all-weather coat
DARPA has a special definition for an extreme combat dive profile. And it is:
- Insertion via military free fall from 35,000 feet altitude.
- Combat dive down to 200 feet for at least 120 minutes.
- Surface and immediately begin a second dive of variable, increasing depth to 200 feet for at least 20 minutes without needing to decompress.
- Extraction in an unpressurized aircraft to 14,000 feet altitude.
Wow, I better order my extreme all-weather coat, pronto. Reading that made me drool. And I fouled my rain gear. Good thing the Navy all-weather coat was just approved for wear. Not a day too soon.
Looks good for dress, but it will never beat the old PeeCoat. Warmest garment ever made…over 3lbs.
I had both actually…the pea coat was the best,….k
Ok so this may be a dumb question, but before this jacket was approved what did you wear in foul weather with blues on? Were you just cold and wet? I am sure not a pea coat over dress jacket. Please bear with me, but I understand uniforms, and you have top coats, over coats, but if this is just approved, what did you do before?
There was an all-weather overcoat then too, Mark…k
CP: Loved my peacoat. It got mold on it after getting wet in my trunk. And I had to toss it.
Kris: Seconded.
mark: I don’t have the slightest.