FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

duties. Organizational clothing (white tee shirts, white trousers,
commissarymen's caps, white aprons, and stewards' white jackets) is
required as a sanitary safeguard for the protection of personnel
subsisting in the mess. Accordingly, organizational clothing which
must be issued to such members remains United States Government
property after issue.
b. Budget Policy.
The procurement and laundering of organizational clothing authorized
for issue to Navy and Marine Corps members is the financial
responsibility of the office or command supporting a ship, station, or
activity which operates a general mess, officers' closed mess, or
personal mess of a flag/general officer or other eligible officer.
Normally, such costs are funded under the ship, station or activity
operating budget. When members are assigned to activities that hold
no Department of the Navy funds for operating purposes, the cost will
be charged to the Navy or Marine Corps activity to which the member
is assigned for administrative purposes. If assigned to a non-
Navy/Marine Corps command or activity for administrative purposes,
special funding provisions will be made through the Office of Chief of
Naval Operations or Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, as appropriate.
3. SOURCE DOCUMENT.
Additional information is contained in the current issuance of
OPNAVINST 5312.18
(Change 48)
075153 COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Funding for collateral operations in support of national objectives in
community relations will be through the normal budgetary process with
support funded through operating resources of the field activity providing the
services. Additional information relating to community relations is contained
in the current issuance of SECNAVINST 5720.44
(Change 67)
075154 DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES
1. GENERAL.
Navy and Marine Corps activities on occasion are involved in natural (acts
of God) and/or man-made disasters or emergency situations which may
relate to protection of Government property, private property, and
assistance to people. Examples of natural disasters or emergencies
situations are earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, fires, and
epidemics. Examples of man-made disasters or emergency situations are
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