Female uniform changes. Feedback from ongoing wear tests of the female service dress blue jumper with Dixie cups will be incorporated into final designs in 2015, as part of Navy leaderships push to outfit women in the same uniform styles as male peers. But the revamped SDBs — complete with side zipper on the blouse and a front zipper on the trousers that makes the 13-buttons purely decorative — wont be in uniform stores until 2016, officials say. Female chiefs and officers have been testing a new combination cover modeled more closely off the male cover. The design is expected to be finalized in 2015. If its approved, the cover could start replacing the so-called bucket hats now worn, starting in 2016. Some female chiefs and officers will also get to test wear new summer dress whites, but that wont begin until early 2016. The new uniform will feature a high collar like the male version. There will be no pockets on the chest and it will have smaller buttons.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:24:17 +0000
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