Face mask improvisation

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Well, there's a DOD directive out mandating the wearing of face masks anywhere you cannot maintain a social distance of 6 feet. This applies to DOD civilians as well.

Basically, follow the CDC guidance on cloth face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

My Division Head put this out and has even made it a creative competition with our code at work.

So I looked at my current ball cap, which is cloth and says "THE BEST MARINE IS A SUBMARINE" on the front and "SUBMARINE VETERAN" on the back and said "hmmm...I have a spare...".

So I cut the stitching to remove the bill on my spare ball cap and hand stitched the seam back together. Cut about a 3 inch piece of 0.064 diameter lockwire and curled the ends into loops to eliminate the pointy ends. Then I folded the back of the cap in and stitched this inside the fold at the top so I could bend it across the bridge of my nose.

Then I got some paracord and stitched that onto the sides so I could tie it on over my mouth and nose.

It's easy to insert additional cloth layers for comfort and added protection if necessary.

Here's my ball cap as as "before" and some completed pictures afterwards.

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[emoji23] Awesome!

I’ve got a buddy who was a former Navy pilot. He always wore a Rolex Submariner watch and I always used to tell him that if the Navy could keep those airplanes in the air, he wouldn’t need that dang watch. [emoji23]


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Could always go with one of these.
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Check out these from a veteran owned store.
Just got them today.
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Wanna see some people freak ... especially if you think a Karen is around ... when you see a mask like those walk up and shake hands! The looks are priceless and if you get lucky a Karen will scream at you :D
 
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Ok, looked at the Etsy website- what's up with the 8645xxx thing? I get it's anti Trump, but how?

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Plenty of people on either side won't buy any simply because they have messages for both sides.
Some cool one for sure.

I don't care...I'd start a site like that just to take money from people in political opposition to my own views.

Their money lining my pockets feels as good as any body else's.
 
I'd like to get a mask with a pair of submarine dolphins on it which says "I LAUGH AT YOUR QUARANTINE".
 
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