Army and Navy unveil uniforms for rivalry
November, 19, 2012
11/19/12
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By
Paul Lukas | ESPN.com
United States Naval AcademyNavy's rivalry game uni, shown with the undershirt, is meant to evoke its white dress uniform.[+] Enlarge
West PointArmy's sleeves and numbers feature detail from a map of the Battle of the Bulge.
West PointArmy's sleeves and numbers feature detail from a map of the Battle of the Bulge.We'll start with Army. The Black Knights will be living up to their name for this year's interservice rivalry game, as they'll be dressed in solid black. And is that a camouflage pattern on the uni numbers and undersleeves? Nope -- it's a map detail from the Battle of the Bulge. Pretty clever, and so much better than the default camo that everyone else is using. The map pattern also shows up on the helmet stripe.
As for the Midshipmen, they're going with a fairly conventional uni design, except for that helmet, which has an unusual gold stripe. It's all supposed to mimic the Navy's white dress uniform, although the gold stripe seems like a reach. On the plus side, the signal flags on the back of the helmet spell out "Beat Army" -- a nice touch.





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