Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

Figure 27–14. Black unisex cardigan
(3) How worn.
(a) The black unisex cardigan sweater is authorized for wear by all personnel with the class B uniform, and by food
service supervisors with the food service supervisor uniform. Personnel may wear the cardigan indoors or outdoors.
When worn indoors, personnel may wear the cardigan buttoned or unbuttoned; when outdoors, personnel, except for
pregnant soldiers, must button all five buttons.
(b) When the black cardigan is worn with the long- or short-sleeved AG shade 415 shirts, personnel have the option
of wearing a necktie or necktab. Personnel may wear the collar of the shirts inside or outside the cardigan. Personnel
may cuff the sleeves of the cardigan, but they may not roll or push up the sleeves.
(c) Officers and enlisted personnel in the rank of corporal or higher will wear shoulder marks on the epaulets of the
black cardigan. Personnel will not wear the nameplate, distinctive unit insignia (DUI), or regimental distinctive insignia
(RDI) on the cardigan. Personnel may wear the cardigan without rank insignia when wearing civilian clothes.
(d) Hospital and food service personnel may no longer wear the black unisex cardigan with the hospital and food
service uniforms. (See para b, below.)
b. Cardigan, white, unisex.
(1) Type. The white cardigan is an optional purchase item.
(2) Description. The white cardigan is 100-percent acrylic in a long-sleeved coat style, with six buttons and two
pockets (see fig 27–15).
172 AR 670–1 3 February 2005