{"id":25406,"date":"2020-08-27T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/27\/in-new-uniform-guidance-space-force-is-down-with-ocp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:43:37","slug":"in-new-uniform-guidance-space-force-is-down-with-ocp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2020\/08\/27\/in-new-uniform-guidance-space-force-is-down-with-ocp\/","title":{"rendered":"In new uniform guidance, Space Force is down with OCP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform<\/a> has been designated the Space Force\u2019s duty uniform, according to the service\u2019s inaugural Space Force Guidance Memorandum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means that Space Force members will don a full-color U.S. flag patch on the left sleeve, grade insignia, and an occupational badge. The name and service tapes will employ space blue embroidery \u2014 a departure from the \u201cspice brown\u201d embroidery the Air Force has used for its OCPs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue name tapes will also appear on the back of patrol caps and officers will have their rank insignia included on the front \u2014 either embroidered in spice brown for 2nd lieutenants and majors, or space force blue for the other officer ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guidance also stipulates that boots, t-shirts and fleeces will be \u201cCoyote Brown,\u201d while socks may also be green. Gloves, scarves and earmuffs may be Coyote Brown or black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur uniforms are the first visual cue of our identity as a service,\u201d Chief Master Sgt. Roger A. Towberman, U.S Space Force senior enlisted advisor, said in a news release Thursday. \u201cAdopting the OCP worn in the joint environment reflects our role in the joint warfighting effort, and we incorporated space Force-specific colors and configuration to establish our own independent identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t