Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

(1) Type. The black tip belt is a clothing bag issue item.
(2) Description. The belt is black cotton web or black woven elastic, with a black tip, and is 1 1 ⁄4 inches wide.
(3) How worn.
(a) The black tip belt is worn with the black, open-faced buckle. It is worn so that the tipped end passes through the
buckle to the wearer’s left; the tipped end will not extend more than 2 inches beyond the edge of the buckle. The plain
end of the belt may extend beyond the keeper portion of the inside of the buckle, as long as it is not visible when
worn.
(b) All personnel will wear the black tip belt and black, open-faced buckle with utility uniforms that have belt loops.
b. Belt, web waist, brass tip.
(1) Type. The brass tip belt is a clothing bag issue item.
(2) Description. The belt is black cotton web or black woven elastic, with a brass tip. The men’s belt is 1 1 ⁄4 inches
wide, and the women’s belt is 1 inch wide.
(3) How worn.
(a) The brass tip belt is worn only with the brass buckle. The belt is worn so that the tipped end passes through the
buckle to the wearer’s left for males, and the wearer’s right for females. The tipped end will extend beyond the end of
the buckle so that only the brass tip is visible, and no fabric portion of the belt can be seen beyond the buckle. The
plain end (no tip) of the belt may extend beyond the keeper portion of the inside of the buckle, as long as it is not
visible when worn.
(b) Males wear the 1 1 ⁄4-inch brass tip belt and brass buckle with service and dress uniforms. Males may wear
suspenders of a commercial design with dress uniforms, as long as they are not visible.
(c) Females wear the 1-inch brass tip belt with the service uniform when wearing slacks with the tuck-in version of
the AG 415 shirt. Females are not required to wear a belt when wearing the overblouse with the slacks.
c. Buckle, belt, black, open-faced.
(1) Type. The buckle is a clothing bag issue item.
(2) Description. A black, opened-faced brass buckle, 1–11/16 inches long and 1 5 ⁄8 inches wide (see fig 27–1).
Figure 27–1. Black buckle
(3) How worn. The buckle is attached to the end of the black web belt with the black tip, and is worn only with
utility uniforms.
d. Buckle, belt, brass.
(1) Type. The buckle is a clothing bag issue item.
(2) Description. A brass buckle, 1–11/16 inches long and 1 5 ⁄8 inches wide for males; 1 1 ⁄8 inches by 2 inches for
females (see fig 27–2).
154 AR 670–1 3 February 2005