Khyros said:
What's wrong with those nifty nomex coveralls with the carrying strap across the shoulders CT? Might of been around since the 90's but they are very functional...
They're not particularly rugged, unfortunately. They're also not on massive issue. I went to Iraq with just one, so more often than not, you're in BDUs anyway. The largest, problem, however, is that the Nomexes are not worn on their own. You still need to wear socks, boots, T-shirt. All three of the current issue variants are of the artificial polymer ilk, and have a tendancy to melt in fires, which means either digging out the old issue gear, buying your own suff like desert tanker boots, or waiting for someone to figure out that we're not all infantry.
The Army recently developed fire-safe boots for us, I've not seen them yet, but I know they're out there. Now they've developed fire-safe socks and T-shirt. Great. Now we can wear the Nomexes with some utility.
NTM