replacing chiefs wash khakis. Polywools are sticking around, but when they bring the dress khaki uniform into effect the chokers will be gone too, :( my favourite uniform.

From what I understood the BDUs will be replacing chiefs wash khakis. Polywools are sticking around, but when they bring the dress khaki uniform into effect the chokers will be gone too, :( my favourite uniform.

I like the chokers.. that SUCKS! But either way, DH looks good in Khaki.. so I guess it will balance out.. :giggle

im throwing a fit! lol

Yep, it will be blue/gray cammies.. we saw them at the spouse meeting I went to.. I'm actually not impressed. They're replacing utilities.. http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/200410230.aspx


Here's a link I found.. http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=32012

Here's the new proposed PT gear..http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/navy_ptuniform_070628w/

According to the MCPON, coveralls are staying. DH loves his coveralls, so that's a good thing.

i'm not impressed with the new cammies either. oh well. but i am VERY glad the coveralls are staying, and so is db :)

i'm the oddball i like how they look. dh looks crappy in his white uniforms they don't fit him properly at all i'm hoping these fit better

the material of the new army ACU's is not the best, but I love the wash n wear ability. DH was told that a pair should last about 6 months, none of his have worn out yet and it's been two years in January. I've only had to fix one velcro tab too. Plus, adding patches, changing rank, etc is sooo easy now.

that's true, i think it will depend from person to person. i really want to see db in them ;) but it's not like he has a choice if they look bad lol

the material of the new army ACU's is not the best, but I love the wash n wear ability. DH was told that a pair should last about 6 months, none of his have worn out yet and it's been two years in January. I've only had to fix one velcro tab too. Plus, adding patches, changing rank, etc is sooo easy now.

Honestly, I just don't see the point to them for the Navy.:puzz. They don't blend into the surroundings like other Cammies do. They won't even blend in aboard ship.. so it can't be the Camoflage angle. kwim??? DH will be wearing them daily since they'll replace wash khaki..

Honestly, I just don't see the point to them for the Navy.:puzz. They don't blend into the surroundings like other Cammies do. They won't even blend in aboard ship.. so it can't be the Camoflage angle. kwim??? DH will be wearing them daily since they'll replace wash khaki..

I dunno, the pickle suits(as we call them) are funky anyway. It's not even mandatory Army-wide yet.

I dunno, the pickle suits(as we call them) are funky anyway. It's not even mandatory Army-wide yet.

:lmao pickle suits!

DH and I are both excited about the new working uniforms. The PT gear isnt bad either!

melissa, you are so right! they are pretty pointless. maybe they just want sailors to feel more in the loop since army and marines have cammies? lol. db won't wear them often cause he works on the flight deck and wears coveralls daily.

melissa, you are so right! they are pretty pointless. maybe they just want sailors to feel more in the loop since army and marines have cammies? lol. db won't wear them often cause he works on the flight deck and wears coveralls daily.

DH has the choice between khaki or coveralls.. soon it will be cammies or coveralls.

:lmao pickle suits!

if you get a bunch of them together, and kinda squint...it looks like a bunch of sad pickles!!!

if you get a bunch of them together, and kinda squint...it looks like a bunch of sad pickles!!!

:lmao.. we'll have to see what the blue cammies look like.

blue pickles? :lmao

blue pickles? :lmao

:lol

From what I understood the BDUs will be replacing chiefs wash khakis. Polywools are sticking around, but when they bring the dress khaki uniform into effect the chokers will be gone too, :( my favourite uniform.

the chokers? that stinks! I've seen a picture of the potential dress khaki and I think it's "okay"

I'm glad to see the utilities leaving. I hated those things.

DH however wears a flight suit probably 75% of the time so not much has changed for him in years.....

I freakin LOVE the utilities. They are my favorite uniform (L)

LOL!! I'm with you Brandi! I really like the utilities. Honestly.. they are a helluva lot easier to wash and keep up than the NWU's are going to be.

I hope they don't screw ya'll over with the uniforms Brandi!!!! :hugs

We just spent 300 on uniforms as well to get DH ready for deployment. We don't get enough of a uniform allowance to pay for all of that!!!

Ah, so C's won't be changing too much anyways. He only ever wears the utilities when he has an inspection. Otherwise he wears coveralls. I (L) the coveralls. :drool

my favorite ist he working whites thank you mr. tom cruise in top gun. i don't like the new uniforms one bit. they look too much like a marine uniform crossed with the air force. granted it will be nice not to have to change uniforms constantly, i hate coveralls but my Dh's rate plays in the freaken grease and grim all the time. i hope they are easier to wash!

Ah, so C's won't be changing too much anyways. He only ever wears the utilities when he has an inspection. Otherwise he wears coveralls. I (L) the coveralls. :drool


:drool YES!!! One zipper means EASY ACCESS!!! :D

Ah, so C's won't be changing too much anyways. He only ever wears the utilities when he has an inspection. Otherwise he wears coveralls. I (L) the coveralls. :drool

I love the coveralls too, and how easy they are to maintain.. once every 6 months or so when he was E5 and below we'd replace coveralls due to paint or grease stains.. He's an EN so the biggest issue was having them smell like diesel fuel.. or having oil and grease embedded in the fabric.

Did you DH ever have a pair of those flame retardant coveralls??? Those things are completely pointless since they effectiveness is NIL after they're washed..

:drool YES!!! One zipper means EASY ACCESS!!! :D

They certainly made for some fun quickies when he'd come home for lunch in CT.. :giggle :blush

From what I understood the BDUs will be replacing chiefs wash khakis. Polywools are sticking around, but when they bring the dress khaki uniform into effect the chokers will be gone too, :( my favourite uniform.

are you serious???? so the freaking choker whites that dh HAD to buy (even though he pretty much never had to wear dress uniforms for anything) isn't even going to exist in a year or so? yeah, i want to go kick his sponsor in the shins now :hystericlaugh

on a side note, i'm not feeling the service dress khakis.

are you serious???? so the freaking choker whites that dh HAD to buy (even though he pretty much never had to wear dress uniforms for anything) isn't even going to exist in a year or so? yeah, i want to go kick his sponsor in the shins now :hystericlaugh

on a side note, i'm not feeling the service dress khakis.

I know.. DH bought Chokers before he bought Blues.. I don't like the service dress khaki, but what can we do??? absolutely nothing..just gotta go with the flow eventually.

bleh... i dont like the new BDU's. I like the ones that DH wears now :drool

I can't believe you guys have to pay for your DHs uniforms, that sucks!

I can't believe you guys have to pay for your DHs uniforms, that sucks!

right now we dont have to pay for them. one of the perks of being with the command he is at.

i thought everyone has to pay for uniforms once they are out of bootcamp? that is what clothing allowance once a year is for. :thinking

Mark has the new PT gear and loves it!! He was at the conference in Fort Worth over the summer where they were issued to be tested.

Here's the new proposed PT gear..http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/navy_ptuniform_070628w/

According to the MCPON, coveralls are staying. DH loves his coveralls, so that's a good thing.

I like how the cammies blend into the water..gonna make for a real easy find in the event someone goes overboard...

Kinda irritated that we have to buy new uniforms and then we get out 4 months later. :sigh

I don't really care either way about the camo stuff...DB is happy they won't require as much ironing. I don't like the khakis at all though. Working whites were my favorite :(

right now we dont have to pay for them. one of the perks of being with the command he is at.

i thought everyone has to pay for uniforms once they are out of bootcamp? that is what clothing allowance once a year is for. :thinking

DH is usually just issued stuff. Like they just got all new PT gear (if you've seen the Air Force's new stuff, that's what he has). I dunno, he just comes home with new stuff whenever, like his brown t-shirts. Now I'll have to ask him, but I've never noticed any money in or out of his pay for clothing. :shrug

are you serious???? so the freaking choker whites that dh HAD to buy (even though he pretty much never had to wear dress uniforms for anything) isn't even going to exist in a year or so? yeah, i want to go kick his sponsor in the shins now :hystericlaugh

on a side note, i'm not feeling the service dress khakis.

Not to mention (and I didn't know this until hubby got his uniform allowance Oct. 1st), new chiefs only get an E6 uniform allowance for the first three years that they are a CPO....THEN they get E7 Uniform allowance.

Not to mention (and I didn't know this until hubby got his uniform allowance Oct. 1st), new chiefs only get an E6 uniform allowance for the first three years that they are a CPO....THEN they get E7 Uniform allowance.

:puzz I thought you only got the chiefs clothing allowance when they first make chief and then it goes back to a regular clothing allowance. :dunno Not that I would be opposed to getting extra money next year :lol

I (L) the utilities too..my Dh looks :drool in them.

For those of you that are complaining about buying new uniforms, just be glad that you get a uniform allowance at all. Not everyone in the Navy is as lucky...;)

From what I understood the BDUs will be replacing chiefs wash khakis. Polywools are sticking around, but when they bring the dress khaki uniform into effect the chokers will be gone too, :( my favourite uniform.

Where did you hear that the chokers are going away? That's a first...

My hubby said that's not true...chokers and the Service Dress Khaki aren't equivalent uniforms.

my favorites are the cammies, personally. my dh has to wear them because he's security on the boat. In fact, when they all man the rails tomorrow, they'll all be in blues...except for my hubby on the back of the boat. :)

Ah well. :sigh

$50 for the complete PT gear set, that is cheap.

:puzz I thought you only got the chiefs clothing allowance when they first make chief and then it goes back to a regular clothing allowance. :dunno Not that I would be opposed to getting extra money next year :lol

They get the initail clothing allowance, which is the nice big check, then they get an annual allowance each year. As a new CPO, they get it at the E6 rate for the first three years, then they get it at the E7 rate, according to the regs on the NEX website under uniform ordering. I guess this is because they figure they just got new uniforms and won't have to replace anything for a while....

$50 for the complete PT gear set, that is cheap.

That's for the complete SUMMER PT gear.. there will also be a wind suit they'll have to purchase for winter.

The uniform change doesn't really effect us. Though buying new PT gear will make me a little unhappy. I'm hoping his command just gives that stuff to him like they were supposed to when we joined in here.
DH won't have blue cammies other than maybe one inspection set because he's a Seabee with the Seal teams. They have no use for blue cammies and tend to just have to keep one of each uniform in their closet with the exception of the stuff they actually use. I have probably 20 sets of woodland and desert cammies in our closet and soon we will have a whole lot of black uniforms.
Though as a side note, I will be sad to see the chokers go, I always thought they were hot. But I pretty much only see those at Balls. Oh for all of you that have men in coveralls, you lucky ladies. Coveralls scream sex to me. I know it's weird but they can be wearing nothing under them and you won't know until you unzip...Surprise!

DH is usually just issued stuff. Like they just got all new PT gear (if you've seen the Air Force's new stuff, that's what he has). I dunno, he just comes home with new stuff whenever, like his brown t-shirts. Now I'll have to ask him, but I've never noticed any money in or out of his pay for clothing. :shrug
DH command usually just gives him everything he needs. But when we joined they were out of clothing money so we had to buy his PT gear.

I will hate to see Chokers gone. I know my husband is not at all happy with the uniform change and I don't blame him. They are taking away most of what makes a Chief stand out - khakis, the yellow pt shirts, etc. There is no distinguishment between the ranks other than collar device and the traditions of being in the Navy are slowly being taken away. Sad, sad thing.

My DH said if the Seabee's go to Blue Cammies and they lose their Bee on the pocket he'll be raising some hell. Though he doubts that will happen. Though there is talk about the Seabee community changing over to digitals.

are you serious???? so the freaking choker whites that dh HAD to buy (even though he pretty much never had to wear dress uniforms for anything) isn't even going to exist in a year or so? yeah, i want to go kick his sponsor in the shins now :hystericlaugh

on a side note, i'm not feeling the service dress khakis.

I am soooo with you! I had no idea choker whites were going away. DH will be deployed for most of the spring and summer so I don't think he's even going to get to wear them. I am so pissed off right now.

I like utilities too !! The new uniforms dont look very cute .. maybe DB will look good in em though .. but he looks HOT in his utilities, surprisingly!

As for the PT gear, I guess it doesnt really matter.. but im NOT a fan of the yellow shirts..bleh! How am I supposed to wear DBs clothes when theyre UGLY :teehee

I will hate to see Chokers gone. I know my husband is not at all happy with the uniform change and I don't blame him. They are taking away most of what makes a Chief stand out - khakis, the yellow pt shirts, etc. There is no distinguishment between the ranks other than collar device and the traditions of being in the Navy are slowly being taken away. Sad, sad thing.

I agree. Unfortunately we'll have a set of chokers in the house that will more than likely NEVER be worn.

I freakin LOVE the utilities. They are my favorite uniform (L)

lol I thought I was the only one who loved them!! Brian used to tease me about that all the time, but I just thought they looked sooo hot in them! Ironically where I work now the uniforms are alot like utilities.

utilities are my second fave uniform. db loves them & his coveralls.

i REALLY REALLY REALLY hate the cammi's. it's the freaking navy! drrrrrrr. & i hate the pant leg in boots look. blah.

:giggle The new gear looks exactly like Army stuff but different colors.
Trust me, girls, they are HOT :drool

You may be pleasantly surprised once you see them on your man :D

Jennifer is right, too-SO easy to wash and care for!

are we going to get a bigger clothing allowance when the stuff starts coming out? cause the cammies are 100 bucks a set..plus all the other stuff you have to but with that..cause my hubbys only been in 2 years so he only gets 238 for his allowance and thats not going to buy much

are we going to get a bigger clothing allowance when the stuff starts coming out? cause the cammies are 100 bucks a set..plus all the other stuff you have to but with that..cause my hubbys only been in 2 years so he only gets 238 for his allowance and thats not going to buy much

Yes, it was posted in an issue of Navy Times last month I believe.

:giggle The new gear looks exactly like Army stuff but different colors.
Trust me, girls, they are HOT :drool

You may be pleasantly surprised once you see them on your man :D

Jennifer is right, too-SO easy to wash and care for!

Thats what I was about to say! Took the words right outta my mouth!

However, u would think they would be a little more original than taking Army ACU's and making them blue :puzz :lmao

Wash and go ladies! No ironing needed.

Thats what I was about to say! Took the words right outta my mouth!

However, u would think they would be a little more original than taking Army ACU's and making them blue :puzz :lmao

Wash and go ladies! No ironing needed.

Eh, I'm still not feeling the need for the change.. the general consensus is that most all of us, sailors and wives both love utilities..

Oh well, as long as DH's khaki's don't change, he'll be thrilled.

Well I'm glad all dh wears most of the time is coveralls cause I sure don't want to be spending much on new uniforms.

Well I'm glad all dh wears most of the time is coveralls cause I sure don't want to be spending much on new uniforms.

Yep, mine will be back in coveralls once he's on a ship again.. and now that he's not in the pit turning wrenches they last MUCH longer.. :D

The uniform change doesn't really effect us. Though buying new PT gear will make me a little unhappy. I'm hoping his command just gives that stuff to him like they were supposed to when we joined in here.
DH won't have blue cammies other than maybe one inspection set because he's a Seabee with the Seal teams. They have no use for blue cammies and tend to just have to keep one of each uniform in their closet with the exception of the stuff they actually use. I have probably 20 sets of woodland and desert cammies in our closet and soon we will have a whole lot of black uniforms.
Though as a side note, I will be sad to see the chokers go, I always thought they were hot. But I pretty much only see those at Balls. Oh for all of you that have men in coveralls, you lucky ladies. Coveralls scream sex to me. I know it's weird but they can be wearing nothing under them and you won't know until you unzip...Surprise!
When I was in the Navy, coveralls were mostly just a squadron uniform and we were issued them. The guys that wore nothing under them called it "free balling it". :giggle