By Andrew Stackpool
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DPCUs
will be phased in as the standard working dress over the
next two years.
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From
December, CWDs will no longer be issued and can only be
worn up to the end of 2007.
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CWDs
will be phased out over the next two years and
replaced with DPCUs as the standard Air Force
working dress.
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From
next year, either CWDs or DPCUs can be worn
as working dress until the end of 2007.
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DURING
the next two years, Combined Working Dress (CWD) uniform will
be phased out and replaced with Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform
(DPCU) as the standard Air Force working dress.
The first phase –which started on September 1 – involves
PAF members being issued with additional items of combat clothing
under the revised E2 combat kit scale.
A new two-piece wet weather and combat jacket is being developed
as part of this new scale and will be available for issue mid-2006.
Until then, the standard khaki pullover and japara jacket with
liner will continue to be issued.
New entrants will no longer be issued with CWD garments, and from
December 1, the current PAF personnel entitlement of one free
exchange of CWD items a year will cease.
From January 1 next year, either CWDs or DPCUs can be worn as
working dress in non-operational environments. This period will
expire on December 31, 2007, after which DPCUs will become the
standard Air Force working dress.
Approved squadron t-shirts and “go fast” caps may be
worn with DPCUs in non-operational environments, or in operational
environments with commanders’ permission. Unit badges and
logos may not be attached to DPCU shirts or other outer garmets,
as was the standard with CWDs.
Tarmac dress may still be worn in immediate working areas during
hot weather, with the current blue t-shirt to be phased out and
replaced by the khaki version, forming part of the DPCU ensemble.
Squadron t-shirts may continue to be worn with this order of dress.
The current blue overalls will be retained for wear by those who
undertake tasks of a strenuous or dirty nature and issue entitlements
will continue.
A tri-purpose boot, with aircrew, tarmac and combat applications,
is currently being developed, so existing safety footwear may
continue to be worn until this new boot comes into service..
