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UNCLAS //N01020//
MARADMIN 380/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MCUB//
SUBJ/CLARIFICATION ON DELETION OF THE BROWN UNDERSHIRT/REPLACEMENT
/WITH GREEN UNDERSHIRT//
REF/A/MSG/CMC/221400ZNOV99//
REF/B/DOC/MCUB/27JAN95//
REF/C/DOC/LPP-2/22SEP99//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 521-99/REF B IS MCO P1020.34F/REF C IS CURRENT
EDITION OF MCBUL 10120/ REF D IS MCO P10120.28F//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE FOR ELIMINATION OF THE WEAR OF BROWN
UNDERSHIRTS.
2. BACKGROUND. PER REF A, THE MARINE CORPS COMMENCED PHASE OUT OF THE
BROWN UNDERSHIRT TO BE COMPLETED NLT 1 MAY 00. AS OF THAT DATE,
GREEN IS THE ONLY COLOR UNDERSHIRT AUTHORIZED FOR ALL STYLES/TYPES
OF PHYSICAL TRAINING UNIFORMS AND ALL STYLES/TYPES OF UTILITY
UNIFORMS EXCEPT AS NOTED IN PARA 5 BELOW. WEAR OF THE WHITE
UNDERSHIRT WITH APPROPRIATE UNIFORMS REMAINS UNCHANGED.
3. A FUTURE CHANGE TO REF B WILL DELETE ALL REFERENCE TO THE BROWN
POLY/COTTON UNDERSHIRT. CHANGE 1 TO REF C HAS BEEN PUBLISHED WHICH
DELETES ALL REFERENCE TO THE BROWN POLY/COTTON UNDERSHIRT. FURTHER GUIDANCE WILL BE PUBLISHED BY CMC (LPP-2) AS A CHANGE TO REF D.
4. A LIST OF NATIONAL STOCK NUMBERS (NSN) FOR GREEN UNDERSHIRTS WAS
PUBLISHED IN REF A.
5. THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE IS EXEMPT FROM THE 1 MAY 00 COMPLIANCE
DATE. THE BROWN COTTON UNDERSHIRT IS AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR UNTIL
30 SEP 01 FOR THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE, EXCEPT THAT A MARINE CORPS
RESERVE UNIT OR INDIVIDUAL CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY MUST COMPLY WITH
CURRENT UNIFORM REGULATIONS OF THE ACTIVE COMPONENT (I.E., MUST WEAR
ONLY THE GREEN OR WHITE UNDERSHIRT).
6. POINTS OF CONTACT. UNIFORM POLICY ISSUES AT HQMC (MCUB) IS CAPT
D.W. DUKES OR GS-11 M. K. BOYT AT DSN 224-2086/2641. SUPPLY POLICY
ISSUES AT DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS (LPP-2)
IS MRS. KARLA GRIFFE AT DSN 225-8946. MARINE CORPS EXCHANGE POLICY
ISSUES (MWX, RETAIL OPERATIONS BRANCH) IS MR. ANDREW ANDREOLI AT
DSN 278-6332.//
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