Norfolk Rollout of New NWU Draws a Crowd

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CATHY DIXSON
Otis Clay, supervisor of Navy Exchange, and Jeanne Crow, Navy Exchange uniform shop manager, assist Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Josie Woodward with the new Navy Working Uniform on Friday at the Navy Exchange at Norfolk Naval Station, Va.
There are three more pics at the link.

Norfolk Rollout of New NWU Draws a Crowd

By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jan 18, 2009 9:42:19 EST

NORFOLK, Va. — It was their first chance to buy the new blue digital camouflage working uniform, and by mid-morning Thursday, the place was packed with sailors.

“Around 11, you couldn’t move in here,” said Lynne Williams, general manager of the Navy Exchange at Naval Station Norfolk, standing in the uniform shop.

The Norfolk region is the first to offer the Navy Working Uniform, which will replace utilities for sailors and wash khakis for chiefs and officers. The rollout will last two years, at which point everyone in the Navy will need to own the uniform.

One month before the uniforms went on sale, the massive Norfolk store began stocking what would amount to $1 million worth of the new uniforms, boots, covers, parkas and insignia. Such was the expected rush that the store opened two hours early, at 7 a.m.

Despite the cold temperatures, “We had people waiting,” Williams said.

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[Captain Hilts]

1. It's silly for sailors to wear such gear.

The twill two-piece working uniform the Coast Guard wears seems much more practical and versatile.