Articles by Marc J. Frattasio

The author in his prized leather flight jacket. Rather  than echoing aviation’s flight jacket, perhaps the  surface warfare community should come up  with its own distinctive jacket.

Get Your Own Jacket

By Petty Officer First Class Marc J. Frattasio, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
April 2020
The black shoes should come up with their own distinctive jacket that won’t cause them to be mistaken for aviation personnel.
SARA ELDER

Leave Our Flight Jackets Alone!

By Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator First Class Marc J. Frattasio, U.S. Naval Reserve
November 1997
Yet another Navy tradition is under attack and I have not heard so much as an official whisper in its defense. A recent naval directive prohibits wearing more than two ...