The original NWUs - officially called the Type I - were rolled out in late 2008 with the idea of being able to do some heavy maintenance on a ship and then grab groceries without a change of clothes. "Never again should we have to pass the words 'all hands shift into the uniform for entering port or getting underway,'" Fleet Master Chief Rick O'Rawe, a wear-test participant, said in 2019. Two year later, the Navy said the item was undergoing wear testing.Īccording to the service, officials hope that, once the new garment reaches the fleet, it will give sailors an option to have an outfit that is safe to wear in the operational environment of a ship but also formal enough to go out on the town - an idea that has a troubled history in the Navy. The 2POC, or the idea of an outfit like it, was announced at the same time that the current coveralls hit the fleet around 2017.
It was approved by the Navy's top officer in late 2020 and, starting in October of last year, "40 Ambassadors started wearing the new organizational clothing at select East coast commands in order to showcase the new garment."
Hansen says it is popularly known as "the 2-Piece OC or 2POC."Īccording to Hansen, the "organizational clothing," not formally considered a uniform, is getting closer to hitting the fleet. Madisyn Hansen, Smith's new outfit is part of the development of a two-piece garment aimed at offering an alternative to the Improved Flame Resistant Variant Coveralls.
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