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PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5134.01 (Reference (a)) and consistent with DoD Directive 5105.22 (Reference (b)), this Instruction:

a. Prescribes policy, and assigns responsibilities for management of the DoD clothing and textiles (Class II) commodity in peacetime and across the spectrum of military operations.

b. Directs the establishment of the Joint Clothing and Textiles Governance Board (JCTGB).

c. Establishes policy and provides guidance regarding the development and fielding of Military Service-specific combat and camouflage utility uniforms and families of uniforms in accordance with section 352 of Public Law 113-66 (Reference (c)). 

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE. This Instruction:

a. Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

b. Applies to all logistical functions for materiel support of clothing and textiles for the Military Services.

c. Includes Government clothing and textiles personal items, organizational clothing, and individual equipment that belong to the organization and not to the person using it.

d. Excludes clothing and textiles purchased with non-appropriated funds and Servicespecific gear such as nuclear, biological, and chemical defense equipment, specialized firefighting equipment, and parachutes.

e. Includes camouflage ground combat uniforms, camouflage ground combat utility uniforms, camouflage utility uniforms, existing camouflage uniforms, families of uniforms, new uniforms, or pattern design in accordance with Reference (c).