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UNCLAS ALARACT 071/2002

SUBJECT: PUBLICATION OF THE REVISION TO AR 670-1, WEAR AND

APPEARANCE OF ARMY UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA

1. THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE REVISION TO

AR 670-1. MACOMS WILL DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION TO THEIR

SUBORDINATE COMMANDS.

2. THE REVISION TO AR 670-1 HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND IS ON THE WEB.

DATE OF THE REGULATION IS 1 JULY 2002, WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1

AUGUST 2002. THIS IS A COMPLETE REVISION OF THE REGULATION AND

SUPERSEDES ALL MESSAGES, POLICY LETTERS, AND INFORMATION PAPERS

PUBLISHED SINCE 1992. USERS WILL REFER TO THE REVISION FOR ALL

FUTURE UNIFORM QUESTIONS. THE REGULATION IS WEB-BASED, SO USERS CAN

ACCESS IT ONLY THROUGH THE U.S. ARMY PUBLISHING AGENCY (USAPA)

WEBSITE, AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.USAPA.ARMY.MIL.

TO UPDATE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF AR 670-1,

USERS MUST REFRESH THE SCREEN.

3. THE REGULATION HAS CHANGED EXTENSIVELY; THEREFORE, USERS ARE

REMINDED TO CAREFULLY REVIEW THE REGULATION FOR CURRENT UNIFORM

POLICY INFORMATION. IN PARTICULAR, THIS REVISION CONTAINS A

MODIFICATION OF THE TATTOO POLICY PUBLISHED PREVIOUSLY IN 1998.

SENIOR LEADERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE MODIFICATIONS IN

ORDER TO CORRECTLY APPLY THE POLICY. THE NEW POLICY IS EFFECTIVE AS

OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE REGUATION.

4. IAW AR 25-30, THE ARMY PUBLISHING AND PRINTING PROGRAM, 21 JUN

99, FUTURE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CHANGES TO THE REGULATION WILL BE

AVOIDED UNLESS AN URGENT SITUATION EXISTS. THEREFORE, FUTURE

UNIFORMPOLICY CHANGES WILL BE ISSUED VIA CHANGES TO AR 670-1. SINCE

THE

REGULATION IS WEB-BASED, USERS MUST READ THE HISTORY STATEMENT FOR

NOTICES OF POSTED CHANGES.

5. DIRECT QUESTIONS CONCERNING PUBLICATION OF THE REGULATION TO

LOCAL PUBLICATION CONTROL OFFICERS OR TO USAPA.

6. POC FOR UNIFORM POLICY IS SGM WALTER MORALES, DSN 224-7950;

E-MAIL (IN LOWER CASE) IS .

EXPIRATION DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

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