New PT Uniforms Ready to Hit the Shelves
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS080402-12
Release Date: 4/2/2008 3:14:00 PM
By Kristine M. Sturkie, Navy Exchange Service Command Public Affairs
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- The Navy's new Physical Training or PT uniforms are ready to hit NEX Uniform Center shelves beginning this spring. To ensure there are enough uniforms in stock to meet demand the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is rolling out the uniforms in three waves.
"We want to ensure the rollout of the new PT uniform goes as smoothly as possible," said Cmdr. Mark Friermood, director, NEXCOM's Uniform Program Management Office. "Creating these waves allows us to watch our stock levels to ensure that the product meets the demand and that our manufacturers can keep us in stock. We know Sailors are enthusiastic to get the new uniforms, and we assure you, over the next five months everyone will."
The short sleeve gold performance PT shirt sells for $10.99 while the blue nylon shorts, available in two inseam lengths, six inch and eight inch, are $13.99. While only the short sleeve PT shirt and shorts are mandatory, there are other optional PT gear that will be available for purchase. Compression shorts are $9.99 for men's and ladies' regular length and $11.99 for the men's long length; long sleeved gold performance PT shirts are $11.99; 2-pack performance quarter length socks with arch support are $3.75 and 2-pack no show socks with arch support are $3.55.
The first delivery wave will begin in April when Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill., will start issuing the gear to new recruits.
In May, Sailors stationed in Virginia; West Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Maryland; Pennsylvania; California; Indiana and Illinois can begin purchasing uniforms from their local NEX.
NEXs in Hawaii; Europe; Japan; Guam; the Northwest and Southwest, which includes Jacksonville, Key West, Orlando and Mayport, Fla.; Georgia; Cuba; and South Carolina will stock the PT uniform beginning in June.
The final wave, which begins in August, will include NEXs in Rhode Island; New York; Connecticut; Maine; New Jersey; Mississippi; Louisiana; Texas; and Pensacola (Whiting Field and Corry Station) and Panama City, Fla.
In August, Sailors will also be able to purchase the PT uniform through the Uniform Support Center's toll-free phone center or its Web site at www.navy-nex.com .
The Uniform Support Center can be reached toll-free from the following locations:
Continental United States: 1-800-368-4088
Canada: 1-800-231-6289
Guam, Virgin Islands, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico: 1-800-368-4088
Alaska: 1-800-368-4089
Autovon/DSN: 253-1235 / 253-1237
Bahrain: 800-00011
Germany: 0800-1013795
Italy: 8008-72441
Japan: 00531-11-4026
Korea: 00798-14-800-5652
Spain 900-99-1479
United Kingdom 0800-89-4372
For more news from Navy Exchange Service Command, visit www.news.navy.mil/local/nexcom/.
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