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Mexican Generals; Why so many ribbons?
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WOW - this thread just suffered a high speed come-apart... Tales of heroic dentists and award regulations quickly turns to implied pictures of full "tuck backs".... Only on AW 
Probably because GQ is the time to "expect" flash burns, while routine underway steaming allows for more relaxed conditions. Probably the same reason why we have X-ray, Yoke, and Zebra fittings and different Material Readiness Conditions at all.
Harrier Dude
Living the dream
How many flash burns came when they were expected?
It doesn't seem that unreasonable to (assuming that it actually works) just keep your pants tucked into your socks and button up your shirt all the time. Kind of like blousing your boots. The hood doesn't seem that cumbersome either.
If its a legitimate safety step, then it should be done all the time.
If only there was some kind of readily available uniform item made of flame resistant/retardant material that we could all wear instead. Perhaps something with pockets.....
Funny you should mention this... The standard Navy Coveralls are actually one of the worst things you could wear for a fire since they're about 90% polyester. A fact no one really cared to address when I would ask the shoes as a JO. Having gone back to the boat since, I've seen that people would be sporting the Aramid coveralls, mostly the engineers, but they were very expensive, so not everyone got them for normal wear. Instead they'd just stay down in the DC lockers for use when they'd go to GQ 3 times a week. At least that's a little progress, I guess.
Well I don't make up the material readiness conditions, but I'm hella glad we don't steam at Condition 1 (General Quarters) 24/7.
If anything, there's probably a feel-good or other psychological considerations to the battle dress. Coveralls tucked into socks may never have or might never do anything physically beneficial, but its role may just be an important part of the choreography of combat readiness. General Quarters eventually became a fantastic time for me to catch up on my reading, but there was no doubt about being in a heightened state of readiness in part because my pant legs were tucked into my socks.
It's kind of like there being "no real reason" to stick recruits into the confidence chamber at RTC other than to make their life suck even more for half a day, but there probably could be some actual benefits related to combat readiness when people during heightened MOPP levels don't have freak-outs when wearing their gas masks.
But in all honesty, you're just splitting hairs. There are different levels of readiness for a reason and virtually every prescribed action in the Navy has a bona fide purpose to it.
Thankfully with my Google Fu and Urban dictionary, this old fart finally figured my WTF? out!
But on second thought, I now wish I didn't know. That is all. Carry on. Out.
* Could be a threadjack *
When I checked aboard the TR for my Shooter tour, I needed to have a cavity filled and was seen by the "on duty" LTJG Dental Officer. While she was "drilling" into my mouth, the drill came apart and pieces went flying, including the back of my throat. She immediately went into damage control mode, secured what was left of the drill and fished the stray parts out of my mouth and throat. Talk about heroic . . . . .
Maybe even with a combat "V" if the dental incident was briefly across that "arbitrary" combat zone line.
Was there blood? Bingo! Maybe even a Purple Heart too if the dentist was remotely but possibly, maybe, a suspected enemy spy in dentist's garb. Who can confirm?