(Navy Times) Editorial: PT gear comes up short

[unhappycamper]

Editorial: PT gear comes up short

It’s hard to believe an organization as sophisticated as the Navy can’t get T-shirts and shorts right.

But after three years of planning, including tests in the fleet, the Navy has fielded a dud in its new physical training uniform.

The sailors who have to wear it are not impressed. The shirt doesn’t wick moisture and becomes see-through after a short run. The liner in the shorts rides up. The shorts melt in a regular shipboard dryer.

Navy leaders acknowledge this is not the uniform for you if you’re serious about a workout.

There are plenty of easy fixes out there, starting with any number of performance shirts and shorts already available on the market — and in the PT uniforms of the other services. Yes, sweat-wicking shirts and other workout gear can be expensive. But, ultimately, it costs more to field an inferior product and then have to make fixes. And that’s where the Navy is now.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/community/opinion/navy_editorial_ptgear_082508/

[Crowman1979]

1. Why is anyone worried about getting wet during PT?

Their gonna change their clothes when they have to go to the showers right afterward. Sweat wicking shirts? what a waste of money. I just stick to the old cotton and nylon green on green with a one color ega or just four letters that say USMC, me being a former marine and all. I think the navy use to use blue on white, I'm not sure.