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Getting Navy SEAL Gear

How to acquire your very own Navy SEAL Protective Combat Uniform.

by: Steve Howe

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• Rain gear
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• Winter camping
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• Ultralight
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• Jackets
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• Soft shells
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Even if you're not Special Forces material, you can wear the same high-performance PCU our elite fighters do. But you won't find it at the local Army/Navy surplus store. In the quest for inexpensive sourcing, the wardrobe's developers worked with the Institute for the Handicapped, an organization that directs government contracts to organizations that employ the blind and disabled. Now, three separate shops manufacture pieces of the PCU for sale to the general public.

Here's a look at the whole system and how to buy it.

Level 1 Wicking layers (one color only, "bronzine" gray-green)
T-shirt: $23
Boxers: $18
Long-sleeve T-neck: $30
Pants: $38
Contact: Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Center, (606) 528-7490; www.sekri.org

Level 2 "R1" style gridded fleece (one color only, "bronzine" gray-green)
Long-sleeve T-neck: $41
Pants: $36
Contact: Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Center

Level 3 "R2" fuzzy pullover
jacket: $84
Contact: Southside Training Employment and Placement Services (STEPS), (434) 315-5909; ncsteps@moonstar.com

Level 4
Hooded nylon windshirt: $93
Contact: O.R.C. Industries, (608) 781-7727; www.orcind.com

Level 5
Combat suit: jacket $141
Pants $147
Contact: O.R.C. Industries

Level 6 Coated nylon rainsuit
Jacket: $79
Pants: $70
Contact: O.R.C. Industries

Level 7 Primaloft puffy suit("alpha green" color)
Loft jacket: $189
Loft pants: $181
Loft vest: $94
Contact: Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Center

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