{"id":28093,"date":"2019-10-04T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T19:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/04\/you-down-with-ocp-first-basic-trainees-get-new-camouflage-uniform\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:18:07","slug":"you-down-with-ocp-first-basic-trainees-get-new-camouflage-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/10\/04\/you-down-with-ocp-first-basic-trainees-get-new-camouflage-uniform\/","title":{"rendered":"You down with OCP? First basic trainees get new camouflage uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time this week, new trainees entering Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland were issued the Air Force\u2019s new Operational Camouflage Pattern<\/a>, or OCP, uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Education and Training Command announced the initial issue of the OCP<\/a> uniform to trainees at the 37th Training Wing in a Thursday release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air Force last year announced it had decided to adopt the Army\u2019s utility uniform<\/a> for its improved fit and comfort, and so airmen will better blend in with soldiers while deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Air Force basic military training trainees, 326th Training Squadron, receive the first operational camouflage pattern (OCP) uniforms during initial issue, Oct. 2, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (Sarayuth Pinthong\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOptional wear\u201d of the OCP, meaning anyone who already had it, such as from a previous deployment to Afghanistan, began in October 2018. The OCP has also gradually become available at more AAFES stores around the world over the past year. And AAFES this month is expected to begin selling the Air Force OCP uniform online as well, though it does not appear to be on the website as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\t