Posted on Mar 17, 2016
Is it okay to wear the deployment OCP when you've never been deployed?
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I've seen a new E-5 in my unit with the deployment OCP (the shoulders are Velcro pockets like the ACU not zippers, faintly faded, with a fuller only jacket zipper) without a deployment patch, or skill badges I.E CIB, AAS, Etc. he approached me for work and as we were talking he brought up how things worked at his last unit, and I asked him where he was deployed to and he said he wasn't (No right shoulder patch) but from what I understood those OCP's we're only given out to those who have been deployed to the Middle East the last year or so. Can anyone clarify on this? Thank you.
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Hi, my name is rally point. I have a large social media platform within the military community. Instead of using this platform to bring people together or to post useful and helpful shit, we are going to make it a giant bitch fest. Cheers!
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I have a pair that I wear and I have never deployed.
Buddy had a great new set from a deployment that wasn't used, it was my size, and I don't plan on shelling out for the new uniforms until 2019.
That being said, I know that although not required, it's kind of nice to know that if I know 99% of the people at a function or gathering will be wearing the new uniform, I won't stick out like a sore thumb so badly.
Buddy had a great new set from a deployment that wasn't used, it was my size, and I don't plan on shelling out for the new uniforms until 2019.
That being said, I know that although not required, it's kind of nice to know that if I know 99% of the people at a function or gathering will be wearing the new uniform, I won't stick out like a sore thumb so badly.
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SFC (Join to see)
Not wanting to stick out is the main reason I purchased five sets of ACUs before going to an Active Duty school way back when. I could have waited two or three years before the Guard issued them to me, but that wouldn't have helped me then.
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Some units receive OCP through RFI without deploying. This includes SOF units and GRF units such as the 82d.
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Short answer: Yes. Already been approved waaay above your pay grade. Move out.
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I am so ashamed of the high school bull this soldiers question started. At least he had the courage to ask, instead maybe we should answer his question so he can learn instead of cutting him off at the knees. Shame on all of you for taking offense.
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CSM James W
As you get older and more experienced in life, you learn that there some questions that deserve or require lengthy explanations and developed reasoning to understand. You also learn that there those questions that do not, because it is a waste of time and mental energy. This is one of the latter. The CEO of our organization (to put it in civilian terms) has made the decision that we are allowed to wear a particular suit of clothes to work. Does it really require a whole lot of explanation?
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Great responses. Every response I've read so far not only has taught this PFC respect, but exemplified what it is to be an NCO. Citing regulations, teaching respect for leadership, and more.
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1SG (Join to see)
We try, SGT (Join to see). There are outliers that get pissy about it, but most of the community tries to help where we can.
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SGT (Join to see)
Keep reading. There are plenty of responses that are not constructive to this soldier.
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I mean it's a little lame to wear them without actually having deployed but it's authorized.
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Honestly this is the wrong type of question to be asking on a military networking sight. Ask questions about how you can be a better solider, not how you can regulate other people's actions.
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SFC Barry Wiseman
Wrong. Upholding the standard and gaining knowledge is the correct action. However I do feel the soldier should have gotten a copy of AR670-1 from unit library and researched the question. I do not believe in "spoon feeding" lower enlisted, does not teach them anything
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Firs of all PFC, it's not proper to call an NCO by their pay grade. Secondly, OCPs and multicam are authorized to wear, maybe he got them from a buddy who had extra sets or maybe he got them from a thrift store, it's not your lane to challenge an NCO about what he wears. You should have been dropped and smoked for being disrespectful.
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SFC Barry Wiseman
As I agree rank is not meant to hide behind, solid knowledge and being technically and tactically proficient is a key to an NCOs skill set. However, prior to my retirement I saw the NCO lose a lot of their authority and ability to mentor and educate soldiers. The discipline, or lack there of, is a constant growing problem in today's military.
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SGT Chris Hill
There's nothing to disagree with, it's an allowed uniform along with OCPs. There's too many stolen valor cases going on to worry about an actual soldier wearing multicams. It literally says that multicams and OCPs are authorized to wear, it says nothing about wearing multicams only if you've been deployed. I disagree with you voting me down due to disagreeing with me, not like I said something rude or offensive.
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SFC Gary Bodirsky Branscum
SGT so a young Soldier asks a simple question, without naming unit or names, and you berate him. That makes you a toxic NCO. The only bad question is the one not asked
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Cpl William Bailey
The way everything is ran today does it matter what you wear to your free dinner at golden corral
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