Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

. How worn.
(1) Non-subdued insignia. Warrant officer candidates wear their insignia as follows.
(a) On service and dress uniform coats, candidates wear their insignia on both collars, in the same manner as
described in para 28–14.
(b) On the garrison cap, candidates wear the insignia centered on the left curtain, 1 inch from the front crease.
Headgear insignia for other service hats and caps are the same as prescribed for enlisted personnel (see para 28–3 and
fig 28–130).
(c) On the helmet liner, candidates wear the W.O.C. decal painted on the front of the liner, in a prescribed color and
size, 2 1 ⁄2 inches from the bottom rim of the liner (see fig 28–131).
(2) Subdued insignia. Candidates wear subdued W.O.C. insignia on all utility shirts and cold-weather jackets in the
same manner as the non-subdued insignia worn on shirt collars, as described above.
c. When worn. All active component personnel wear the insignia beginning on date of entry into the resident
warrant officer entry course; all reserve component personnel wear the insignia beginning on date of board selection to
enter WOC status. Both active component and reserve component WOC personnel will wear the insignia until
appointed to the warrant officer category, or eliminated from WOC status.
28–16. Shoulder sleeve insignia-current organization
a. Authorization. Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) of a design approved by The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army, are
authorized and prescribed for wear on the service and utility uniforms of the following echelons:
(1) MACOMs (as defined by AR 10–5).
(2) Armies.
(3) Corps.
(4) U.S. Army Reserve Command.
(a) Regional readiness commands.
(b) U.S. Army Reserve commands
(5) Divisions.
(6) Corps Support Command.
(7) Separate TOE brigades (not organic to divisions).
(8) Separate regiments (not organic to a group, brigade, or division), except training support regiments/battalions,
which will wear the SSI of the training support division to which assigned.
(9) General officer commands, USAR.
(10) U.S. Army element of unified commands.
(11) DA field operating agencies based on the following:
(a) An identifiable command structure.
(b) A valid justification in terms of unit mission, improving unit morale, and degree of unit permanency.
(c) At least 250 military personnel assigned to the organization.
(12) Other organizations, except U.S. Army garrisons, meeting the following criteria.
(a) An identifiable command structure.
(b) A valid justification in terms of unit mission, improving unit morale, and degree of unit permanency.
(c) At least 500 military personnel assigned to the organization.
b. Approval of design. Units meeting the criteria established above will submit requests for authorization of SSI
through command channels, with a copy of permanent orders activating the unit, to: Director, The Institute of Heraldry,
U.S. Army, 9325 Gunston Road, Room S112, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–5579.
c. Provisional units. The authorization of SSI will not be granted for provisional units.
d. By whom worn. Personnel assigned to units not authorized SSI will wear the SSI of the command to which the
unit is assigned. As an exception, personnel assigned to training support regiments/battalions will wear the SSI of the
training support division to which assigned or aligned.
(1) MACOM commanders are authorized to permit, on a case-by-case basis, the wear of corps or separate brigade
SSI by members of units attached to specific corps or separate brigades on a permanent basis. The term “permanent”
applies to those units that are, have been, or expect to be attached for an extended period of time. Units that are
temporarily attached for activation, training, and deployment are not considered permanently attached.
(2) Enlisted personnel attached to Headquarters Company, U.S. Army, who are assigned to or performing duty with
HQDA staff agencies and offices of the Department of Defense, will wear the Headquarters Company, U.S. Army, SSI.
(3) The DA staff support SSI is worn by personnel assigned to DA field operating agencies, unless the agency is
authorized an SSI within its own right.
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