Because it is filled with very bouyant material, or air.
As we know, a jacket is made up of many layers. We know that air is an insulator and hence doesn't let air out of the jacket nor in the jacket. Hence the jacket helps keep us warm. The fundamentals is that air is an insulator and jackets trap a layer of air between us and the outside environment.
Green like the o zone to keep us a float. Water in the ocean keeping my boat afloat. Trees to grow and give me some air, rain in the sky to tell me the circle continues on, and on, and on.
Whenever it is underway
A life jacket In the US, that would be a US Coast Guard approved Personal Flotation Device (PFD).
The most common Jacket / dress size in the US is a 6-8
water jacket saves us from the force of the water we are in.
Nimitz from his base at PH. Fletcher & Spruance afloat.
Peacoat (US)
it keeps us from sinking to the bottom of the sea (or more simply keeps us afloat) and i suppose the same applies to boats
the importance is they keep us away from harm
There are many people in authority in the US that feel it is not the job of the taxpayer to keep a system afloat that is going bankrupt. they feel that natural market forces wil doo a better job of adjusting the problem.
The Nimitz Class U.S. Air Craft Carrier