the Navy had repainted their training fleet to
the current color scheme, white and red. This is of course the same
as that used by the Coast Guard and has lasted for 45 years.

Right, and fire engines used to be red but now are yellow.

Perhaps because the navy and the Coasties can ensure that their
population doesn't include color-blind, while the population at large
cannot?

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