Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

3–2. Composition and classification
a. Material composition.
(1) Coat, cold weather, woodland camouflage pattern (field jacket). Fabric is nylon and cotton sateen, wind resistant.
(2) Enhanced hot-weather coat and trousers. Fabric is 50/50 ripstop nylon and cotton poplin, in a four-color
woodland camouflage pattern.
(3) Hot-weather coat and trousers. Fabric is 100 percent ripstop cotton, in a four-color woodland camouflage pattern.
(4) Temperate coat and trousers. Fabric is 50/50 nylon and cotton twill, in a four-color woodland camouflage
pattern.
b. Uniform composition.
(1) Beret. The black beret became the standard headgear for utility uniforms on 14 June 2001. The beret consists of
a woolen knitted outer shell (lined or unlined) with a leather sweatband and an adjusting ribbon threaded through the
binding. The beret is equipped with a stiffener on the left front for the attachment of organizational flashes and
insignia.
(2) Cap, woodland camouflage pattern (patrol cap). The cap has a visor, a circular top crown, a side crown with an
outside crown band, and retractable earflaps (temperate cap only; the hot-weather caps do not have retractable
earflaps).
(3) Coat, cold weather, woodland camouflage pattern (field jacket). The coat is lined, hip length with a bi-swing
back, with a convertible stand-up collar with concealed hood and a slide-fastener front closure, with two breast and two
lower pockets. (See fig 3–3.)
Figure 3–3. Cold-weather coat, camouflage (field jacket)
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