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MARADMIN 230/03
MSGID/MARADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MCUB//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS UNIFORM BOARD MEETING NO. 203 RESULTS
AND MISCELLANEOUS BOARD ISSUES//
REF/A/MEMO/CMC(MCUB)/8 DEC 02//
REF/B/MEMO/CMC(MCUB)/8 DEC 02//
REF/C/MCO/CMC(MCUB)/25 JAN 95//
NARR/REF A IS CMC MEMO; PROCEEDINGS OF MARINE CORPS UNIFORM
BOARD NO. 203, REF B IS CMC MEMO; MISCELLANEOUS BOARD
ISSUES, REF C IS MCO P1020.34F, MARINE CORPS UNIFORM
REGULATIONS.//
RMKS/1. SITUATION. ON 8 DEC 02 CMC DECISIONED UNIFORM
BOARD NO. 203 AND A MISCELLANEOUS BOARD ISSUES MEMORANDUM.
2. MISSION. TO ANNOUNCE THE CMC DECISIONS FOR UNIFORM
BOARD NO. 203 AS WELL AS SEVERAL MISCELLANEOUS BOARD ISSUES.
3. EXECUTION.
A. PER REF (A), THE BELOW ISSUES WERE REVIEWED AND
DECISIONED BY CMC.
(1) ISSUE: GREEN SWEATSHIRT/PANTS FOR NAVAL ENLISTED
PERSONNEL SERVING WITH THE MARINE CORPS.
-RECOMMENDATION: ADD ONE PAIR OF GREEN (USMC 009 OLIVE
DRAB WITH MARINE CORPS EMBLEM) SWEATSHIRT/PANTS TO THE
SPECIAL INITIAL UTILITLY CLOTHING ALLOWANCE.
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
-COMMENT: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE SPECIAL INITIAL
UTILITY ALLOWANCE IS INCREASED TO INCLUDE ONE PAIR OF
OLIVE GREEN SWEATSHIRT/PANTS.
(2) ISSUE: UTILITY ALLOWANCE FOR RECONNAISSANCE SCHOOL.
-RECOMMENDATION: AUTHORIZE A COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM
ALLOWANCE FOR IDENTIFIED INSTRUCTOR PERSONNEL AT THE
BASIC RECONNAISSANCE COURSE.
-CMC DECISION: DISAPPROVED.
(3) ISSUE: NAVAL ACADEMY PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NAPS)
ALLOWANCE
-RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE NAPS MONETARY
SUPPLEMENTAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE TO COVER 100% OF THE COST
OF THE STUDENT UNIFORM REQUIREMENT.
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
(4) ISSUE: MINIATURE BREAST INSIGNIA ON FORMAL CIVILIAN
ATTIRE.
-RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE THE WEAR OF MINIATURE BREAST
INSIGNIA ON FORMAL CIVILIAN ATTIRE.
CMC DECISION: APRROVED.
-COMMENT: CHANGE REF C, PARAGRAPH 4002.3F TO READ:
"WHEN WORN ON CIVILIAN ATTIRE WITH MINIATURE MEDALS, PER
PARAGRAPH 5203.5, MINIATURE BREAST INSIGNIA WILL BE
CENTERED 1/8 INCH ABOVE THE MINIATURE MEDALS. IF THE
INDIVIDUAL ELECTS TO WEAR NO MEDALS, THE MINIATURE
INSIGNIA WILL BE CENTERED ON THE LAPEL AT THE POSITION
PRESCRIBED FOR THE TOP OF THE MEDAL BAR. COMMAND IDENT-
IFICATION BADGES SUCH AS THE JCS, OCS, ETC. ARE NOT
AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR WITH CIVILIAN ATTIRE."
B. PER REF (B), THE BELOW LISTED MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES WERE
REVIEWED AND DECISIONED BY CMC.
(1) ISSUE: CUFF LINK STANDARDIZATION.
-RECOMMENDATION: AUTHORIZE THE WEAR OF CONCAVE CUFF LINKS,
CUFF LINKS WITH RAISED MARINE CORPS EMBLEMS, AND MSC AND
ABOVE UNIT LEVEL SPECIFIC CUFF LINKS, AT THE WEARERS OPTION
WITH THE MALE OFFICER/SNCO DRESS AND SERVICE SHIRTS.
-CMC DECISION: APRROVED.
(2) ISSUE: COMBAT UTILITLY NAME AND SERVICE TAPES.
-RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF THE BLACK PIXELS
FROM THE PATTERN SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE NAME AND SERVICE
TAPES FOR THE COMBAT UTILITIES.
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
-COMMENT: NAME AND SERVICE TAPES WITH THE BLACK PIXELS MAY
CONTINUE TO WORN ON COMBAT UTILITIES UNTIL THEY ARE NO
LONGER SERVICEABLE, AT WHICH TIME THE TAPES WILL BE REPLACED
WITH TAPES WITHOUT THE BLACK PIXELS.
(3) ISSUE: FEMALE ENLISTED CLOTH RANK INSIGNIA.
-RECOMMENDATION: ADOPT LARGER ENLISTED WOMEN'S CLOTH RANK
INSIGNIA AND SERVICE STRIPES AS THE STANDARD (70% OF THE
MALE RANK INSIGNIA SIZE).
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
-COMMENT: EXISTING (SMALLER) INSIGNIA WILL CONTINUE TO
MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT UNTIL NO LONGER SERVICEABLE OR
APPROPRIATE, AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE
LARGER INSIGNIA.
4. LOGISTICS. N/A.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL.
A. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
B. THE MARINE CORPS UNIFORM BOARD POINT OF CONTACT IS MS.
M. BOYT, AT (703)432-4607/DSN: 378-4607/BOYTMK@MCSC.USMC.
MIL.//