From: OD/Office of Commissioned Corps Personnel
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:27 AM
To: All CDC/ATSDR Commissioned Officers
Subject: Changeover to Spring/Summer Uniforms
Effective 4 April 2005
This message prescribes the uniform of the
day for Public Health Service (PHS) commissioned officers assigned
to CDC/ATSDR in duty stations outside the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore,
MD, Metropolitan Areas.
Uniform of the Day
- Effective Monday, 4 April 2005, the uniforms of the day for
the spring/summer period are the Summer White (SW) and Summer Khaki
(SK).
Officers may elect to wear either version of these service uniforms.
Female officers may wear the uniform of the day with either skirt
or slacks. [The Service Dress Blue (SDB), Service Dress Blue
Sweater (SDBS), Summer Blue (SB-Salt and Pepper) and SK uniforms
may be worn
year round.]
- Officers are reminded that you may not wear the uniform
while outside the United States, without specific authorization.
- The Service Dress Blue Uniform (SDB), which all
officers are required to own and maintain, shall be worn
for PHS official
functions,
high-level
meetings, and ceremonies (e.g., awards) where civilian
attire would be coat and tie. The SDB uniform may also
be worn at any
time in
place of one of the above authorized service uniforms.
- Circumstances in which other uniforms and components
are permitted:
- Indoor Duty White. The Indoor Duty White (IDW)
uniform, which is the same as the SW uniform without
ribbons, may be
worn by
officers assigned to duties in clinical or laboratory
settings. However, the
IDW is a working uniform and is not appropriate
for wear in office settings or when circumstances,
such as meetings
scheduled in
advance with official visitors or members of the
general public indicate
that a service uniform should be worn. Officers
may wear the IDW uniform while traveling directly
between their residence
and
their
duty station.
- Domestic Travel. An officer on travel status
within the U. S. may wear the service uniform of
the day prescribed for
the area
to which the officer is proceeding.
- The Surgeon General has encouraged all officers to wear the
uniform daily with pride and distinction.
Austin
Captain H. Austin Hayes, MPH
Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Personnel
Local Uniform Authority
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Phone: (770) 488-1898
Fax: (770) 488-1970
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