Wear & Appearance

of US Army Uniforms

MAJ Beau Spafford

CPT Linda Riedel

Outline

•Introduction

•Background

•Beret

•‘Greens’

•‘Blues’

•Military Ranks

•Conclusion Most ADO’s are here ‘taking a knee’ after multiple

deployments ISO Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.

Background

•THE ARMY CURRENTLY HAS THREE SERVICE UNIFORMS;

GREEN, BLUE, AND WHITE.

•TO STREAMLINE THE NUMBER OF UNIFORMS SOLDIERS

PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS,

THE ARMY WILL PHASE OUT THE GREEN AND WHITE

SERVICE UNIFORMS AND RETAIN THE BLUE SERVICE

UNIFORM AS OUR ASU.

•THE MANDATORY POSSESSION DATE FOR THE NEW ASU

ITEMS IS 4TH QUARTER, FY 2014.

Appearance

• Nails: Females will not wear shades of

lipstick and nail polish that distinctly contrast with their complexion. extreme colors include, but are not limited to, purple,gold, blue, black, white, bright (fire-engine) red, khaki, camouflage colors, and fluorescent colors. Soldiers will not apply designs to nails or apply two-tone or multi-tone colors to nails.

• Hair:

• Earrings: Earrings may be screw-on, clip-on, or post-type earrings, in gold, silver, white pearl, or diamond. The earrings

• will not exceed 6 mm or 1⁄4 inch in diameter,

and they must be unadorned and spherical

• Shoes:

US Army Black beret

US Army

Class-B

Uniform

(‘greens’)

US Army

Class-A

Uniform

(‘greens’)

US Army Class B Uniform (‘blues’)

Less formal; no jacket; beret only.

US Army Class A Uniform (‘blues’)

More formal than class-B’s; wear of jacket. E-5 and above have gold ‘piping’ on

trousers. Beret is worn for non-formal events and garrison caps are worn for formal

events.

Questions?

MAJ Beau Spafford, 3-6414

CPT Linda Riedel, 3-5235