SFC Private RallyPoint Member 797139 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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? 2015-07-07T12:13:37-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 797139

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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?

2015-07-07T12:13:37-04:00 2015-07-07T12:13:37-04:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 797167

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Could be some commands don't have their full issue yet and they don't want soldiers in both old and new uniforms.<br /><br />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.

2015-07-07T12:24:37-04:00 2015-07-07T12:24:37-04:00 SFC Michael Hasbun 797457

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Commanders dictate the uniform for their formations. It's not "unauthorized" it's just not the uniform of the day.

2015-07-07T13:53:13-04:00 2015-07-07T13:53:13-04:00 CW4 Private RallyPoint Member 797494

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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.

2015-07-07T14:04:37-04:00 2015-07-07T14:04:37-04:00 SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 797501

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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.

2015-07-07T14:05:57-04:00 2015-07-07T14:05:57-04:00 SrA Edward Vong 797575

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-50456"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fsoldiers-are-being-told-they-cannot-wear-multicam-even-though-the-department-of-the-army-has-authorized-the-change-thoughts%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Soldiers+are+being+told+they+cannot+wear+Multicam+even+though+the+Department+of+the+Army+has+authorized+the+change.+Thoughts%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fsoldiers-are-being-told-they-cannot-wear-multicam-even-though-the-department-of-the-army-has-authorized-the-change-thoughts&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ASoldiers are being told they cannot wear Multicam even though the Department of the Army has authorized the change. Thoughts?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/soldiers-are-being-told-they-cannot-wear-multicam-even-though-the-department-of-the-army-has-authorized-the-change-thoughts" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="3c71cc2fd4e0769e9284e5eface3d0d1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/456/for_gallery_v2/f6f333d0.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/456/large_v3/f6f333d0.jpg" alt="F6f333d0" /></a></div></div>Probably for this reason. Can you spot the blacksheep in BDUs?

2015-07-07T14:28:58-04:00 2015-07-07T14:28:58-04:00 1LT Geoffrey Oakley 797709

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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.

2015-07-07T15:18:25-04:00 2015-07-07T15:18:25-04:00 Matt Moon 3956514

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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&#39;s why they made a newer version of Multicam.

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