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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Check AR670-1. Best to find the answer for yourself directly from the source. Asking other individuals what is right or wrong may vary due to different duty stations and commanders discretion, thus you may get an answer that is wrong, but not perceived as such. One standard. The army standard.
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Isn't OCP the new uniform everybody wears? Multicam were used for some deployments but are also authorized as well.
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Technically, it's not expressly forbidden... So, in some minds, it's implicitly allowed. My personal opinion - it's not right.
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I was supposed to deploy with my unit got all the gear uniforms etc and then 48 hours prior they cut the numbers and now I'm not goin and I have the uniforms
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It could be that he bought them from somebody who deployed, but no longer wanted them. And they were not deployment OCP, they are MULTICAM. Google private, Google.
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They were only issued for deployment. He may have drawn them then not deployed or gotten them second hand. My buddy gave me some
FRACUs that weren't on her clothing record.
It's still authorized for wear wether he deployed or not.
FRACUs that weren't on her clothing record.
It's still authorized for wear wether he deployed or not.
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I was in the 82nd for the last 4 years and I have a similar situation. I got to Fort Bragg in September of 2011 my brigade was picked for deployment for March 2012 so everyone was issued multicam with about a month left before the deployment me and several other soldiers from my battalion were told we aren't going and when you go back to cif to return all your rfi anything that touches skin ( even if you never wore it) doesn't get turned in I.e uniforms, combat shirts etc... when the new uniform came out it was put in the regulation that you could wear the ocp up until fiscal yr 2019 when they make the new uniform mandatory so I've been wearing my multicam because it was basically like having 4 brand new uniforms not saying he's in the same boat but he could be
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Most likely he was scheduled to deploy and did not deployed in the end. He was most likely issued dployment uniform then.
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