6801

SPECIAL UNIFORM SITUATIONS
6801-6807 Organizational Clothing

6801.  GENERAL (ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING)

1. DEFINITION.  Organizational clothing is defined as any clothing loaned to an individual by a naval activity, for which there is a requirement above and beyond authorized Navy uniforms.  It remains the property of the Navy and is returned to the activity when the individual is transferred.  Organizational clothing includes such items as foul weather jackets, green/brown flight jackets, flight suits, coveralls, command ball cap, etc.  Organizational clothing is worn with working uniforms only while performing duties for which the garments are designed.  

2.  ISSUE.  Some specially designed organizational clothing are issued as follows:

a.  Special Clothing.  Allowances for special clothing, which include cold weather clothing, utility clothing, and wet weather clothing are established by the Chief of Naval Operations and published in NAVSUP Manual.

b.  CBR Protective Clothing.  Allowances for Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) Protective clothing are established by NAVSUP and published in NAVSUP Manual.

c.  Medical Clothing.  Allowances for Medical clothing are established by Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and published as allowance lists for applicable units.

d.  Coveralls.  Coveralls shall be provided to all engineering Personnel and to any other personnel who are performing dirty work which would permanently soil or prematurely destroy personal clothing.

e.  Navy Band Clothing and Uniforms.  Navy Band members get organizational clothing described in (article  6301).
 

3.  INSIGNIA/PATCHES.  Guidelines for wearing insignia/patches on organizational clothing, excluding camouflage Utility uniforms, flight suits, brown leather flight jackets and the surface warfare officer leather jacket, are set by the sponsor, or the command issuing the clothing.

4.  ACCOUTREMENTS.  Appropriate accoutrements (such as leggings, guard belts, badges, brassards, security equipment, insignia, embroidery, patches, etc.) to special uniforms may be prescribed if provided at no cost to the individual.

5.  FLAME-RESISTANT UNIFORMS.
 

a. Background.  Flame-Resistant Organization Clothing/Gear (FROG) provides increased protection from flash fire situations which have been prevalent with the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices and other safety hazards.  The FROG components consist of two layers.  FROG I (Figure 6-8-3) (base layer) components: lightweight or medium-weight balaclava, long sleeve t-shirt, and flame-resistant gloves.  FROG II (Figure 6-8-4) (outer layer) components: Flame-Resistant Combat Ensemble (FRCE) (shirt and trousers), and Inclement Weather Combat Shirt (IWCS).

b. Manner of Wear.  FROG components are not authorized uniform changes; rather, they are exceptions which may be granted by appropriate authority, Navy Component, or JTF Commander.  FROG is intended for personnel requiring a flame-resistant uniform while deployed during tactical operations.  Other flame-resistant uniforms include, but are not limited to, the Flame Resistant Army Combat Uniform (FRACU), NOMEX flight suit, and the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (OCP).
 

6802. Flight Clothing

1.  GENERAL.  Flight clothing is organizational clothing which has been approved by the Chief of Naval Operations.

2.  OCCASION FOR WEAR.  Occasion for wear for all personnel wearing flight clothing are as follows:
 
    a. Flight suits may be worn by aircrew members and individuals engaged in flight or flight-related duties that working day.  This authorization does not include ground support, non-aircrew maintenance or non-aircrew support personnel.  Flight suits may be worn to/from home and work to include brief and appropriate stops, on military transport aircraft, and to official business meeting away from home station when the wear of flight suits is appropriate for transportation, or for the level of meeting (i.e. working meeting).  Allowances for flight clothing and flight deck clothing are established by Commander, Naval Air Systems Command and published in Naval Air Systems Command Allowance List.  Flight suits wear is authorized for commuting and all normal task and associated stops (e.g. stops at childcare, gas stations, off-base shopping, banking, DMV and dining) before, during and after the workday.  Flight suits are not a liberty uniform.  Consumption of alcohol while off-base in flight suit is not permitted.  The area or regional commander may further restrict uniform policies within their geographical limits regarding wear of the flight suits.


    b. Wear of flight suits within the National Capital Region (NCR) is only authorized for personnel in an actual flight duty status for that day.  Traveling to and from home and work may occur in privately owned vehicles or government conveyance.  Only emergency stops between home and work is authorized.  Routine stops between home and work is unauthorized.
 
3.  MANNER OF WEAR.  Standards of appearance for all personnel wearing flight clothing are as follows with noted exception.  Navy Chaplains will not wear rank on any component when wearing a flight suit to include headgear and outer garments.
 
    a.  Flight suits shall be clean and well kept.  Sleeves will be worn full length with hook and pile (Velcro) sleeve cuffs closed or with a maximum of two outward rolls when not engaged in flight operations.  All zippers will be closed and FOD flaps will be closed on pen pockets.
 
        (1) Headgear.  Officers and CPOs are authorized optional wear of the Service
Khaki garrison cap with appropriate insignia and command/Navy ball cap.  Officers and CPOs are not authorized to wear their black garrison cap with the flight suit.  E1 through E6 Sailors are authorized to wear the black service garrison cap with appropriate insignia, with command/Navy ball cap optional.  Chaplains will wear their staff corps insignia in the place of rank insignia on the Service Khaki garrison cap when wearing flight suits.


       (2) Footwear.  Standard issue black leather flight boots or flight approved
black, brown, or tan boots with matching laces.  Brown boots may be worn by E-7 and above.  Tan boots may be worn with the tan flight suit.  Flight boots are to be clean, well shined and in good repair.  Lace shoes from inside out through all eyelets and tie.  Socks will be either 100 percent cotton, 100 percent wool or special use socks as approved by NAVAIRSYSCOM.  Socks shall be sage green or white with no visible stripes or logos.


       (3) Undershirts.  Crew neck undershirt or turtleneck flight deck jersey
authorized.  Undershirts will be 100 percent cotton, plain front, and without a collar.  Shirts will be black or NWU Type issue undershirts with the exception of Blue Angels (blue flight suits/yellow undershirt) and Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (light blue undershirt).  Tan flight suits will be worn with brown, 100 percent cotton undershirts. Undershirts will be in good repair, not faded, stretched, nor torn.  Aramid fiber long underwear may be worn in addition to the undershirt/turtleneck during cold weather conditions for which the clothing was designed.  Shirts with a neck zipper shall be worn with the zipper closed to at least the bottom of the collar.

       (4) Flight Suits Insignia/Patches.
 
            (a) Attachments.  All flight suit logos (except rank insignia) will be affixed with hook and pile (Velcro) fasteners. For sage green flight suits the hook and pile shall be green or black.  For tan flight suits the hook and pile shall be tan.  The pile shall be attached to the flight suit using a matching thread, while all logos will have pile material affixed in the color of the outer edge of the logo.  All hook and pile material will be cut to the shape of the logo to be affixed.


            (b) Rank Insignia.  Officers (except rank insignia) - embroidered or cloth sew-on grade insignia, All-Weather Coat size, required on flight suits.  Place insignia approximately 5/8 inch from the flight suit shoulder seam, centered on top of each shoulder.  Chaplains will wear their staff corps insignia in the place of rank insignia.  Enlisted personnel - no rank insignia worn.  Rank shall be indicated on required nametag. 

             (c) Left Breast.  Required nametags will be centered on the left breast above the slash pocket
and below the shoulder seam.  Nametags will be black or brown leather or cloth embroidered in squadron colors, and 2 inches by 4 inches in size.  (Refer to article 5201.4b.) Centered in the top field (except for chaplains) will be the aircrew designation insignia (i.e., pilot, NFO, aircrew, EAWS, etc.). Chaplains will have their staff corps insignia centered in the top field. The name in block letter will occupy the lower field and will include a minimum first name or initial and last name.  The use of name accents is authorized.  Where appropriate, billet titles (i.e., CO, XO, CAG, CHAPLAIN etc.) are optional.

             (d) Right Breast.  One command logo may be centered on the right breast above the slash pocket and below the shoulder seam.  Logo will be embroidered cloth, no wider than 3-1/2 inches in any measured span.
 
             (e) Left Shoulder.  The U.S. flag patch will be worn centered on the shoulder arch, approximately 1 inch below the seam.  

             (f) Right Shoulder.  Weapons school patch (if authorized) will be worn centered on the shoulder arch, approximately 1 inch below the seam.  
 
    b.  Flight Jackets


       (1) CWU-45/P Winter Flyers Jacket, CWU-36/P Summer Flyers Jacket, Multi-
Climate Fleece Jacket, Climate Fleece Vest, Multi-Climate Shell Jacket.  May be worn with flight suits, but are not authorized for wear off base.  Sage Green or tan jackets may be worn with green or tan flight suits.  The vest may only be worn with either the green or tan flight suit.  Sage green jackets may also be worn with working uniforms in the immediate area of requirement if issued by the command.  Sage green jackets are not authorized with any service uniform (with ribbons).  The jacket will be worn with the zipper zipped at least 3/4 of the way.  Jacket will be maintained in a clean and serviceable condition.  If torn, stained, or frayed beyond reasonable repair, it should be exchanged for a new jacket.
 
              (a) Insignia/Patches. Rank will be indicated on the nametag.  Required nametags will be centered on the left breast above the slash pocket and below the shoulder seam.   Required nametags will be centered on the left breast above the slash pocket and below the shoulder seam.  Nametags for sage green jackets or vest will be black or brown leather or cloth embroidered in squadron colors, and 2 inches by 4 inches in size.  Nametags for tan jackets will be brown leather or matching tan cloth embroidered in squadron colors and 2 inches by 4 inches in size.  Centered in the top field (except for chaplains) will be the aircrew designation insignia (i.e., pilot, NFO, aircrew, EAWS, etc.). Chaplains will have their staff corps insignia centered in the top field. The name block letter will occupy the lower field and will include a minimum first name or initial and last name.  The use of name accents is authorized.  Where appropriate, billet titles (i.e., CO, XO, CAG, CHAPLAIN, etc.) are optional.  Patches may be affixed to the CWU-36/P Summer weight jacket either by hook and pile (Velcro) or directly to the jacket at the discretion of the individual, subject to Commanding Officer guidance.  Patches will not be affixed to the Multi-Climate Shell jacket.  In all cases, patches will be in conservative and will be reflective of naval aviation professionalism.
 
       (2) Brown Leather Jacket.  Naval aviators, pilots, flight officers,
undergraduate pilots, NFOs, and flight surgeons, aerospace experimental psychologists, and aerospace physiologists may wear the leather flight jacket with flight suits, Service Khaki and Navy Blue Coveralls. Eligible enlisted air crewmen, E7-E9, are authorized to wear the leather flight jacket with flight suits, Service Khaki and Navy Blue Coveralls. Eligible enlisted aircrewmen E6 and below are authorized to wear the leather flight jacket with flight suits, Service Uniform (SU), and Navy Blue Coveralls. Only direct point to point transit is appropriate when the flight jacket is worn to and from work with working uniforms (excluding Navy Blue Coveralls, which may be worn in immediate working spaces only). Close zipper at least 3/4 of the way when worn. Management and control of leather flight jackets are outlined in OPNAVINST 10126.4 series. Insignia/patches will be worn on
brown leather flight jackets as follows:
 
              (a) Attachments.  Logos may be affixed either hook and pile or directly to the jacket.  Hook and pile fasteners will be black or brown and cut to the shape of the logo to be affixed.

              (b) Left Breast.  Black or brown 2 inches by 4 inches leather name tag.  Centered in the top field will be the aircrew designation insignia (i.e., pilot, NFO aircrew EAWS, etc.).  The name in block letters will occupy the lower field and will include a minimum first name or initial and last name.  The use of name accents is authorized.  Where appropriate, billet title (i.e., CO, XO, CAG, etc.) is optional. 

              (c) Optional Logos.  Multiple command logos may be centered on the right breast above the slash pocket and below the shoulder seam.  Logos will be embroidered cloth, no wider than 3- 1/2 inches in any measured span layered no more the 1 inch above each other.

              (d) Right Shoulder. Weapons school patch (if authorized) will be worn centered on the shoulder arch, approximately 1 inch below the seam.

              (e) Left Shoulder. The U.S. Flag patch will be worn centered on the shoulder arch, approximately 1 inch below the seam.
 

6803.  PROTECTIVE CLOTHING FOR OPERATING VEHICLES OTHER THAN AUTOMOBILES

1.  WEAR.  Naval personnel may wear protective clothing with their uniform only while operating or riding as a passenger on two or three wheeled vehicles, and while going between a parking area and immediate work space.

2.  DESCRIPTION

    a.  Protective clothing is clothing which could prevent or limit accidental injury.

    b.  Protective clothing includes a helmet, long sleeve shirts or jacket, long trousers, chaps, leather jacket and gloves, and hard soled shoes with heels (boots).

    c.  Boots or heavy shoes, worn instead of uniform shoes, must be plain.  The jacket and chaps are plain leather or other protective material, unadorned except for safety markings. Leather gloves or other protective gloves are authorized.
 
3.  PROCUREMENT RESPONSIBILITY.  Individuals are responsible for buying their own protective clothing.  Protective clothing may be stowed aboard ship, if space permits.

6804. SUBMARINE SWEATER​

1.  BACKGROUND.  The submarine sweater is organizational clothing of unisex design worn primarily by members of the Navy Submarine Force assigned to submarine duty.  It is a pullover sweater, olive drab or brown in color, 5 button mock neck collar, and made of either 100 percent wool or 100 percent acrylic fabric.

2.  OCCASION FOR WEAR. The submarine sweater is authorized for wear by Sailors serving on submarines, serving at Submarine Force commands and Submarine qualified Sailors serving at non-Submarine Force commands.  The submarine sweater may be worn optionally with the Service Khaki Uniform (officers and chiefs) and the Navy Service Uniform (E1-E6).

3.  MANNER OF WEAR. The submarine sweater will be worn squarely over shoulders of coveralls or shirt of the Service Uniform with the collar of the shirt inside the sweater and a minimum of the lower two buttons fastened.  The sleeves will be fully extended, but not beyond the lower knuckle of the thumb.  A standard hook and loop (Velcro) back, 2 by 4 inch, black leather name tag, will be affixed to the sweater with Velcro fasteners to the upper left portion of the sweater for identification purposes.  The information on the name tag will be in accordance with Article 5201.4.b.  The sweater will be free of snags, holes and piling of the fabric.  Identification badges are not authorized to be worn on the sweater.

6805.  SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER (SWO) LEATHER JACKET

1.  BACKGROUND.  The SWO leather jacket is designated as organizational clothing with exclusive designation for SWO community members of the U.S. Navy.  Eligibility criteria for issue and wear, management and control of the SWO leather jacket are outlined in OPNAVINST 10126.5.

2.  DESCRIPTION.  The SWO leather jacket is constructed of black leather with a center front zipper fastener, knitted cuffs and waistband, pointed collar and is fully lined.  It also has two patch pockets with flaps on the front and a name patch made of loop fastener tape (Velcro) on the left chest.  The back of the jacket has bellows on each side.

3.  OCCASION FOR WEAR

    a.  Organizational Clothing.  The SWO leather jacket is primarily worn at-sea as an authorized outer garment for all designated at-sea uniforms.  Authorized wear during shipboard evolutions, damage control efforts and General Quarters will be determined by the commanding officer.

    b.  Optional Uniform Outer Garment.  The SWO leather jacket is authorized for optional wear ashore with Service (Service Khaki and Summer White) and Service Dress Blue (SDB) uniforms only.  When worn with SDBs, it may be worn in lieu of the SDB coat when commuting, in public places, attending working level meetings or briefings and within office environments.  The SWO leather jacket will not be worn with SDBs while attending ceremonies, official events, on Capitol Hill or if expressly prohibited by appropriate authority.

4.  MANNER OF WEAR.
 
    a.  The SWO leather jacket will be worn squarely on the shoulders, zipped three-fourths of the way up, collar down and sleeves fully extended between wrist and the lower thumb knuckle.  A nametag is required to denote the identity of the wearer.  The unit commanding officer will determine manner of wear during General Quarters and all shipboard evolutions.

    b.  Nametags will be attached to the jacket via hook and loop tape on the left side of the wearer.  Unit commanders may authorize the wear of the standard leather nametag outlined in article 5201.4b or a unit specific embroidered fabric nametag as outlined in article 5201.4c.

    c.  SWOs assigned to Joint Commands, other Service Commands or Independent Special Assignments will wear the black leather nametag unless authorized to wear a unit specific fabric nametag of the command assigned.

6806. NAVY BLUE COVERALLS

Description
Made of 65/35% Navy blue poly/ cotton fabric with zippered front, buttoned long sleeves, belt loops, and two side pockets and two back pockets.
  
Correct Wear
 Close zipper all the way, button sleeves and wear a belt through all loops, coveralls shall hang approximately 2 inches above the floor as measured from the bottom of the heel of the shoe.  Coveralls length should include a 2 inch hem to provide material for adjustments.  Embroidered tapes (i.e. name tape and Service tape) is optional, but can be required by the issuing command.  Refer to articles 3101.5 and 3101.6 for ownership markings and embroidery guidance.  The current command crest/Logo patch may be worn optionally, centered on the right breast pocket.  Sleeves may be rolled up at the option of issuing command.  When authorized, sleeves will be rolled with the inside out, forming a roll approximately 3 inches wide, and terminating at a point approximately 2 inches above the elbow.  When wearing a belt, place the clip to the LEFT of the buckle.  The buckle is centered on the zipper flap.  When authorized to wear a decorated buckle, which is larger than the standard Navy buckle, it shall be worn centered with the clip end concealed.  Rigger belts are also authorized.  Wear appropriate shoes, socks and undergarments.  Covers (eight point or ball caps) are optional unless prescribed by the issuing command.