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advance to produce at the RFI fielding site.

d. The CRC will process all non-unit related personnel designated for deployment outside the
continental United States theaters as fillers and replacement personnel to include Individual
Mobilized Augmentees (IMA), Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Soldiers, RC and AC personnel.
Individuals will process through and deploy from the CRC and be issued an individual weapon,
mask, and authorized OCIE. The CRC will ensure that all personnel have required OCIE
identified in paragraph 10-3 below (issued from either home station or CRC) prior to departure
from CONUS. IRR Soldiers deploying as unit fillers will have equipment issued at the
mobilization station.

e. All personnel traveling in and out of CENTCOM area of operations will wear either civilian
clothing, Army Combat Uniform (ACU), and/or as required by CENTCOM commander. DOD
civilians will not wear military uniforms in the Iraq Joint Operations Area (JOA).

f. Contractors will not wear military uniforms except for specific OCIE items required for safety
or security or based on approved exception to policy and negotiated contracts. CRC will ensure
personnel have negotiated required OCIE on hand prior to departure from CONUS.
Government furnished equipment (GFE) issue to deploying personnel shall be returned to the
control of the U.S. Government in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 4162.2
and the applicable contracts. The contractor and the contractor employee is liable for the cost
and replacement of the lost, theft, damage, and destruction of GFE and clothing. The
contracting officer is responsible for enforcing the terms of the contract and ensuring that the
contractor employee complies with applicable policy, regulations and that any government
issued protective clothing and OCIE is recovered and returned to the government as stipulated
in the contract.

g. All Federal Government personnel and supporting personnel of the Chief of Mission Iraq
(CMI) will be deployed and redeployed through the Third US Army (Forward) facilities in Kuwait.
While in-processing through the Kuwait facilities, all OCIE will be laterally transferred using
Installation Support Module - Central Issue Facility (ISM- CIF). Non-OCIE items such as masks
and weapons will be laterally transferred from the CRC to the gaining unit using a Property Book
Unit Supply Enhanced (PBUSE) and/or Global Combat Support System –Army (GCCS-A)
account. The equipment (mask/weapons) becomes unit- owned property and is not required to
be returned to the CRC. Property will be classified as Theater Provided Equipment (TPE). In the
rare case that a weapon is required/approved for a contractor, the weapon must be laterally
transferred directly from the CRC to an Army property book account.

8–3. Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment (OCIE)

a. OCIE is the minimum requirement for all personnel deploying in support of contingency
operations. All deploying personnel will have these minimum required items in their possession
prior to CONUS departure.

b. Commanders will ensure personnel have the correct sizes and that all OCIE and personal
clothing items are fully serviceable for the duration of the deployment. All personnel not
identified in table 10-3a through 10-3e shall only receive the minimum required OCIE based
upon orders and/or assignment. Equipment listed in tables are subject to change. The Rapid
Fielding Initiative (RFI) issue point will continue to issue Soldiers Flame Resistant Army Combat
Uniforms (FRACU) in the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (OEF-CP) until
inventories are exhausted; at which time Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) FRACU's will

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