Random question about what clothes you get?

Zaphod
Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:24:16 +0000

Jadler beat me to it. However, as crazy as it might sound, Plebe Summer is one time where you don’t want to stand out in any weird way. Stick to what is issued. Once the summer is over, have at it.

The only uniforms I ever purchased after graduation were Khakis, and that’s only because the ones I got at USNA got worn out. My SDB’s, Summer Whites, etc., carried me through 5 years and beyond (short time in the Reserves).

My class was the first to receive the Campus Jacket. Prior classes had gotten the “Ike” jacket that you CAN use in the Fleet. We were TICKED.

IIRC, the only uniforms from USNA that do not go with you into the Fleet are your whiteworks (thank God), your Campus Jacket, and your Full Dress Blues (A pity, really.). If you go USMC or cross to another service, you are SOL.

BTW, as you progress through the next four years, you will be issued more and more uniforms. For example, my class was issued FOUR SETS of Service Dress Blues. Don’t ask me why. The thing is, those things are NOT cheap, and you DO pay for them. After the second set, I never went back. Never got in trouble. Did the same thing for the additional WUB(A) and WUB(D) uniforms.

Take care of your peacoat (For the life of me, I can’t remember the official name of it right now). It is a Godsend. I don’t think I wore my long overcoat once after I graduated.



Oh- and has anyone told you about the uniform races yet???

Heh-heh…

ALRIGHT, DIRTBAGS! WHITE WORKS BATMAN! THIRTY SECONDS! NO OVERHEADS! MOVE! :D



or the blue scarf to wear with your white works

NECKERCHIEF, maddam! NECKERCHIEF.

Only zoomies wear scarves in the summer, and that’s because they all want to be like the Red Baron. :D