Thank you all for the help and advise.

I do want to redeem myself in some small way on the white hose issue. They are actually cream colored.

Off topic - I am not a Sea Bee myself but am attached to a battalion in Fort Worth for drilling purposes. I am attached to a Spec War unit for training purposes. So far I've been attached to a ship (AOE-4), an amphib combat unit (BMU-2), an airdal unit (CVN PAC), an intel unit (never did anything with them or even saw them but I was attached), a ground pounder unit (CB) and spec war. I figure if I can get into a sub unit in the next six years I will have covered every part of the Navy before I retire.

Jim