Outstanding work, DL! Very detailed and realistic. Ex-Navy here, so I definitely appreciate and admire this piece of work. If you are ever bored, you could turn this into a series (more ranks). Hehe. Personal request - IF you do such a thing (I hate making requests), I'd love to have one with a 1st Class Petty Officer with a Nuclear Electronics Technician rate patch (that was me; would love that for my self-sim). Only problem with this kind of a request is that Petty Officers and below didn't wear dress uniforms this nice. Our uncomfortable dress blues were the closest thing, although the whites would work, but then you have the top with the flap on the back (crackerjacks), that ever-annoying scarf-tie, etc...
Nevermind.
"Never look a gift horse in the mouth." This uniform is outstanding and will definitely be used in my game immediately. Again, thanks for the great work and the attention to detail, and for sharing with us something that honors your father.
Go Navy!