NAVY UNIFORM UPDATE:
1 NAVADMINs are known that refer back to this one:
RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS00000 0152122-UUUU--RUCRNAD. ZNR UUUUU R 152122Z JAN 10 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// BT UNCLAS//N01020// NAVADMIN 015/10 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JAN// SUBJ/NAVY UNIFORM UPDATE// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/021922ZDEC08// REF/B/DOC/NAVPERS 15665I/01JAN2003/ NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 343/08, UNIFORM UPDATE. REF B IS UNITED STATES NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS.// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN PROVIDES NOTIFICATION TO THE FLEET OF THE MARKETING OF A NON-REGULATION UNIFORM COMPONENT FOR THE NAVY WORKING UNIFORM (NWU) BY NEXCOM UNIFORM CENTERS. 2. NAVY EXCHANGE COMMAND (NEXCOM) UNIFORM CENTERS HAVE BEEN MARKETING A 50/50 COTTON/POLYESTER VERSION OF THE BLUE T-SHIRT FOR THE NWU (IDENTIFIED BY ?SOFFE? IN RED LETTERS ON COLLAR LABEL). REF A PROVIDED THE INITIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NWU UNIFORM COMPONENTS AND REB B STATES THAT ONLY THOSE FABRICS WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR MANUFACTURE. ADDITIONALLY REF B LISTS THE COTTON VERSION AS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED MATERIAL FOR THE NWU BLUE T-SHIRT. 3. THE 50/50 COTTON/POLYESTER VERSION OF THE BLUE T-SHIRT IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR WITH THE NWU AND NEXCOM HAS CEASED MARKETING THIS VERSION IN ITS UNIFORM CENTERS. UNWORN 50/50 VERSION T-SHIRTS CAN BE RETURNED TO NEXCOM UNIFORM CENTERS FOR A REFUND (WITH RECEIPT) OR FOR STORE CREDIT (WITHOUT RECEIPT). ALTHOUGH NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR, SAILORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RETAIN (BUT NOT WEAR) THE 50/50 VERSION AND AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF IT IS SUITABLE FOR WEAR IN ALL/ANY ENVIRONMENTS. 4. FILE THIS NAVADMIN UNTIL CHANGES ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE QUARTERLY BUPERS DIRECTIVE CD-ROM CHANGE CONTAINING REF B. IN THE INTERIM, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UNIFORMS AND UNIFORMS POLICY, VISIT THE NAVY UNIFORM MATTERS WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/COMMANDSUPPORT/USNAVYUNIFORMS/. 5. POINTS OF CONTACT: - HEAD, NAVY UNIFORM MATTERS OFFICE: MR. ROBERT B. CARROLL, AT (703) 614-5076/DSN 224 OR EMAIL AT robert.b.carroll@navy.mil. - ASSISTANT HEAD, NAVY UNIFORM MATTERS OFFICE: CMDCM(SW) JERRY FEATHERSTONE, AT (703) 614-5075 OR EMAIL AT jerry.featherstone@navy.mil. - NEXCOM: MR. GENE GONZALEZ, (757) 631-4125 OR EMAIL AT eugene_gonzalez@nexweb.org. 6. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.// BT #0000 NNNN