I haven't seen anyone wearing Aviation Greens since the mid 80's.
They were pretty expensive- You could blow about $650 on the whole set real
fast. I located my jacket and pants in a thrift shop, so all I had to get
was a few long sleeve shirts at the uniform shop.

I made it a point to wear mine for the 50th anniversary of the bombing of
Pearl Harbor when I was stationed at Barbers Point, Hawaii. I was amazed how
many folks had never seen it before. I always thought it was a really cool
looking uniform and I enjoyed the "nostalgia".

Yes, the wool was kinda warm during the day- oh well :-)

Larry
AECS (AW/SW/MTS)
Disabled Combat Veteran
USN Retired

20 years of Navy in my rear view mirror
and getting further away every day ;-)






"Jake Donovan" wrote in message
news:dahnb.1208$Re.840@lakeread06...
I haven't seen anyone wearing Aviation Greens since the mid 80's. They
are
still in the Uniform Regs though. (As someone stated earlier, we have
enough uniforms to drag around with us.)

JD

"Doug "Woody" and Erin Beal" wrote in message
...
On 10/27/03 3:34 PM, in article
, "Justin Broderick"
wrote:

(Rich) wrote in message
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During the war Fleet Admiral EJ King designed a grey uniform that he
proposed to be all purpose, eliminating khaki and the service dress
blues (which he felt, reportedly, were too much like the Royal Navy).
Never a popular uniform and generally only worn in King's presence or
in East Coast commands where he was likely to appear, it barely
survived his tenure and was no longer authorized after 1948.


Working gray was supposed to replace working khaki, but not service
dress blue. After early '43 blues could be "dress," which was the
basic pre-war SD blues (A, B or C), or "service" which could have
stripes only halfway round the sleeves and could be worn with the
"service" combination cap (black chinstrap instead of gold and no
scambled eggs) or blue garrison cap. Service blues could also be worn
with the gray shirt and collar insignia, another of King's ideas that
didn't really catch on.

Gray short-sleeved shirts and shorts were also supposed to replace
tropical khaki, but I don't know if anyone ever actually wore it.
Grays were considered something of an abomination in the PTO.

For a brief time in the 1980's aviation greens were not authorized
and
the use of brown shoes with khakis was likewise done away with, but
in
recent years greens have made a comeback and are authorized to be
worn
with brown shoes.

Did Lehman bring back the aviation greens?

--Justin

They never went away. It's just that most folks choose not to buy them,
and
since their a working uniform, no aviation skipper I know of has ever
required their wear.

--Woody