BDU Jacket Project

Alright so, waaaayyy back in the day, when I was in middle school, I received some of my uncle's things from his time in the Air Force. Mostly patches, but somewhere in there was a BDU jacket (back before this digital camo bullshit they have now). I put the patches on this jacket, along with some from the Army as my grandpa served in that branch. So this BDU jacket became something like a tribute to my family's military service.

Fast forward a few eons (least that's what it feels like). I found a plain, solid navy BDU jacket, and got this bright idea to do the same thing, but with Navy patches. Funny thing is, this was decided before I'd even stepped inside the recruiting office. Anyway. I bought the jacket and a back patch to start off with. Right now it's kind of ratchet and held on with iron-on adhesive, because I'm impatient. I think I'll ship it to my aunt down in Newport News so she can sew it on properly while I'm away learning how to fight fires on ships and stuff like that. So yeah, this project began as just a "Hell Yeah The Navy" type deal, and then I found myself signing the contract, and figured "Hell, why not put my own shit on here?!" Makes sense, yeah? Thought so.