Change over

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I feel dumb for asking this but when do we change over from wearing the service charlie to the service bravo? Is it November 1?

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U.S. MARINE CORPS SEASONAL UNIFORM CHANGE

Date Signed: 3/6/2008
ALMAR Number: 007/08
UNCLASSIFIED
ALMAR 007/08
R 062159Z MAR 08
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCUB//
SUBJ/U.S. MARINE CORPS SEASONAL UNIFORM CHANGE//
NARR/REF A IS MCO P1020.34G MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS. REF B IS ALMAR 035/07, WEAR OF THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM.//
REF/A/MSGIDOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCUB/31MAR2003//
REF/B/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCUB/25JUL2007//
POC/M. BOYT/YA2/UNIT:MCUB/-/TEL:COMM (703) 432-4607/TELSN 378-4607/EMAIL:MARY.BOYT@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PER THE REFERENCES, MARINES WEAR THE APPROPRIATE SEASONAL UNIFORM OF THE DAY AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMANDER WHEN IN GARRISON. DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, THOSE UNIFORMS ARE THE BLUE DRESS A/B (NCOS AND BELOW)/D, BLUE-WHITE DRESS A/B (SNCOS AND OFFICERS), SERVICE A/C, AND THE DESERT MARPAT MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM (MCCUU) WITH SLEEVES ROLLED UP. DURING THE WINTER SEASON, THOSE UNIFORMS ARE THE BLUE DRESS A/B/C, SERVICE A/B, AND THE WOODLAND MARPAT MCCUU WITH SLEEVES DOWN.
A. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE MARINE CORPS SEASONAL UNIFORM CHANGE WHILE IN GARRISON WILL OCCUR WORLD-WIDE IN SYNCHRONIZATION WITH THE CHANGE TO, AND FROM, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST) IN THE UNITED STATES.
(1) SUMMER SEASON. THE MARINE CORPS WILL TRANSITION TO THE SUMMER SEASON UNIFORM THE DUTY DAY FOLLOWING THE CHANGE TO DST.
(2) WINTER SEASON. THE MARINE CORPS WILL TRANSITION TO THE WINTER SEASON UNIFORM THE DUTY DAY FOLLOWING THE CHANGE FROM DST.
B. IN RECOGNITION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS AFTER CHANGING TO/FROM DST, COMMANDERS MAY DIRECT A DEVIATION TO THE MCCUU SLEEVES UP/DOWN POLICY AS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS WARRANT. SUCH DEVIATIONS WILL BE TEMPORARY AND APPLY UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE COMMAND.
C. FOR COMMANDS IN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WITH EXTREME SEASONAL
CONDITIONS/EXTENDED SEASONS (E.G., IN ALASKA WHERE SNOW SEASON EXTENDS FROM OCTOBER THROUGH THE END OF APRIL), WAIVERS TO THE TIMING OF THE SEASONAL UNIFORM CHANGE WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS PER PARAGRAPH 6 OF REFERENCE B.
2. UNITS DEPLOYED OR IN A TACTICAL/FIELD ENVIRONMENT
A. THE SEASONAL UNIFORM GUIDELINES ABOVE DO NOT APPLY TO DEPLOYED UNITS OR UNITS IN A TACTICAL/FIELD ENVIRONMENT, AS THE COMMANDER WILL DICTATE THE APPROPRIATE UNIFORM BASED ON THE TACTICAL/FIELD SITUATION.
B. RESERVE MARINES AND SAILORS IN A PRE- OR POST-DEPLOYMENT STATUS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A FIELD/TRAINING STATUS AND MAY WEAR THE UNIFORMS THEY ARE DEPLOYING WITH, SUITABLE TO THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE SEASON. THIS MAY RESULT IN RESERVISTS WEARING THE DESERT MARPAT MCCUU DURING THE WINTER SEASON. IN SUCH SITUATIONS, COMMANDERS MAY DIRECT THAT SLEEVES BE WORN UP OR DOWN IN CORRELATION TO THE IMPENDING CLIMATE VICE THE SEASONAL UNIFORM THEY ARE WEARING (E.G., RESERVISTS MAY BE WEARING THE DESERT MARPAT MCCUU WITH SLEEVES ROLLED DOWN).
3. PARAGRAPH 1002 OF REF (A) WILL BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THESE
CHANGES.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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Looks like the changeover will happen on Nov. 3 after DST on the 2nd. Revert back to your command though for the real scoop.

S/F,