Comments on: Back to the future http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Raging Mom http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-413975 Raging Mom Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:10:05 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/#comment-413975 Note to Lee: I believe the officer from McHale's Navy you were refering to was Captain Wallace Binghampton! Note to Lee: I believe the officer from McHale’s Navy you were refering to was Captain Wallace Binghampton!

]]> By: steve http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-413974 steve Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:37:40 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/#comment-413974 Why mess with the dungaree uniform? We went through that @#$%% in 1973. You just have to admire USMC for sticking with what is theirs. cpo ret. Why mess with the dungaree uniform? We went through that @#$%% in 1973. You just have to admire USMC for sticking with what is theirs.
cpo ret.

]]> By: Kris, in New England http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-413973 Kris, in New England Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:19:31 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/#comment-413973 Um, sorry, but whatever you all say about them - it is <em>ahem</em> men in uniform. You guys might not like them (and for reasons that certainly seem justified), but...some of us have no problem with it, no matter what it looks like. Um, sorry, but whatever you all say about them – it is ahem men in uniform.

You guys might not like them (and for reasons that certainly seem justified), but…some of us have no problem with it, no matter what it looks like.

]]> By: deBarra http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-413972 deBarra Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:39:57 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/#comment-413972 They'll make it fire retardant - for 20 dry cleanings, that is. After that, you need to buy a new set to be safe aboard ship. (Keeps the uniform manufacturers and dry cleaners in business.) They’ll make it fire retardant – for 20 dry cleanings, that is. After that, you need to buy a new set to be safe aboard ship. (Keeps the uniform manufacturers and dry cleaners in business.)

]]> By: Chap http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-413971 Chap Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:31:59 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/#comment-413971 Ah, yes, one more thing. Is this still made of fabric that, if worn to a fire, will melt on the human under it? I mean, not that there've never been shipboard FIRES or anything, much less any fires in, say, the Pentagon... Ah, yes, one more thing.

Is this still made of fabric that, if worn to a fire, will melt on the human under it?

I mean, not that there’ve never been shipboard FIRES or anything, much less any fires in, say, the Pentagon…

]]> By: Maddog1989 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-413970 Maddog1989 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:03:06 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/22/back-to-the-future/#comment-413970 As a Marine Aviator who just got a picture in "greens" it is great to see you swabbies still envious of traditional uniforms we never let go- and Mike M- we just re-armed our watches aboard my station- and the sight of JOs with sidearms does indeed make one think our leadership is serious about this being a fight... As a Marine Aviator who just got a picture in “greens” it is great to see you swabbies still envious of traditional uniforms we never let go- and Mike M- we just re-armed our watches aboard my station- and the sight of JOs with sidearms does indeed make one think our leadership is serious about this being a fight…

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