The US Navy to Spend Millions Ditching Its Blue Camo Uniforms
30th August 2016
“The Navy ‘blueberries’ – I don’t know what the name is, that’s what sailors call them – the great camouflage it gives is if you fall overboard,” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told reporters in 2013.
They tried this silliness under Zumwalt, and eventually went back to the old uniforms. No telling how long it will take them to wake up from this one.
Other complaints about the NWU Type I include that it’s heavy and melts easily when exposed to heat.
This is why uniforms were traditionally of natural fibers, like cotton and wool. Sometimes the old ways are best.