Posted on Apr 5, 2021
Are people allowed to wear OCP bottoms with a civilian top?
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Two recent situations brought this question up for me. A ltc posted pictures of themselves posed in ocp bottoms and civilian top while out on a recreational hike. There is also a ruck scheduled this week with uniform being ocp bottom and civilian tops. Very odd. And from my understanding, generally neither of these things are allowed. Ar 670-1 says "Civilian clothing f. No part of a prescribed uniform, except those items not exclusively military in character, may be worn with civilian clothing", so I'm wondering what is going on here
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I'm retired, so.... I basically wear what I want unless on post. When it comes to the ASU, I don't wear that right now because I haven't had occasion to attend anything worth shaving my beard. If I wear the ASU I will shave. Other than that, I don't worry about it.
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Sir, it depends on what “civilian tops” are. As mentioned in the 670-1, “not exclusively military in character,” can be a gray area for unit t-shirts, hoodies, etc. It depends on the garrison/post command policies, but within the two stations I have been in, as long as they were unit-approved apparels, we were able to wear “civilian-like” clothings for PT, ruck, and during organizational days. Every military post and unit is different so this is a difficult question to answer.
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To answer the question though, yes as long as the apparel is in line with the unit and post command policies...
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“Ruck scheduled this week”. If the commander directs that to be the uniform, then “that’s” the uniform. End of story.
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