Navy Athletics and Under Armour unveiled the 2023 Army-Navy game uniform today that will honor the Silent Service, the U.S. Submarine Force, its families and supporting personnel on Dec. 9 at the 124th playing of the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Kickoff is set for 3 PM and the game will be televised nationally by CBS.
The entire uniform is flooded with Eclipse Navy (UA's darkest shade of navy blue) to mimic the covert design of a submarine hull. The uniform was purposefully designed to embody the Force's nickname: Silent Service The overall design was intended to be simple and utilitarian to convey the stealth purposes of a submarine's design.
The design elements of the font are in contrasting white to mimic classification numbers of a submarine hull. These elements were strategically selected to only highlight elements that require on-field legibility like the player numbers, player names, the NAVY wordmark, the USMC globe and the Under Armour logo. On the pants, numbers are stacked vertically to mimic depth numbers of a submarine hull.
Navy Athletics and Under Armour Unveils 2023 Army-Navy Football Game Uniform
Navy Athletics and Under Armour unveiled the 2023 Army-Navy game uniform today that will honor the Silent Service, the U.S. Submarine Force, its families and supporting personnel on Dec. 9 at the 124th playing of the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
The sleeve patch was executed using the Naval Academy Athletics anchor locked-up with the Submarine Warfare insignia or "dolphins/fish". The design encompasses a historically inspired rendering of dolphins flanking a submarine in the middle. The Submarine Warfare insignia was created in 1923 by Captain Ernest J. King, who proposed that the Navy create a warfare insignia device for qualified submariners. The hard-earned badge distinguishes and identifies the members of the submarine community and has since become a source of pride for the silent service.
The back neck of the uniform features the slogan "Silent Service" and features the silhouette of a U.S. submarine on top of a sonar screen that is dotted with stars to indicate targets.
Each helmet is hand painted with the right side depicting a Virginia Class Submarine underwater and the left side depicting Navy's customary Navy anchor with the submariner pin integrated into it with color changing pragmatic paint. The front flex panel depicts a color changing radar which is used on submarines to find their target. The front decal of the helmet says Navy, while the back decal says Silent Service.
This year, 158 midshipmen earned the service assignment of submarines or nuclear submarines.
Uniform Exposure Site: silentserviceuniform.com