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A Practical Challenge For The Feeble Five...And A Bloody Nose For FoS
"K4YZ" wrote in message ups.com... Then ask them how much Marines are billed for their first seabag of uniforms in boot camp. (Remember, Frankie said Marines are NOT issued UNIFORMS free of charge, assigned duties or not...) My copy of MCO P10120.28G (Individual Clothing Regulations) dated 08 Jul 05 says: "2000. INTRODUCTION. Reference (f) directs the services to provide enlisted service members with all uniforms required for wear. Initially, this requirement is met by issuing all recruits the Initial Clothing Allowance (commonly known as the "sea bag") at recruit training. Marine recruits are issued required uniforms, t-shirts, shorts, and sweat suits; free of charge. This chapter contains a listing of the Initial Clothing Allowance (seabag) issue and other authorized clothing allowances, issues, and entitlement criteria. Allowances are gratuitous, i.e. at government expense. Authorized personnel do not pay for allowances, neither directly nor via pay checkage." Seems pretty clear to me that the initial "sea bag" issued at MCRD is "free of charge". Ask him/her if MY assertion about B-Billet assignments (Drill Instructor, I&I duty, Eighth and I Street/HQMC, Embassy Duty, etc) rating an issue of dress blues is true or not. That would come under the heading of a supplementary clothing allowance. MCO P10120.28G has this to say about that. "2008. SUPPLEMENTARY CLOTHING ALLOWANCES. Supplementary clothing allowances are additional/extra clothing allowances authorized to enlisted personnel when they are assigned to a tour of duty that requires extra clothing for the performance of such duty. Supplementary clothing allowances are additional quantities or special items of uniform clothing not required by the majority of other enlisted personnel. Organizational clothing should also be considered as a means for providing additional, mission-specific uniform clothing, per chapter 7 of this Manual. Supplementary clothing allowances may not exceed 20 percent of the Initial Clothing Allowance established by the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD(FMP))." As an example of a supplementary allowance, recruiters are issued a supplementary allowance. MCO P10120.28G describes the procedure thusly: "(3) The Recruiters Blue Uniform Allowance will be issued to students immediately upon successful completion of the Recruiters School, MCRD, San Diego. When transfer orders are received and special measurement clothing is required, the clothing officer will forward the requisition and appropriate measurements to DSCP requesting that the special measurement clothing be forwarded to the CO of the organization to which the individual was transferred." Note that the recruiter is not issued a check to buy the items, but the clothing officer actually ORDERS the clothing items from the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia (DSCP). DCSP sends the items to the Marine at his new (recruiting) post. To conserve bandwidth, I'll not give other examples (like 8th & I, etc.), but all instances follow this same pattern --- the initial issue of a required uniform is gratuitous in every case, without any pay checkage or "chit" required from the Marine. Cash payment IS required for replacement of issued uniform items, and Marines are paid a monetary yearly "maintenance allowance" on the anniversary of their enlistment. |