What does the Navy Working Uniform replace?
Utilities for E-6s and below and wash khakis worn by chiefs and officers. It also will replace the little-used tropical versions of those uniforms — the ones with shorts. Also gone will be the “winter working blue” uniform, which is the less-dressy version of the “Johnny Cash” black shirt and black pants worn without ribbons and tie. Coveralls were headed for the scrap heap, but sailors made it loud and clear in 2004 that the popular uniforms needed to stay.
