Uniform Accessories

Neck tabs, female

a. Black, dress. (1) Type. The black dress neck tab is an optional purchase item. (2) Description. The material is polyester and cotton broadcloth, in Army shade 305. It is a quarter-moon neck tab, which fits under the collar of the white formal blouse. (3) How worn. The black dress neck tab is worn with the white formal blouse, with the mess and the evening mess uniforms. b. Black, service. (1) Type. The black service…

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Neckgaiter

a. Type. The neckgaiter is an optional purchase item. b. Description. The neckgaiter is a dark brown or tan knitted cylindrical tube of approximately 10×15 inches, consisting of 90 percent polypropylene and 10 percent Lycra. The neckgaiter is camouflage compatible; one size fits all soldiers. c. How worn. (1) The neckgaiter is authorized for optional wear with the temperate, hot-weather, enhanced hot-weather, and maternity BDUs; with the extended cold-weather clothing system (ECWCS), and other cold-weather…

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Military Police accessories

a. Type. MP accessories are organizational issue items. b. Description. (1) Badge, Military Police. (2) Belt, black leather, 21⁄4 inches wide, with a buckle. (3) Brassards, dark blue or black, non-subdued; olive green, subdued. (4) Carrier, club ring. (5) Case, ammunition magazine, black leather. (6) Case, first aid, black leather. (7) Case, handcuffs, black leather. (8) Club, policeman’s, with leather thong. (9) Duty jacket. (10) Gloves, white cotton. (11) Flashlight. (12) Flashlight, carrier ring. (13)…

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Judge’s apparel

a. Type. Judicial robes are organizational issue items. b. Description. The judicial robes are of the type customarily worn in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. c. How worn. Judicial robes are worn by officers designated as military judges and appellate military judges when participating in trials by court-martial, hearings by a court of military review, and other judicial proceedings. When a judicial robe is worn, personnel will wear a service uniform…

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Handbags

a. Handbag, clutch-type, leather, polyurethane, or vinyl. (1) Type. The handbag is an optional purchase item. (2) Description. The handbag is black and is made of leather, polyurethane, or vinyl, in a commercial design with a zipper, snap, or envelope-type closure. The handbag may have a wrist strap, but not a shoulder strap. (3) How worn. Females may carry the clutch-type handbag with the female service uniforms, and with the utility uniforms while in a…

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Hat, drill sergeant

a. Female. (1) Type. The hat is an organizational issue item. (2) Description. The hat is made from an approved specification or pattern. (3) How worn. (a) The hat is worn with the utility and service uniforms by female drill sergeants assigned to valid drill sergeant positions. Noncommissioned officer (NCO) faculty members of a drill sergeant school who have graduated from drill sergeant school and are actively engaged in drill sergeant instruction will wear this…

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Cummerbunds

a. Cummerbund, black, female and male. (1) Type. The cummerbund is an optional purchase item. (2) Description. The cummerbund is black, made of a commercial design, in silk or satin material, with four or five pleats running the entire length of the cummerbund. (3) How worn. The cummerbund is worn with the pleats facing down. Females wear the black cummerbund with the black, blue, and white mess and evening mess uniforms; males wear it with…

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Gloves

a. Gloves, black, with inserts, unisex, leather shell. (1) Type. The gloves are clothing bag issue items. (2) Description. The gloves are a five-finger design in a slip-on style. An adjustable strap and buckle is provided on the back of the gloves. The inserts are black wool and are worn inside the black leather shell gloves. There is no wear- out date for the green wool inserts, which may be worn until stocks are exhausted…

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Cuff links and studs

a. Type. Cuff links and studs are optional purchase items. b. Description. Males may wear the cuff links and studs with the following uniforms. (1) The Army blue evening mess uniform. Personnel may wear plain white studs or cuff links (such as white mother-of-pearl), with or without rims of platinum or white gold. (2) The Army blue and white mess uniforms. Personnel may wear gold or gold-colored metal studs or cuff links with a round,…

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Coats, black, all weather (male and female)

a. Type. The black all-weather coat is a clothing bag issue item. b. Description. The black all-weather coat is made of polyester/cotton (65/35) in Army shade 385. The coat is a six- button, double-breasted model with a belt, convertible collar that buttons at the neck, gun flap, shoulder loops, adjustable sleeve straps, welt pockets with two inside hanging pockets, and zip-out liner. The back of the coat has a yoke and center vent. The coat…

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