AAFES put out an April 10 release advising airmen to buy OCPs only from AAFES stores because those uniforms have a government-certified contract number on the inside label and comply with the ...

The wait is over: OCPs are here. For years, airmen have dreamed of it, demanded it, and envied those lucky enough to have it already. And now, finally, the Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform ...

The military has seen many uniform changes in the past few years. Old acronyms have given way to new ones: BDUs, ABU s and ACU s are all OCPs now. But those TLAs (three-letter acronyms) ...

Airmen can begin donning their new Operational Camouflage Pattern uniforms beginning Oct. 1. Here's a quick run-down on the new Air Force Instruction regarding the uniform's authorizations to get ...

The Army is in transition to the OCP uniform, with all soldiers required to have them by October 2019. Under Army regulation and the direction of the Army Clothing Services Office, only Guard and ...

Military uniforms have come a long way since America's infancy. For a century or more after the Revolutionary War, uniforms reflected civilian wear, said Michael McAfee, curator of history at the ...

Oct. 7 (UPI) --The U.S. Air Force, after a three-year wait, issued its new uniforms to recruits entering basic military training, utility uniforms identical to those of the U.S. Army. The first ...

Dailey replied to the NCOs - half of whom were wearing Operational Camouflage Patterns, or OCPs, the other Army Combat Uniforms, or ACUs - "I don't want to make any more changes." ...

They came to get a peek at the just-arrived uniforms but saw more than the sharp outfits worn by students in Orlando’s new Junior Reserve Law Enforcement Program. “You are tomorrow,&#82… ...

"The Army has done considerable work to make the OCPs a better fitting uniform for female service members," said Maj. Gen. Bob LaBrutta, director of military force management policy, deputy chief ...

The service expects to fully transition to OCPs by April 1, ... 2021 Army authorizes female Soldiers ponytails in all uniforms; May 16, 2019 Military leaders meet with privatized housing company ...

Senior Airman Quynn Santjer looks through the maternity options at Military Clothing Sales at Langley Air Force Base, Va., in December 2021. The Air Force plans to start loaning maternity uniforms ...