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MARADMIN 493/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MCUB//
SUBJ/NEW UTILITY UNIFORM INTERNET SURVEY//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. TO REQUEST PARTICIPATION OF MARINES ON THE NEW
UTILITY UNIFORM INTERNET SURVEY.
2. BACKGROUND. MARCORSYSCOM IS COORDINATING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A NEW COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM. INITIAL DESIGN OPTIONS HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPED FOR ALL COMPONENTS OF THE NEW UTILITY UNIFORM BASED
ON MARINE FEEDBACK AT FOCUS GROUPS CONDUCTED AT THE I AND II MEFS
IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE OUR CONCEPTS AND
CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS PROJECT BASED ON MARINE FEEDBACK,
MARCORSYSCOM SEEKS ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO DOWNSELECT TO
THE FINAL DESIGN FOR PRODUCTION. IN ADDITION TO ON-SITE SURVEYS
AND BRIEFS BEING CONDUCTED THROUGH THE MONTHS OF SEPT AND EARLY PART
OF OCTOBER, AN ELECTRONIC SURVEY POSTED ON THE INTERNET (WORLD WIDE
WEB) WILL ALLOW MARINES AROUND THE WORLD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FINAL INPUT.
3. INFORMATION. THE NEW UTILITY UNIFORM SURVEY WILL BE POSTED ON
THE INTERNET ON 1 OCT 00. THE SURVEY WILL BE LOCATED ON THE MCUB
WEBSITE AT WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/MCUB/. A LINK TO THE MCUB WEBSITE
CAN BE FOUND ON MARINELINK. THIS SURVEY WILL COMPRISE THREE PARTS:
GENERAL COMPONENTS, BLOUSE COMPONENTS, AND TROUSERS COMPONENTS.
MARINES ARE ENCOURAGED TO COMPLETE ALL THREE PARTS OF THE SURVEY.
DIRECTIONS FOR SURVEY COMPLETION CAN BE FOUND ON THE MCUB WEBSITE.
DEADLINE FOR SURVEY COMPLETION IS 15 OCTOBER 00. THE SURVEY WILL BE
UNAVAILABLE AFTER THAT DATE. RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WILL BE PUBLISHED
ON THE MCUB WEBSITE AT A FUTURE DATE AFTER MARCORSYSCOM HAS EVALUATED
ALL THE SURVEY DATA.
4. POINTS OF CONTACT. NEW UTILITY DESIGN AND PRODUCTION AT
MARCORSYSCOM IS MAJ G. PATRICIO AT DSN 256-4704 OR 278-5897 X4-3065.
INTERNET SURVEY HOSTED BY MCUB AT CMC (MCUB) IS CAPT D. W. DUKES DSN
224-2086/2641.//