National Uniform Committee
Report to the National Board
Col David A. Guzman
Chair, National Uniform Committee
22 August 2012
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Agenda
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Background –
– Familiarize new NB membership about NUC
process
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Comprehensive Review –
– Three Phase Process
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Open Action Items
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Background
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Winter 2010 NB Meeting –
– Directed that a National Uniform Committee (NUC)
be established reporting to the National Chief of
Staff and set committee membership, and required
all uniform issues be vetted through the new
committee, and
– Directed how FUTURE UNIFORMS CHANGES
WOULD BE PROCESSED
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Background,
cont’d
– Assigned a 2-year Moratorium on major uniform
item changes
– Directed that a comprehensive review of CAP
uniforms be performed
– Assigned Agenda Items for review by the new NUC
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Background - NUC, cont’d
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Committee Composition
– One sitting wing commander from each region,
selected by the RGN/CC to represent membership
– Individuals with substantive knowledge of
uniforms, either from US military or CAP
background to provide subject matter support to
committee: Members-at-Large
– Ex officio support to committee
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Background - NUC, cont’d
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Membership - region representatives:
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Col Dan LeClair, representing NER
Pending appointment, representing MER
Col Tonya Boylan, representing SER
Col Teresa Schimelfening, representing NCR
Col Richard Griffith, representing GLR
Col Lewis Alexander, representing SWR
Col Earl Sherwin, representing RMR
Col David Lehman, representing PCR
• Committee thanks Cols Braun, Douglass…..
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Background - NUC, cont’d
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Membership – members-at-large:
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Col Steve Miller
Lt Col Karen Cooper
Lt Col Jean duBois
Lt Col Edward (Ned) Lee
Maj Mike Kieloch
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Background - NUC, cont’d
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Membership - ex-officio members:
– CAP National Historian, Col Len Blascovich
– CAP Command Chief Master Sergeant, CMSGT Lou
Walpus
– CAP Chair - Cadet Advisory Council, C/Colonel
Adam W. Wachholz
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Membership - advisors to the committee:
– Ms Susie Parker, CAP HQ/DP
– Col Jay Updegraff, CAP-USAF/CV
– Lt Col Timothy Corrigan, NLO staff
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Background - Changes, cont’d
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Recommendations for changes to the uniform
are submitted through the chain of command
to HQ/DP
– Can be disapproved at local, wing, or region level
– Can be returned for clarifying information
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Change request reaches NUC
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Chair
Chair
Chair
Chair
can return for clarifying information
sends to committee for review and comment
adjudicates comments (generally 15 days)
requests committee vote (10 day sequence)
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Background - Changes, cont’d
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Chair prepares recommendation to CAP/CC
– CAP/CC accepts/rejects recommendation
– Chair posts recommendation on the CAP website
for NB to review (30 day review period)
– Changes that require AF approval are
deferred until approval received
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Chair makes final recommendation to CAP/CC
– Includes all NB comments received
– CAP/CC confirms earlier decision, reconsiders, or
sends back to the committee for further action
– Chair forwards to HQ/DP for implementation
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Background – Comp Review,
cont’d
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COMMITTEE OFFICIALLY STOOD-UP 21 July
2010 With Full Membership
– Had a timeline of 18 months (Mar 2010 – Aug
2011) to complete the review
– Gathered information on current uniform issues
– Determined immensity of task, and that committee
couldn’t meet timeline window-extended
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Nov 2010 CAP/CC authorized a 3-phase
approach to performing the review
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Background – Comp Review,
cont’d
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Phase I – Review of CAP Distinctive Uniforms
– Reported out at Summer 2011 NB meeting
– Summer 2011 NB approved the NUC developed
CAP Distinctive Uniform Standard
– NUC developed a comparison document – the new
vs. the old-approved document in your packet –
many changes administrative in nature
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Phase I (cont’d)
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Former “Blazer combination” now Principal
Corporate Uniform Combination – clarified
blazer, aviator shirt, trousers/slacks and skirt
materials and color and addressed footwear.
Eliminated floppy bow tie as option for female
uniforms.
Increased to four the number of badges
authorized on the aviator shirt and clarified
wear of service badges, nameplates, lapel
pins and chaplain occupational badge
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Phase I (Cont’d)
Clarified aviation shirt (long/short sleeves),
headgear, ties and tie tack and tie bar wear,
belts, under and outer garments.
 CAP corporate working uniform dark blue
shirt/trousers BDU style w/black boots w/out
safety toe, headgear required (baseball cap or
dark blue BDU cap may be worn)
All of these and other changes, approved by the
NB in August 2011 are contained in your
packets.
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Phase II CAP AF Style Uniforms
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Phase II – Review of CAP AF-style Uniforms
– ABU still major issue pending USAF approval
– Addressed cadet grade insignia
– NUC recommended no changes to the AF style
uniform combinations
Recommendations were approved by the
Winter 2012 NB
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PHASE III – Review of CAP
Specialty Uniforms
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Specialty cadet activity uniforms for National
Flight Academies, National Emergency
Services Academies, the Advanced
Technology Academy and Hawk Mountain
were reviewed. Approved each year as an
exception to CAPM 39-1.
NUC recommends cadet special activities
uniforms be permanently incorporated in
CAPM 39-1.
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Open Agenda Items
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Organizational Excellence Device
Air Patrol Ribbon
Cadet Safety Officer Specialty
Badge/Patch
Re-design of region patches
Honor Guard Badge
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Open Agenda Items (cont’d)
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National Commander’s Staff Badge
Encampment Ribbon Devices
Wing patches on BDU (over pocket)
Ribbon wear by cadets and seniors
PME Faculty ribbon
CAP recognition ribbon for national
achievement
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Open Agenda Items (cont’d)
The committee’s next action is to
address the open agenda items and act
on them with recommendations to the
National Commander and posting for
National Board comments by the winter
2013 NB meeting. Our goal is to have a
revision to CAPM 39-1 ready to publish
by August 2013 incorporating the
approved uniform changes.
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The NUC wants to express
thanks to the members of the
National Board for their
support of the Committee
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RECOMMENDATION
The National Board members of the
National Uniform Committee move that
the NB accept this report as presented at
the Winter 2012 national board meeting
and updates thereto presented today
and to endorse the process action listed
herein for accepting further uniform
change recommendations.
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