Can someone being direct commissioned into the Army wear a uniform for the oath of office?

I am a direct commissioned officer as a chaplain. I swore two oaths. The first was administratively as a reserve officer, which I think you are referencing. The second is upon arrival at BOLC as an active duty officer. At my CHBOLC we had to earn the right to wear any uniform. So we were in civvies for a whole week while in-processing before earning the right to wear PT uniforms for another whole week. Finally, after 2 weeks, we were allowed to don a duty uniform. Blues were well after the CIMT phase.

MAJ Peter Way
I have no direct knowledge for your specific question.. That said...before she takes the oath of office she is a civilian, and as much as it pains a few folks, the uniform to a non military civilian is just clothes.. And she, that civilian is free to wear what ever manner of dress she feels like putting on that day.

Second, in the ROTC world, every commissioning cadet I every saluted post pinning or watched otherwise perform the commissioning ceremony was in full military uniform as the oath was administered ...leading one down the path that seconds before that they were NOT military and wearing a uniform as a requirement of the US Military.

Lastly as mentioned already,,, take this off your shoulders, make an office call (or voice call if not close) to her future commander ..it really should be that person decision I feel... As a last resort, if the commander feels a uniform would be inappropriate... you could do an Administrative oath of office in a privet setting and a public one done in full uniform after.

I say put her in a uniform, who is going to say anything, if we have too all of us at RP can petition the president for a pardon. I can see him supporting this because it is dumb for our military to spend time worrying about such an irrelevant issue. Pass on my congratulations on her commission and thank her for her service.