Question for US Navy veterans from the 70s and 80s | |
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(OP) User ID: 18986900 United States 07/11/2013 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks OP for the trip down memory lane. MM3 late 60's Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3696709 This was fun...good luck on your look. BTW, the original dungarees were stove pipe pants. We would tailor them to make them bell bottom. The stove pipe pants were actually used in emergency for floatation which the bell bottom wouldn't work. It depended on the ships captain whether you were allowed the bell bottom or not. That's interesting, didn't know that. They replaced dungaree pants with straight-leg utility pants in 2000, which is the year I enlisted, so I missed the whole era. It's good to be open-minded, just don't let your brain fall out. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3696709 United States 07/11/2013 03:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks OP for the trip down memory lane. MM3 late 60's Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3696709 This was fun...good luck on your look. BTW, the original dungarees were stove pipe pants. We would tailor them to make them bell bottom. The stove pipe pants were actually used in emergency for floatation which the bell bottom wouldn't work. It depended on the ships captain whether you were allowed the bell bottom or not. That's interesting, didn't know that. They replaced dungaree pants with straight-leg utility pants in 2000, which is the year I enlisted, so I missed the whole era. I thought the utility pants were introduced in mid 70's. I know my younger brother enlisted in 76 and he didn't get to wear the dungarees. But that might have been the starting point with his class of recruits. I remember seeing the utility pants somewhere, but don't remember the year I first saw them. |
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