Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

aid is authorized for enlisted personnel. The braid on the slacks and the coat sleeve will be of the same material. The
bottom of the braid is positioned parallel to, and 3 inches above the bottom of each sleeve as follows.
(1) General officers have one 1 1 ⁄2 inch gold braid on each sleeve.
(2) For all other officers, each sleeve has a 3 ⁄4-inch braid consisting of two 1 ⁄4-inch gold braids placed 1 ⁄4 inch apart
on silk material, of the first-named color of their basic branch.
(3) Enlisted personnel have a 1 ⁄8-inch soutache braid of gold-colored nylon or rayon on each sleeve.
21–6. Skirt, Army blue
a. Design. The skirt will be made from an approved specification or pattern.
b. General description. The skirt is knee length, with a three-piece front and three-piece back, slightly flared, with a
waistband and a zipper closure on the left side.
21–7. Slacks, Army blue
a. Design. The slacks will be made from an approved specification or pattern.
b. General description. The slacks are straight-legged with slightly flared bottoms and a zipper front closure on the
center front. The slacks have two side pockets.
c. Slack leg ornamentation. Ornamental braid is worn on each outside seam of the slack leg, from the bottom of the
waistband to the bottom of slack leg, as follows:
(1) General officers have two 1 ⁄2-inch two-vellum gold, synthetic metallic gold, or gold-colored nylon or rayon
braids, spaced 1 ⁄2 inch apart.
(2) All other officers have one 1-inch two-vellum gold, synthetic metallic gold, or gold-colored nylon or rayon
braid.
(3) Enlisted personnel have one 1-inch gold-colored nylon or rayon braid.
d. Personnel will not wear the Army blue slacks for social functions. They are approved for wear by selected
females (such as, but not limited to, band, honor guard, and female chaplains), in the performance of their daily duties
where the Army blue uniform slacks are more appropriate than the Army blue skirt.
21–8. Shirt, white
A short-sleeved white shirt with black neck tab is worn with the Army blue uniform. (See para 27–22a for a complete
description.)
21–9. Capes, Army blue and black
As an option, all female officers are authorized to wear the Army blue or Army black cape instead of the black allweather
coat when wearing the Army blue uniform after duty hours. Enlisted personnel may not wear the cape. (See
para 27–6 of this regulation for a complete description of cape wear.)
21–10. Service hat, Army blue
a. Design. The hat will be made from an approved specification or pattern.
b. General description. The hat has an oval-shaped crown and a detachable hatband for placement of insignia. Hat
insignia is worn centered and secured through the hatband. (See para 28–3 for a description of insignia wear.)
c. Hatband. The detachable hatband has three rows of stitching of matching thread at the top of the band and
ornamentation, as follows:
(1) General and field grade officers. The hat has two arcs of laurel leaves grouped in twos, embroidered in gold
bullion, synthetic metallic gold-colored braid, or gold-colored nylon or rayon braid.
(2) Company grade officers and warrant officers. The hat has a band of 1 ⁄2–inch, two-vellum gold, gold-colored
synthetic metallic braid, or gold-colored nylon or rayon braid, placed on the bottom edge of the hatband.
(3) Enlisted personnel. There is no ornamentation on the hatband.
d. Wear. All female personnel may wear the Army blue service hat with the Army blue uniform. Personnel are not
required to wear headgear when wearing the Army blue uniform to evening social functions (after retreat). However,
on all other occasions personnel will wear headgear with this uniform.
e. Proper wear position. The service hat is worn straight on the head so that the hatband creates a straight line
around the head, parallel to the ground. Hair will not be visible below the front brim of the hat, and there should be 1 ⁄2to
1-inch distance between the eyebrow and the brim of the hat.
21–11. Items normally worn with the Army blue uniform
a. Accessories.
(1) Buttons (para 27–4).
(2) Capes (officers only).
(a) Black (para 27–6a).
108 AR 670–1 3 February 2005