Soldiers are being told they cannot wear Multicam even though the Department of the Army has authorized the change. Thoughts?

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:13:37 -0400

Just curious, if the Department of the Army and SMA sent out an ALARACT stating that on July 1st that Multicam and the Scorpion are both authorized for wear until 30 September 2019, then why can some commands tell soldiers they are not authorized? Are units allowed to accept or reject an ALARACT as they see fit?

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jul 7 at 2015 12:24 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:24:37 -0400

Could be some commands don't have their full issue yet and they don't want soldiers in both old and new uniforms.

When the ACUs came out we didn't wear ours for 4 months because our unit didn't have them for all soldiers so we waited until our full issue was in before the CDR and CSM said go.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Jul 7 at 2015 1:53 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:53:13 -0400

Commanders dictate the uniform for their formations. It's not "unauthorized" it's just not the uniform of the day.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2015 2:04 PM

CW4 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:04:37 -0400

I can understand where some Commands are coming from from the aspect of having a unit that is all the same uniform but I don't agree with it fully. Change is gonna happen, it happened in the mid 2000's and its happening now. Now if there is a formal event like a CoC, then one uniform probably would be appropriate but for every day use, let the Soldiers transition into the future.

Response by MSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2015 2:05 PM

MSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:05:57 -0400

I wasn't aware multicam was authorized. The new OCP pattern is authorized but I haven't seen any alaract allowing the OEF/multicam pattern for wear stateside.

Response by SrA Edward Vong made Jul 7 at 2015 2:28 PM

SrA Edward Vong — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:28:58 -0400

Probably for this reason. Can you spot the blacksheep in BDUs?

Response by 1LT Geoffrey Oakley made Jul 7 at 2015 3:18 PM

1LT Geoffrey Oakley — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:18:25 -0400

Well, I know that in OCS, there were lots of different uniforms that were floating around. All of them were authorized for wear, and you can't penalize soldiers for using the gear that the Army has authorized them to wear. I don't see how you can accept or reject ALARACTs at-will. To do so would be anarchy, and the Army despises anarchy.

Response by Matt Moon made Sep 11 at 2018 8:55 PM

Matt Moon — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:55:25 -0400

I have no idea we were told we could ware UCP until 1 January 2019. We have to ware OCP were not allowed to ware OEFP. They found a defect in the pattern that's why they made a newer version of Multicam.