Posted on Jan 7, 2015
Post policy; are commands allowed to pick and choose what they want to enforce?
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When it comes to post policy Letters, are commands allowed to pick and choose what they want to enforce from them? It seems wrong to preach some portions but disregard others. Why tell soldiers to read the policy letters, and chew into them when they adapt to the changes? One Example: soldier buys the new IPFU uniform. Post policy now says black fleece caps are authorized in the duty uniform. A select few wear the black fleece cap, but get chewed out because they are technically doing the right thing by adapting with the military. Basically the command took away. Isn't this wrong?
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SFC Joseph Benavidez is spot on. Army installations can make things harder/more stringent than the big Army does. That is why you see Blue Books, or Standards Books for individual installations. They can add to but not take away.
With respect to the Black Fleece Cap, once the others reach their wear out date then big Army policy will supercede and post policies will have to adapt.
With respect to the Black Fleece Cap, once the others reach their wear out date then big Army policy will supercede and post policies will have to adapt.
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Commands can add to but not take away from a post policy. In other words, they can make it more restrictive but not less restrictive. If the post commander authorizes the wear of the black fleece, a brigade or battalion or company commander can restrict the wear of the black fleece BUT it will only apply for the Soldier's in the lower level command's formation and only in the lower level command's area.
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Sounds like a lower level command just wants everyone to look the same. When the AF Changed from BDUs to ABU's we had a few change of commands that required rent a crowds. When ABU's first came out, they only wanted folks still in BDU's, as it got closer to the mandatory wear date for ABU's if you were still in BDU's you didn't get picked for the rent a crowd.
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