Posted on Mar 18, 2018

Can Officers get civilian clothing allowance if their mission requires it?

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I’m deployed currently in Iraq and my mission dictates civilian clothes. I’m in the reserves and was wondering if we get it? I can’t find the regulation that dictates it.

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MAJ Raúl Rovira

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1LT Hamilton,

Your orders should state that Civilian Clothing Allowance is authorized. If it is something that changed during your deployment, have your orders amended.

When I was on orders for embassy duty in Cairo I had a line on my orders that stated: "Civilian Clothing Allowance is authorized per DOD Financial Management Regulation, Vol 7A, Chap 29, Table 29-7."

Use this regulation as a starting point.

Good luck.

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MAJ Raúl Rovira

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MSG Dan Walther - Thank you MSG Dan Walther. I happened to save my orders and was able to copy/paste the Civilian Clothing Allowance line.

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LTC (Join to see)

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The Army bomb teams get stipends for civies to look for bombs in civies when wherever the President Goes...I wonder where they get their money? I guess you can't put it on your travel voucher??

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CPT (Join to see)

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At the end of the deployment?

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I think for the incidentals on your travel voucher and maybe your laundry. This is not like a $200 clothing allowance that you get every time you get deployed. I got my $200 I was deployed to Iraq and then later to Afghanistan. I really don't know the answer for that and I was discussing it with the lieutenant colonel when he mentioned the $6 a day miscellaneous allowance you get down range in a combat zone.

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