https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-getting-my-army-fleece-jacket-ready-for-upstate-new-york-winter-what-color-rank-and-tapes-should-i-use <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Fri, 27 Oct 2017 23:11:48 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-getting-my-army-fleece-jacket-ready-for-upstate-new-york-winter-what-color-rank-and-tapes-should-i-use <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> SPC Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 27 Oct 2017 23:11:48 -0400 2017-10-27T23:11:48-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-getting-my-army-fleece-jacket-ready-for-upstate-new-york-winter-what-color-rank-and-tapes-should-i-use?n=3040614&urlhash=3040614 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>IF you are still using the old UCP then you should use your green fleece with the UCP tapes.<br />If you are wearing the newer OCP (which I suspect as a new Private you were issued during training) then you should wear the Coyote Brown fleece with the OCP patterned tapes.<br /><br />Some units are allowing Soldiers to wear mixed cold weather patterns (Especially in the Reserve) until the funding exists to issue the new pattern. Check with your unit.<br /><br />I will be in the same boat..headed to Ft Knox in late winter with OCP uniforms but older UCP patterned winter gear and TA-50. I will feel silly....warm, but silly. 1SG Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 28 Oct 2017 01:07:13 -0400 2017-10-28T01:07:13-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-getting-my-army-fleece-jacket-ready-for-upstate-new-york-winter-what-color-rank-and-tapes-should-i-use?n=3041770&urlhash=3041770 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you are using the UCP then you should be using UCP name tapes and the old greenish fleece cap though I have seen people use black.<br />If you are using the new one, Coyote Brown then it should be with OCP tapes and a black or coyote fleece cap. I&#39;m told you can wear the UCP tapes with the new fleece until you get the OCP tapes in.<br /><br />For example I have a black fleece cap issued from my PT&#39;s. I do not have a brown fleece cap, and I asked where I could get one. They said one should be issued to me at some point but until then the black one is acceptable or I can buy one at a PX but they&#39;re not forcing me to. SPC Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:19:42 -0400 2017-10-28T14:19:42-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-getting-my-army-fleece-jacket-ready-for-upstate-new-york-winter-what-color-rank-and-tapes-should-i-use?n=3042938&urlhash=3042938 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Use dark colors. They absorb the solar radiation more rapidly and will keep your body in a softer condition for the scavengers to eat when they find your remains. PO3 John Wagner Sun, 29 Oct 2017 01:41:02 -0400 2017-10-29T01:41:02-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-getting-my-army-fleece-jacket-ready-for-upstate-new-york-winter-what-color-rank-and-tapes-should-i-use?n=3043180&urlhash=3043180 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sub-dued preferably. SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Sun, 29 Oct 2017 06:58:06 -0400 2017-10-29T06:58:06-04:00 2017-10-27T23:11:48-04:00