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Vol. 62, No. 22
June 5, 2015

Published in the interest of Fort Huachuca personnel and their Families. Online @ www.aerotechnews.com/forthuachuca/ or via smartphone.

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erational Camouﬂage Pattern in Soldier The cost of the uniform in the Opera- important to Soldiers. But, we will not will incorporate minor design changes.
uniforms. The Operational Camouﬂage tional Camouﬂage Pattern will be similar inconvenience or burden our troops. We These include redesigned shoulder sleeve
Pattern will be available for purchase in to the cost of the uniform in the Universal will still be the most lethal ﬁghting force pockets with a zipper opening, no trou-
select military clothing sales stores be- Camouﬂage Pattern. Enlisted Soldiers the world has even known even if our belts ser drawstring, a button on the lower calf
ginning, July 1. will continue to receive a clothing allow- don’t match for the next few years.” pocket, two pen pockets on the sleeve in-
ance to replace their worn uniforms. stead of three, and the elimination of the
Stores will receive the uniforms over In addition to the camouﬂage change, elbow and knee patch hook and loop.
a period of six months from July to No- Uniforms and equipment in the Oper- the Operational Camouﬂage PatternACUs
vember, and new Soldiers will receive ational Camouﬂage Pattern will be avail-
Operational Camouﬂage Pattern Army able for U.S. Army National Guard, U.S.
Combat Uniforms, or ACUs, beginning Army Reserve, and Senior Reserve Ofﬁ-
in January 2016. The Operational Cam- cer Training Corps during summer 2016.
ouﬂage Pattern was selected following
the most comprehensive uniform cam- Soldiers are authorized to mix and
ouﬂage testing effort ever undertaken match T-shirts, belts, and boots with ei-
by the Army, reﬂecting the Army’s para- ther the Operation Enduring Freedom
mount commitment to force protection. Camouﬂage Pattern or the Operational
Camouﬂage Pattern during the transition
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel Dailey period – expected to run through Oct. 1,
encouraged enlisted Soldiers to purchase 2019. To further ease the change, Sol-
new uniforms with their annual cloth- diers, who already have Flame Resistant
ing allowance. “All enlisted Soldiers re- ACUs in the Operational Enduring Free-
ceive an annual stipend for the purchase dom Camouﬂage Pattern, will be autho-
of uniforms and accessories. I myself rized to wear them during the transition.
will wait until I am issued my clothing
allowance before purchasing a uniform “I have asked noncommissioned of-
with the Operational Camouﬂage Pat- ﬁcers to ensure their Soldiers understand
tern. I encourage all Soldiers and leaders that during this transition period, several
to do the same by budgeting for a new uniforms and variations will be authorized
in our formations,” Dailey said. “Present-
ing a professional appearance is very

Language lab dedicated in honor of former NCOA commandant

Story and photo by Natalie Lakosil found out Jackie … was really sick and we got
Staff Writer word there wasn’t going to be longevity there.
We started thinking she was a big part of the
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honor at the NCOA during a ceremony May 29. thing to her in some form or fashion. The ﬁrst
serve Soldiers well into retirement. thing that came to mind since she’s a linguist
More than 50 people gathered to remem- and she contributed a lot to the Defense Lan-
ber and honor the late Retired Command Sgt. guage Institute. … We have our own language
Maj. Jackie Moore during the dedication. lab now, so it kind of just seemed like the per-
Moore spent more than 30 years in the U.S. fect match.
Army and continued to serve Soldiers well
into retirement. She passed away in March “I feel very very privileged and honored to
from health complications. be a part of it and very privileged for my NCOs
to be a part of this, because growing up you
Sgt. Maj. Robyn Collier, NCOA, said, “We
actually started thinking about this when we See HONOR, page 5A

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