Current Dress Regs

[dapaterson]

The boots were delivered by the Naval Improved Clothing Ensemble (NICE) project.

Look up NICE in the Defence Services Project List - and possibly the Capabilities and Investment Database - for details on the requirements.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Don’t forget to bring your anti flash hood to Carling in case that someone tries to burn you.

 

[Navy_Pete]

Don’t forget to bring your anti flash hood to Carling in case that someone tries to burn you.

Thanks, I can smell that hood now lol!

It's hilarious how much of an afterthought those hoods and gloves are for anti-flash when the old NCDs worked really well. There was a test video being used for training that basically had a dummy wearing them getting blasted with 4 flamethrowers fora 4 second exposure. The NCDs did really well; the major burns are on the hands and face, even with the flash gear on. Better than not wearing them I guess.

We haven't repeated the same testing with the NECUs but without the second layer and loose tailoring they won't perform as well. Still good enough, but holy shit that black shirt is hot, so people walking around in a tshirt versus the old blue shirt would be in a bad way if they did some rapid response without putting the shirt on (which we all know happens IRL).

 

[Maxman1]

Plus all the plastic from the velcro patches.

 

[markppcli]

Thanks, I can smell that hood now lol!

It's hilarious how much of an afterthought those hoods and gloves are for anti-flash when the old NCDs worked really well. There was a test video being used for training that basically had a dummy wearing them getting blasted with 4 flamethrowers fora 4 second exposure. The NCDs did really well; the major burns are on the hands and face, even with the flash gear on. Better than not wearing them I guess.

We haven't repeated the same testing with the NECUs but without the second layer and loose tailoring they won't perform as well. Still good enough, but holy shit that black shirt is hot, so people walking around in a tshirt versus the old blue shirt would be in a bad way if they did some rapid response without putting the shirt on (which we all know happens IRL).

The Navy should just wear coveralls with some hi vis piping and rank slip ons.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Random question, I'm now supposed to go clumping around Carling in NCDs with the big giant NCD boots, which is dumb. Does anyone know the ref for the NCD boot requirements? Pretty sure it's black leather CSA grade 1 boots rated for electrical and oily floors, but would be good to have a piece of paper.

It's giving me shin splints, and I could go through sick parade to physio to get some kind of note to get reinmbursed, but will just go buy them myself instead. I'll swap out my old pairs because the soles are rock hard but the issued ones are still heavy AF, so would like something more comfortable for walking longer distances and also not so heavy people hear me coming from sections away on the weird floating flooring.

I couldn't get boots from Supply before I deployed last June. I bought these:

https://a.co/d/fwiheMS

And lots of people wear the Blundstone style too.

 

[Navy_Pete]

I couldn't get boots from Supply before I deployed last June. I bought these:

https://a.co/d/fwiheMS

And lots of people wear the Blundstone style too.

Thanks, I ended up finding a place with some really lightweight ones from Kodiak at a reasonable price. Not Canadian made, but at least a Canadian company, and both of them weigh about the same as one of my sea boots.

I don't think anyone cares, but made sure they met CSA grade 1, but that was more so I can wear them onto the construction sites I visit with the new gig without worrying about it.