Separated at Birth: US Navy and Egyptian Special Police  

Posted at 6:41 pm in rivercityvibe

Out for a run the other day, I spied the unmistakable image of three uniformed members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard coming toward me. Naturally I sought hard target cover and sounded my personal locator alarm, knowing that the QRF at Bones HQ would be crashed out. If I was going to have to conduct a fighting withdrawal on the streets of my own home town, I wanted my Ukrainian bodyguards in intimate support. “Bring the ’40“, I whispered into my collar mike….

As the enemy moved toward me it became increasingly obvious that I was mistaken. In fact, the closer they got the more sure I was that they were not Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Neither were they Egyptian Special Police (my second guess). In fact I was slowly coming to the horrifying conclusion that these guys were not third world paramilitaries at all. Could they be Americans?

Then a comforting thought struck me….. “Halloween costumes!”  I extracted myself from my fire position with as much dignity as I could and moved towards the guys in question, smiling.

Fuck me, readers – they only turned out to be members of the US Navy!

blue camo

Not these fellows, after all.

Great guys they were (anyone who has a broad international experience knows we should go down on our knees to thank serving sailors for what they do for us). They sheepishly explained that the Pentagon, in its Post-Rumsfeldian wisdom, had decreed a new working dress for the Navy and had decided it should be a Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) colored blue….

You know, in case you wanted to hide behind some waves…….. or in the sky, perhaps.

Here is a picture of the new look US Navy:

navy nwu 800

Relax. They're on our side

There really is very little difference. I CANNOT wait for them to bring out more colors (you know it will happen – Bones Rule # 1). I have a feeling this is a reaction to the fashion and celebrity culture that we live in (the one I deliberately perpetuate for laughs….) It does not seem very military, I’ll say that.

Perhaps officers of field rank and above could be permitted to wear mauve?

Written by Joe Bones on November 2nd, 2009

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  1. Has the Military finally ‘jumped the shark’? Perhaps the dive toward a more ‘urban’ look with elements of ‘street’ will, they hope, increase recruitment?

    It is a trend though, the Army has dispensed with ‘Desert Brown’ and ‘Forest Green’ versions of their uniforms and has instead decided to stand out in any environment in ‘odd turquiose’, see it here… http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/439630

    Notice too that they have dismissed the long held belief that nature does not produce straight lines and have made it out of little boxes…

    Go Figure

    thehog

    3 Nov 09 at 2:08 pm

  2. do you remember “ali g indahouse”? they had a scene with all the different gangs wearing their camo. in their own colors.
    http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/noallegiance666/alig.jpg
    “hoorah” will soon be replaced by “booyakasha”

    (formerly) Big Bob

    3 Nov 09 at 5:16 pm

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