The Navy is parting ways from their blue camo work uniforms. Beginning on October 1, the Navy's blue camouflage work uniforms (NWU Type I) will be a thing of the past. New recruits, officer ...

Even Navy Secretary Ray Mabus jokes about blue-and-grays, telling reporters in 2013 that 2013 meeting with reporters, said of the NWU, "the great camouflage it gives is if you fall overboard." ...

120613-N-EK905-052 PEARL HARBOR (June 13, 2012) Admiral Cecil Haney speaks to a group of Sailors and Marines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin ...

The camo pattern also makes the uniform still look presentable, even though it is wrinkled. The uniform is made of wash-and-wear material, and is lighter, and more rugged, than fabric currently used.

Sailors now have the option to use the cold weather parka rank insignia on the NWU Type III parka, black fleece liner and shirt, according to a NAVADMIN released Thursday. The order applies to E-4 ...

Beginning October 1, 2019, the green NWU Type III uniform will become the Navy’s primary shore working uniform. The roll-out plan for the change to the NWU Type III begins October 1, 2017 and ...

Beginning Oct. 1 and ending Sept. 30, 2019, sailors will be able to wear either the blue Navy Working Uniform Type 1 or the new NWU Type III, at the discretion of the unit commanding officer.

The Navy is replacing its blue camouflage uniforms with green, like these uniforms worn by Capt. John Moulton, commodore, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2, as he presented the Bronze Star Medal ...

From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs The Navy announced Thursday in NAVADMIN 214/17 the wear rules and Fleet distribution plan for the Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type III along with a list … ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced Thursday plans to phase out an unpopular blue and gray camouflage working uniform later this year. In its place, the Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type III ...