NAVPERS 15665, U.S. NAVY UNIFORM REGS Flashcards
The navy of a maritime nation must be able to carry out variety of strategic missions: freedom of the seas, deterrence, forward presence, power projection.
Uniform headgear is not required to be worn when ships are at sea outside harbor limits, except on specific watches or on ceremonial occasions.
Uniform headgear is required in port, unless safety prohibits wear, i.e., foreign object damage (FOD).
Indoors, personnel shall remain uncovered at all times unless directed otherwise by higher authority for a special situation/event.
Those service members in a duty status and wearing side arms or a pistol belt may only remove headgear indoors when entering dining, medical or FOD hazard areas or where religious services are being conducted.
A military cover may be removed when riding a bicycle on or off base.
Personnel may remove their cap or hat when traveling inside a private automobile or riding a bicycle off base.
A cover is mandatory when entering or within a military reservation, unless wearing the cap is impractical or hazardous.
Polyester Uniforms. Do not wear 100% polyester uniforms (Certified Navy Twill) in any operating fire room.
Do not wear skirts or dress shoes (pumps/heels) aboard ship.
Do not wear poromeric (e.g. corfam) shoes aboard ship for normal daily operations.
Do not wear acrylic V-neck sweater aboard ship as an outergarment during daily operations.
When traveling on leave, TAD or transfer, Service Dress Blue may be worn during any season.
The prescribing authority may authorize working uniforms, except Navy Blue Coveralls, for commuting to and from work.
NWU wear is authorized for commuting and all normal tasks and associated stops (e.g. stops at child care, gas stations, off-base shopping, banking, DMV, and dining) before, during and after the workday
NWUs are not a liberty uniform. Consumption of alcohol while off-base in NWUs is not permitted.
NWU is authorized for all Navy recruiting command recruiters in the continental United States
CONUS air travel in NWUs is authorized only on military and government contracted flights between military airfiled installations (e.g. NAS Oceana to NAS Fallon).
The NWUs are not authorized for wear during commercial travel (e.g. airlines, railways, or bus, etc.) but are authorized on commuter transportation (e.g. Metrorail, metro bus, commuter bus, VRE, ferries).
Green flight suits will be the primary flight suit worn in CONUS.
Tan flight suits will only be worn in CONUS in hot weather environments (Fallon, El Centro, China Lake, Lemoore, etc.) as authorized by the TYCOM.
Wear of organizational clothing, except flight suits, brown leather flight jackets, and camouflage uniforms, is not authorized while commuting.
Clothing which is sold or issued by the United States to any person in the naval service shall not be sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged, loaned or given away, except as authorized by proper authority.
No person in the naval service shall have any article of wearing apparel belonging to any other person in the naval service without permission from proper authority.
Wearing of uniforms is prohibited under any of the following circumstances: (b) During or in connection with political activities, private employment or commercial interest, that imply official sponsorship of the activity or interest. d) When wearing of the uniform would discredit Armed Forces.
Any meeting or demonstration which is a function of, or sponsored by an organizaton, association, movement, group, or combination of persons which the Attorney General of the United States has designated as totalitarian, fascist, communist, or subversive, or as having adopted a policy of advocating or approving the commission of acts of force or violence to deny others their rights under the Constitution of the United States by unconstitutional means.
DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA. The Secretary of the Navy prescribed the following distinctive mark for members of military societies which are composed entirely of honorably discharged officers and enlisted personnel and the instructors and members of duly organized cadet corps. This distinctive mark is a diamond, 3‑1/2 inches long in the vertical axis, made of any fabric, white on blue, forestry green, or khaki clothing and blue on white clothing. Wear this mark on all outside clothing on the right sleeve, at the point of the shoulder, placing the upper tip of the diamond 1/4 inch below the shoulder seam.
The flag should never have placed upon it, or have attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing.
Never use the flag for advertising. It should not be embroidered on cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or reproduced on paper napkins, boxes or anything that is disposable or used as part of a costume or athletic uniform
Conspicuous. Obvious to the eye, attracting attention, striking, bright in color. Should blend with (not stand out from) a professional appearance in uniform. What is conspicuous on one person may not be noticeable on another. If attention is naturally drawn to or distracted from the professional appearance, it is conspicuous.
