Marine Corps Uniform Board Meeting No. 203 Results and Miscellaneous Board Issues

1. SITUATION. ON 8 DEC 02 CMC DECISIONED UNIFORM 
BOARD NO. 203 AND A MISCELLANEOUS BOARD ISSUES MEMORANDUM.
2. MISSION. TO ANNOUNCE THE CMC DECISIONS FOR UNIFORM 
BOARD NO. 203 AS WELL AS SEVERAL MISCELLANEOUS BOARD ISSUES.
3. EXECUTION.
A. PER REF (A), THE BELOW ISSUES WERE REVIEWED AND 
DECISIONED BY CMC.
(1) ISSUE: GREEN SWEATSHIRT/PANTS FOR NAVAL ENLISTED 
PERSONNEL SERVING WITH THE MARINE CORPS.
-RECOMMENDATION: ADD ONE PAIR OF GREEN (USMC 009 OLIVE
DRAB WITH MARINE CORPS EMBLEM) SWEATSHIRT/PANTS TO THE 
SPECIAL INITIAL UTILITLY CLOTHING ALLOWANCE.
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
-COMMENT: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE SPECIAL INITIAL 
UTILITY ALLOWANCE IS INCREASED TO INCLUDE ONE PAIR OF 
OLIVE GREEN SWEATSHIRT/PANTS.
(2) ISSUE: UTILITY ALLOWANCE FOR RECONNAISSANCE SCHOOL.
-RECOMMENDATION: AUTHORIZE A COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM 
ALLOWANCE FOR IDENTIFIED INSTRUCTOR PERSONNEL AT THE 
BASIC RECONNAISSANCE COURSE.
-CMC DECISION: DISAPPROVED.
(3) ISSUE: NAVAL ACADEMY PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NAPS) 
ALLOWANCE 
-RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE NAPS MONETARY
SUPPLEMENTAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE TO COVER 100% OF THE COST 
OF THE STUDENT UNIFORM REQUIREMENT.
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
(4) ISSUE: MINIATURE BREAST INSIGNIA ON FORMAL CIVILIAN 
ATTIRE. 
-RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE THE WEAR OF MINIATURE BREAST
INSIGNIA ON FORMAL CIVILIAN ATTIRE.
CMC DECISION: APRROVED.
-COMMENT: CHANGE REF C, PARAGRAPH 4002.3F TO READ:
"WHEN WORN ON CIVILIAN ATTIRE WITH MINIATURE MEDALS, PER
PARAGRAPH 5203.5, MINIATURE BREAST INSIGNIA WILL BE 
CENTERED 1/8 INCH ABOVE THE MINIATURE MEDALS. IF THE 
INDIVIDUAL ELECTS TO WEAR NO MEDALS, THE MINIATURE 
INSIGNIA WILL BE CENTERED ON THE LAPEL AT THE POSITION
PRESCRIBED FOR THE TOP OF THE MEDAL BAR. COMMAND IDENT-
IFICATION BADGES SUCH AS THE JCS, OCS, ETC. ARE NOT 
AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR WITH CIVILIAN ATTIRE."
B. PER REF (B), THE BELOW LISTED MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES WERE
REVIEWED AND DECISIONED BY CMC.
(1) ISSUE: CUFF LINK STANDARDIZATION.
-RECOMMENDATION: AUTHORIZE THE WEAR OF CONCAVE CUFF LINKS,
CUFF LINKS WITH RAISED MARINE CORPS EMBLEMS, AND MSC AND 
ABOVE UNIT LEVEL SPECIFIC CUFF LINKS, AT THE WEARERS OPTION
WITH THE MALE OFFICER/SNCO DRESS AND SERVICE SHIRTS.
-CMC DECISION: APRROVED.
(2) ISSUE: COMBAT UTILITLY NAME AND SERVICE TAPES.
-RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF THE BLACK PIXELS
FROM THE PATTERN SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE NAME AND SERVICE
TAPES FOR THE COMBAT UTILITIES.
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
-COMMENT: NAME AND SERVICE TAPES WITH THE BLACK PIXELS MAY
CONTINUE TO WORN ON COMBAT UTILITIES UNTIL THEY ARE NO
LONGER SERVICEABLE, AT WHICH TIME THE TAPES WILL BE REPLACED
WITH TAPES WITHOUT THE BLACK PIXELS.
(3) ISSUE: FEMALE ENLISTED CLOTH RANK INSIGNIA.
-RECOMMENDATION: ADOPT LARGER ENLISTED WOMEN'S CLOTH RANK
INSIGNIA AND SERVICE STRIPES AS THE STANDARD (70% OF THE 
MALE RANK INSIGNIA SIZE).
-CMC DECISION: APPROVED.
-COMMENT: EXISTING (SMALLER) INSIGNIA WILL CONTINUE TO 
MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT UNTIL NO LONGER SERVICEABLE OR
APPROPRIATE, AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE
LARGER INSIGNIA.
4. LOGISTICS. N/A.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL.
A. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
B. THE MARINE CORPS UNIFORM BOARD POINT OF CONTACT IS MS. 
M. BOYT, AT (703)432-4607/DSN: 378-4607/BOYTMK@MCSC.USMC.
MIL.