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A sailor wears NWU Type II (at right) in Afghanistan in 2021, compared to a Marine in desert MARPAT (center). The NWU Type I, known then as simply the NWU, began being made available to U.S. Navy sailors in late 2008 and early 2009. It completely replaced most of the U.S. Navy's other working uniforms by late 2010.
The MARPAT uniform was officially fielded as standard issue to the officer candidates of OCC-181 at MCB Quantico and the recruits of 3rd BN Mike Company at MCRD San Diego in late 2002; [20] [self-published source] It continues to be the USMC's standard issue uniform pattern to date. In all, the MARPAT development process from concept to ...
The NWU Type I was phased into service beginning in January 2009., [21] but was phased out as of 1 October 2019. The Type II and III patterns are overall darker than their respective MARPAT progenitors, modified with different color shades and a vertically-aligned pixel pattern for the woodland version (compared to the horizontal alignment of ...
The uniform made its official debut at a base exchange at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on January 17, 2002, [8] [9] and the changeover was completed on October 1, 2004 (with a few exceptions of April 1, 2005), [10] a year ahead of the original deadline date set in 2001 of October 1, 2005. [11] [12] [13]
Embroidered FMF badge on a navy corpsman's utility shirt in July 2002 Hospital corpsman Luis Fonseca in June 2012 wearing the FMFEWS on the NSU.. The Fleet Marine Force enlisted warfare specialist device (FMFEWS) is a qualification insignia of the United States Navy earned by enlisted U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the Fleet Marine Force of the U.S. Marine Corps who have successfully completed ...
MARPAT pattern, used for the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU) in two variants, woodland and desert. Navy: Navy Working Uniform (NWU). Comes in two variants – standard woodland for garrison use and desert for deployment use. Air Force
Universal Camouflage Pattern A sample of the UCP pattern Type Military camouflage pattern Place of origin United States Service history In service 2005–2019 (U.S. Army) [a] [b] Used by State Defense Forces See Users for non-U.S. users Wars (In U.S. service): War in Afghanistan Iraq War (In Non-U.S. service): Mexican drug war Insurgency in Northern Chad Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Syrian ...
NWU may mean: Nagoya Women's University, Japan; Nara Women's University, Japan; National Workers' Union (Dominica) National Workers' Union (Guyana)