ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
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R 131446Z JAN 99 ZYB MIN PSN 024080H14
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N09B//
TO NAVADMIN
UNCLAS //N01020// NAVADMIN 011/99
MSGID/GENADMIN/N09BU//
SUBJ/NAVY UNIFORMS//
REF/A/DOC/CHNAVPERS/01OCT98//
AMPN/REF A IS U.S. NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS, NAVPERS 15665 ON OCT 98
BUPERS DIRECTIVE CD ROM.//
POC/B. C. CRUSE/BMCM/PRIPHN:703-614-5075/-/NAVY ANNEX//
RMKS/1. THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS HAS APPROVED SOFT SHOULDER
BOARDS AND METAL DEVICES FOR WEAR BY CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS (CPOS).
2. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, CPOS MAY OPTIONALLY WEAR GARRISON CAP
DEVICES (APPROXIMATE SIZE: 1-1/4 INCH) ON BLUE WINDBREAKERS, KHAKI
WINDBREAKERS, BLACK DRESS JACKETS AND ALL-WEATHER COATS UNTIL 1 OCT
2000, AT WHICH TIME DEVICES WILL BECOME MANDATORY FOR CPOS. (CPOS
WILL WEAR NO INSIGNIA ON REEFERS AND OVERCOATS.)
3. CORRECT WEAR OF DEVICES ON OUTERGARMENTS: PLACE GARRISON CAP
DEVICE (APPROXIMATE SIZE: 1-1/4 INCH) ON EACH EPAULET CENTERED FROM
SIDE TO SIDE WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE DEVICE APPROXIMATELY 3/4
INCH FROM THE SQUARED END OF THE EPAULETS.
4. SOFT SHOULDER BOARDS MAY BE WORN OPTIONALLY ON THE SERVICE DRESS
BLUE WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK V-NECK SWEATER UNTIL 1 OCT 2000, AT WHICH
TIME THEY BECOME MANDATORY. AVAILABILITY OF CPO SOFT SHOULDER BOARDS
WILL BE JUN 99 AT ALL NAVY UNIFORM SHOPS OR BY CALLING NAVY/MARINE
CORPS UNIFORM SUPPORT CENTER (1-800-368-4088). DURING THE TRANSITION
PERIOD, IF A MALE CPO WEARS THE SERVICE DRESS BLUE WHITE SHIRT WITH
EPAULETS, SOFT SHOULDER BOARDS ARE REQUIRED.
5. FILE THIS NAVADMIN UNTIL REVISION IS INCORPORATED INTO THE APR 99
QUARTERLY BUPERS DIRECTIVE CD-ROM CHANGE CONTAINING REF A. CANCELED
FOR RECORD PURPOSES 30 JUN 99.
6. RELEASED BY RADM A. N. LANGSTON, N09B.//
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