DA PAM 670-1: 12-4. Materials

12-4. Materials

The female ASU and dress variation will be made of the following materials and shades:

a. Coat and skirt. The coat and skirt will be made in the same material and shade.

(1) 55/45-percent polyester and wool serge, 9.5–10.5 ounce, Army blue 450 or Army blue 150.

(2) 55/45-percent polyester and wool tropical, 9 ounce, Army blue 450 or Army blue 150.

(3) 55/45-percent polyester and wool gabardine, 10.6 ounce, Army blue 450 or Army blue 150.

(4) 55/45-percent polyester and wool elastique, 13.5 ounce, Army blue 450 or Army blue 150.

(5) 100-percent wool elastique, 16 ounce, Army blue 450 or Army blue 150.

(6) 100-percent polyester, 7.2 ounce, Army blue 450 or Army blue 150.

b. Slacks.

(1) General officers. The slacks, skirt, and coat will all be made in the same material and shade, dark blue in Army

shade 150 or 450.

(2) Other officers and enlisted personnel. The slacks will be made in the same material as the skirt and coat, except

the color will be light blue in Army shade 151 or 451.

c. Braid. The gold braid on the slacks will be 100-percent polyester produced by a certified braid supplier.

d. Shirts, short- and long-sleeved. Issue tuck-in shirts are 65-percent polyester and 35-percent cotton in a herring-

bone weave with stretch, approximately 4.5-ounce weight, with a durable press and soil release finish in shade Army white 521. The optional overblouses are 65-percent polyester and 35-percent cotton in a herringbone weave, approx- imately 5-ounce weight, with a durable press and soil release finish in shade Army white 521.

e. Headgear, service hat (optional). The service hat will be made in the same material and shade as the coat, except

that officers also are authorized to wear the service hat in fur felt, 9-ounce weight, dark blue in Army shade 250.