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ALMAR 004/04

Date signed: 01/23/2004MARADMIN Number: 004/04
Subject: UNIFORMITY AND DAILY WEAR OF THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM

R 231100Z JAN 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL ALMAR(uc)
ALMAR
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UNCLASSIFIED
ALMAR 004/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCUB//
SUBJ/UNIFORMITY AND DAILY WEAR OF THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY
/UNIFORM//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/26 MAY 2003//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 310/03; SUBJ: CHANGE TO THE MANDATORY
POSSESSION DATES FOR THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT BOOT (MCCB) HOT WEATHER
(HW) AND MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM (MCCUU) WOODLAND MARINE
PATTERN (MARPAT)//
POC/GS12 M. BOYT/-/MCUB/TEL: (703) 432-4607 OR DSN 378-4607
/EMAIL:BOYTMK@MCSC.USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1.  SITUATION.  CURRENT POLICY CONSTRAINS COMMANDERS IN
PRESCRIBING THE MCCUU DESERT MARPAT OR MCCUU WOODLAND MARPAT TO
SPECIFIC EVENTS ONLY.  PARAGRAPH 3C OF THE REFERENCE STATES:  UNLESS
OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMANDER FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS (E.G.
CEREMONIES, PARADES) WHERE UNIFORMITY IS REQUIRED, MARINES MAY WEAR
THE CAMOUFLAGE UTILITY UNIFORM (UNTIL PHASED OUT), MCUU DESERT MARPAT
OR MCUU WOODLAND MARPAT AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION.    
2.  MISSION.  TO MODIFY EXISTING POLICY ON UNIFORMITY AND THE DAILY
WEAR OF THE COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM IN ORDER TO ALLOW COMMANDERS TO
DESIGNATE THE APPROPRIATE UNIFORM.
3.  EXECUTION.  PARAGRAPH 3C OF THE REFERENCE IS REVOKED.  THE
FOLLOWING POLICY IS EFFECTIVE UPON RELEASE OF THIS ALMAR: UNLESS
OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMANDER, MARINES MAY WEAR THE
CAMOUFLAGE UTILITY UNIFORM (UNTIL PHASED OUT), MCCUU DESERT MARPAT OR
MCCUU COMBAT WOODLAND MARPAT AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION.  
4.  ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS.  N/A.
5.  COMMAND AND SIGNAL
A.  THIS ALMAR IS APPLICABLE TO THE TOTAL FORCE MARINE CORPS.
B.  SUBSEQUENT CHANGES, CORRECTIONS, OR AMPLIFYING INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS MATTER OR THE REFERENCE(S), IF NECESSARY, WILL BE
PUBLISHED VIA MARADMIN.
C.  QUESTIONS MAY BE REFERRED TO GS12 M. BOYT, PROJECT OFFICER, MCUB
(EMAIL "BOYTMK@MCSC.USMC.MIL"), AT DSN 378-4607.
6.  SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//