{"id":46087,"date":"2023-12-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/27\/new-in-2024-new-flame-retardant-uniform-to-hit-more-ships\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:50:07","slug":"new-in-2024-new-flame-retardant-uniform-to-hit-more-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/12\/27\/new-in-2024-new-flame-retardant-uniform-to-hit-more-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"New flame-retardant uniform to hit more ships in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More Navy crews are expected to receive the two-piece, flame retardant uniform in 2024 that the service calls the \u201cprimary at-sea\u201d uniform option, according to Navy officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sailors are authorized to wear the uniform, known as the 2-Piece Organizational Clothing uniform, or 2POC<\/a>, aboard surface ships, submarines and flight decks as well as when they are commuting and are off base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy started distributing the uniforms in December 2022 to U.S. Fleet Forces units, including the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford. As of November, 50% of east coast ships have received the 2POC, according to Fleet Forces Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, nearly half of all orders for the uniform have gone to West Coast ships, and U.S. Pacific Fleet anticipates that all sailors in the Pacific will receive the 2POC by fall 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\t