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Comment by Anti M on July 1, 2017 at 5:31pm

I knew people who wore tropical whites when we were on Diego Garcia.  On gal wore hers too short and they banned them for a while.  

They can wear their dress blues in Hawaii for certain occasions, but usually do not.  Every sailor needs to have a set ready to go, usually for inspection, just in case.  But yeah, they wear their whites or peanut butters (service dress) most of the time, and if working on the ship, their coveralls.  he Navy is doing something stupid with the camo uniform, I wish they'd just leave it be, we are not the stupid Army.  The blueberries were ridiculous, heavy, not fire proof, hard to maintain, and too hot to work in.  They're going to a green camo which is fire retardant.

I was lucky, I had dungarees and my service dress was all black in white.  

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 30, 2017 at 6:42pm

While I'm sure they are much cooler than the traditional uniforms, they sort of remind me of The Love Boat. ;-) 

Comment by Allison on June 30, 2017 at 12:47pm

I'm not sure how to insert a picture here, so I found one on the internet if you want to copy and paste this link into a new tab:

https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8f00e4faf586e7dc849f171ba80cb0f9

I've only met one person who actually had to wear these and it was awhile ago. I'm sure it's nice in the weather, but they still make me laugh for some reason haha

Comment by Allison on June 30, 2017 at 12:38pm

From what I've heard, they usually wear whites in Hawaii :). Apparently there is also like "tropical whites" I guess. They are hilarious. Let me see if I can find a picture.

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 30, 2017 at 11:24am

Anti M - very nice.  Thank you, Allison.

The only reason I asked was because someone mentioned it to me. I thought lower rank enlisted only had dress whites and dress blues. Had never heard of "dinner blues" before. 

To go along with this, I know that they switch from white to blue and back with the time of year. But what if they are stationed in Hawaii? Do they always wear whites? 

I know these are just random questions, most just out of my curiousity. Sometimes I ask our FR, but he doesn't always know, or is concerned about. LOL 

Comment by Anti M on June 30, 2017 at 10:01am

Dinner Dress is not something the average sailor has to worry about.  I was an E-6, and my dress blues were sufficient.  I got to wear pearl earrings instead of silver was the only difference.  I associate the diner dress with officers, and perhaps chiefs.  

This is at the Navy Ball, with my friend Barry.  Dress blues.

Comment by ncdeb on June 30, 2017 at 9:11am

Thanks so much Indiboxer and Bandmom, I can't tell you all how nice it is to get information like this. We have no idea what to expect and how this all works so this is such a blessing!

Comment by Allison on June 29, 2017 at 8:57pm

I believe dinner dress comes with a higher rank. AntiM or Michael would know better. The one and only time my husband went to a dinner that required "dinner dress," the chief told them to wear dress blues. I was out of town and did not attend, so the info was secondhand from my husband, who is a bit clueless lol, he just goes with the flow. He's definitely never been issued, and I have not seen them in the enlisted section at the uniform shop; although, we had a small NEX at our last duty station and we live on an army base now, so they really only have NWUs.

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 29, 2017 at 5:48pm

I have another question. :-) Are Dinner Blues issued at their first duty station, or is this something they order, or does it come with a higher rate? 

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 29, 2017 at 5:17pm

Be prepared to wait in line for check in and out for your SR. Both Saturday and Sunday, liberty dropped at 6 am, but it was at least a 30 minute wait to get him all checked out. His liberty ended at 10 pm on Fri/Sat and 9 pm on Sunday. We made sure to be up there about an hour before as check-in sometimes also had a wait. 

We took the train into Chicago and then a cab to Navy Pier. Unless you are staying right downtown, I would advise a cab. Parking is expensive and sometimes you'll spend a while just finding a spot. I downloaded an app that was helpful with parking on our trips into Chicago at other times. The cost to park for many of the attractions is $16-$22. The app we used is ParkChicago. You can pay for parking through the app. 

Another useful app is the one for the Metra train. You can buy your tickets, look at maps and timetables on it. If you want to buy your tickets on the train, you will have to have cash. The Great Lakes station ATM was out of service when we were there in March and the station wasn't manned. 

I also vote for the Meet & Greet. We didn't get to go, and I was disappointed. 

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