I was enlisted during the last uniform change. Enlisted people have always had bad working uniforms. Not only ugly, but fairly useless as well. I cannot see one reason why these new concepts are more impractical than utilities. Coverall are nice, but they are not really a uniform (putting nametapes does not make something a uniform). On the other hand, every chief or officer uniform is at least somewhat respectable. It was actually the officer uniforms that initially made me want a commission. During my last deployment I wore BDU's for three months straight as part of boarding operations. They were no harder to maintain and looked much better. All these senior people are making so many excuses as to why the new concept uniforms are impractical for the shipboard working environment. Yet, it is the people who are actually doing the hands on work who support them most.