Naval-types should be permitted to have a CADPAT uniform if they need it for their functions only. As a CIC officer, we do have to bring our cadets on Outdoor Adventure Training weekends, however seeing that the Naval Combat Dress is inappropriate for the woods, we should be permitted to have a comba uniform for this type of training (even if it has to be temporary for each weekend).
When I did my Military Occupational Course, I was permitted to get a CADPAT uniform for my Survival training weekend. I kept it at home of about a month an a half and only wore it for three days.
Also, NCDs helps us know who is a member of the navy. I remember being at the Longue-Pointe Supply Store and I called a Killick in CADPAT ... CORPORAL. He told me that he was a Leading Seaman, but he understood that I did not really see the little anchor on his name tag. The air force have their blue stiching everywhere now on their CADPATs, will the navy have black?
Good day!