Policy update allows Sailors to put their hands in their pockets

| February 15, 2024

The Navy rolled out a revised policy for uniform and appearance. The bucket cover returns… For all Sailors. Sailors can put their hands in their pockets. If Sailors can properly render honors and courtesies, and they don’t compromise safety, Sailors can have their hands in their pockets. Sailors are also allowed to have false eyelashes, provided they do not exceed 14 millimeters from the eyelid.

From the Military Times:

The policy update rescinds restrictions barring sailors from placing their hands in their pockets, which the Navy previously claimed is “inappropriate and detracts from a professional military appearance.”

“Sailors are authorized to have hands in their pockets when doing so does not compromise safety nor prohibit the proper rendering of honors and courtesies,” the NAVADMIN said.

The Navy retired the female combination cover, known as the bucket cover, in 2018. But the service is now permitting all sailors to wear the cover with service dress and dinner dress uniforms, according to a new naval administrative message, or NAVADMIN, released Wednesday. Female officers and chief petty officers are also authorized to wear the cover with service khaki and summer white uniforms.

Sailors cannot purchase the bucket cover from Navy Exchange uniform stores, and must instead privately obtain one for wear.

Additionally, the Navy is allowing female sailors to wear the tiara as an optional uniform component when wearing dinner dress blue and white jacket uniforms. Sailors may purchase the tiara from the Navy Exchange online as a special order item.

The Military Times has additional information here.

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Jerry

USAF Gloves!!!!

STSC(SW/SS)

Gee, why even wear a uniform at all.

CDR D

In view of the screwball leadership’s current obsession with “diversity”, why bother with “uniformity”?

Dave

tiaras and fake eyelashes, what the hell Navy. Tranny all the way.

5JC

At least they will be able to masturbate in public again.

Steve1371

Rack ‘‘em up! Pocket pool all over again.

Old tanker

W T F???? A tiara for uniform wear and although the bucket cover won’t be in the exchange the tiara will???

Steve1371

What the hell is a tiara?

FuzeVT

I had a hard time searching for it (see my other post for one link). I also found this – a reference to the Marine Corps tiara!!
https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/found-our-military-history-collections-marine-corps-tiara

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jeff LPH 3 63-66

A tiara looks like a british crown cut in half so it only fits the front of the head. Sis wants to buy me one.

sarasnipe

Dungaree pockets weren’t really that good for placing one’s banana peelers in.

Deckie

But that uniform looked hella salty when broken in.

AW1Ed

Yep.

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jeff LPH 3 63-66

When the Okinawa was over in Viet-Nam, former shipmates told me that they had onboard beard growing contest ….

KoB

Certainly glad that these vital issues to National Security have been settled. Now, if Big Navy could keep their ships from running into one another, or other objects, that would be great. Can one still call the iconic Sailor Cover a “Dixie Cup”?

SFC D

No. Dat’s rayciss.

Anonymous

Hopefully, some CAPT/O6 won’t insist upon putting rank on it:
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MustangCryppie

We used to call it a squid lid.

Sailorcurt

Interesting that all these changes seem geared towards making women happy. Fake eyelashes, tiaras, lightweight boots were mentioned in the Military Times article…even hands in pockets I’d bet is more about women complaining about their hands getting cold than anything else.

Why don’t they just cut right to the chase and restrict enlistments to women only. We could be the first military in the world with an all volunteer – all woman Navy. That would get us some woke cred wouldn’t it?

Men could still join, of course, they’d just have to declare themselves tranny and wear women’s uniforms.

And fake eyelashes.

fm2176

Well, ADM Levine established the Tranny in Naval Attire (TINA) look. The Navy should be just about set to make it policy that all Sailors tiptoe through the tulips with TINAs.

SFC D

This is how the terrorists win.

Green Thumb

Their called “freedom fighters”.

26Limabeans

Refugees seeking a better life.

Green Thumb

“Sailors cannot purchase the bucket cover from Navy Exchange uniform stores, and must instead privately obtain one for wear.”

About see some “Ranger Joe’s”, er..”Sailor Jane’s” knock off shit on this one.

Have fun, Chiefs!

Hack Stone

Made in China. With slave labor.

FuzeVT

Found an article cancelling the tiara from back in 2016
https://hamptonroadsnavalmuseum.blogspot.com/2016/10/in-memorium-navy-tiara.html

5JC

Fascinating stuff but…

I’m more interested in why half of the entire US Navy is headed to China.

And why practically no one is talking about it.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-deploy-5-aircraft-carriers-093000087.html

Roh-Dog

Saw the same.

Add to that; the recent spiciness being Mach 33+ed into the vacuum, alerts all ’round Europe, the rich burying stuffs…

I’m usually a certain shade of paranoid but this is getting Strangelovian.

‘One stupid mistake away from some stupid conflict’ as always but this combo of despots, tyrants, and vegetables at helms is unfkingprecedented.

5JC

Would they be willing to destroy the entire world to keep Trump from making America Great Again?

They are willing to destroy the world in order to save it so why not?

MIRanger

So you think that Slow Joe is taking a play from Zelenskyy and going to call off the election due to a War happening in order to defeat Trump?!

5JC

The US Constitution, unlike the Uke Constitution has no loophole for cancelling elections. In 1814 elections were held even though the capitol had been captured during the war a few months before. Elections were held in 1864 as well although those in states in rebellion couldn’t vote.

MCPO USN

Plus RIMPAC will be going on this summer, with ships from a lot of partner nations being around Hawaii. This always pisses off the Coolies to no end.

China is pissed because:

  1. Their man-made islands are sinking.
  2. They are broke.
  3. Their population is aging and not reproducing.

Add in their military is as corrupt as Russia’s and it’s not a very rosy picture over there.

Anonymous

Hat back again, as seen on Demi Moore in A Few Good Men (should also be in khaki, too):
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Roh-Dog

Meant to ruin this a long time’go, ever seen Demi and Quagmire in the same room?

You’re welcome.

Quagmire-1699417634
W2

gigidi gigidi

Prior Service

So the lady sailors can wear a tiara but the USAF beauty queen can’t? Hmm.

rgr1480

…But the service is now permitting all sailors to wear the [bucket]cover with service dress and dinner dress uniforms, according to a new naval administrative message, or NAVADMIN, released Wednesday….

Wait …… ALL sailors? You mean we might see some male sailors wearing the female bucket cover????!!!

fm2176

Of course, those wishing to show solidarity with their female shipmates, those confused as to what that little dangly thing between their legs is supposed to do, and those who like the feel of their shipmates’ little dangly things during an after shift spooning session. Gives all new meaning to the term “hot bunk”.

Sparks

Oh goodie! This will make us a more lethal fighting force.

Sam

Sailors got pockets?

26Limabeans

Now if they would just keep their hands out of my pockets.

MCPO USN

Or at least Joe Biden’s.

Hack Stone

Looking forward to the US Navy Gender Fluid Non-Binary Digital Ambassador showing up to the next Navy Ball wearing his crown.

26Limabeans

And Admiral Levine ends up bitch slapping him after a heated
argument.

rgr769

Does Admiral Levine rate one of these Flag rank tiaras?

SFC D

Is gender fluid anything like blinker fluid?

Hack Stone

Hack Stone is so old he remembers when gender fluid was called baby batter.

Green Thumb

Or Phil Monkress toothpaste.

Wireman611

It’s tranny fluid. Always shifty.

Green Thumb

Pockets are for profiles.

Blaster

Standards? What are standards?

Anonymous

“Racist” now.

Skivvy Stacker

Damnit….I always wanted to wear a tiara with dinner dress!
It’s just not fair!!
I’m going over to my corner to pout for an hour or two.

Slow Joe

I put my hands in my pockets all the time.
Make stupid rules and watch how people break them.