{"id":46005,"date":"2024-05-13T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/13\/navy-seeks-to-develop-reusable-menstrual-underwear-for-women-sailors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:51:37","slug":"navy-seeks-to-develop-reusable-menstrual-underwear-for-women-sailors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/05\/13\/navy-seeks-to-develop-reusable-menstrual-underwear-for-women-sailors\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy seeks to develop reusable menstrual underwear for women sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy is seeking $60,000 in research-and-development funds for reusable underwear for its female sailors when they on their periods, according to the sea service\u2019s fiscal 2025 budget request justification records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s part of an effort to make the Navy more welcoming for women, and to help female sailors deal with the so-called \u201cPink Tax,\u201d according to the records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pink Tax refers to costs imposed on women for products they use, such as past concerns about how some women\u2019s uniform components cost more than comparable items for men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s Clothing and Textile Research Facility, based in Virginia Beach, would take on this project, according to the documents, which were published in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo address the Pink Tax associated with textile products required by Sailors who menstruate, [the textile research facility] proposes to evaluate reliable, reusable, and easily replaceable menstruation products to be issued or available to Sailors,\u201d the document states. \u201cFurther, minimization and reduction of menstrual product waste has environmental and logistic benefits for installations and ship platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal notes that multiple commercial \u201clayered undergarments\u201d are on the market that could serve as a starting point for the facility\u2019s research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While not mentioned by name, one of the best-known products is Thinx, a super-absorbent \u201cperiod underwear\u201d designed to be used in place of conventional feminine hygiene products that was named one of the best inventions of the year by <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4115398\/best-inventions-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time magazine in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/04\/14\/pink-tax-on-womens-military-uniform-items-would-be-eliminated-under-new-proposal\/\" 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training environments, the Navy\u2019s proposal states, though it does not elaborate on those needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEmphasis will be put on material testing and research to establish the appropriate material properties,\u201d it continues. \u201cEqual emphasis will be on design and pattern development to create a comfortable and properly fit undergarment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documents do not detail when such a product may be tested or fielded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While basic menstrual products are typically available to women during training and deployments via a unit medical component, they may not have quick access to such options in an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In general, military women are expected to procure their own supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecruits are encouraged to arrive at boot camp with a week\u2019s worth of menstrual management supplies,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.navy.mil\/Portals\/62\/Documents\/NMFA\/NMCPHC\/root\/Health%20Promotion%20and%20Wellness\/Women's%20Health\/Documents\/Menstrual_Management\/Menstrual_Management_Pamphlet_vF.pdf?ver=_t0ltM_gUPAulOnoK0ShNQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">a Navy guide to period management<\/a> states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The requested underwear funding is about one-tenth of the $630,000 requested by the clothing and textile research facility for clothing-specific research and development in fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That $630,000 request is about $200,000 more than the fiscal 2024 budget; the larger request, according to documents, reflects an \u201cincreased focus\/priority on Sailor protection, comfort, and quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed reusable menstrual underwear effort appears to be a first of its kind among the military services, but it comes as the U.S. military seeks to better address the needs of female troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/259756\/devcom_scs_army_tactical_bras_designed_to_meet_the_performance_needs_of_female_soldiers\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Army Development Command<\/a>, for example, made waves when it unveiled a new assortment of \u201ctactical bras\u201d designed for wear during PT and physically demanding tasks in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe last thing the soldiers need is to lose focus due to the discomfort of a next-to-skin garment that is meant to support them and not distract them,\u201d clothing designer Ashley Cushon said in a release at the time of the bras\u2019 rollout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some projects for military women, now underway, have been criticized as long overdue. The Navy and Air Force, for example, are still testing out in-flight bladder relief devices designed to allow female pilots and aircrew to urinate in comfort on long missions \u2013 a particular challenge given their unaccommodating one-piece flight suits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy and Air Force have also made changes in the last three years for pregnant air crew members, with the Navy revealing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/07\/07\/here-is-the-navys-new-maternity-flight-suit-prototype\/\" target=\"_blank\">a maternity flight suit prototype<\/a> in 2021 and the Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/01\/18\/two-piece-flight-suit-wrap-dress-on-the-horizon-for-pregnant-airmen\/\" target=\"_blank\">rolling out a two-piece option<\/a> to accommodate pregnant airmen in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/04\/14\/pink-tax-on-womens-military-uniform-items-would-be-eliminated-under-new-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. military reckoned publicly with the so-called \u201cPink Tax\u201d<\/a> on uniform items in 2021 after a Government Accountability Office report found enlisted women could pay more than $8,000 out of pocket over the course of a career for uniform items not covered by their clothing allowance, while some male troops were able to pocket allowance overages. 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