Army Presentation

Product Manager
Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment
Our Strength and Purpose
Product Manager (PM)
Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment
(SCIE)
Initial Issue Overview
MAJ Laverne Stanley
8 May 2014
Agenda
Army Physical Fitness Uniform
Army Service Uniform
• Female placket shirt
• Female pleated mess dress shirt
• Female knee length Officers’ cape
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Army Physical Fitness Uniform (APFU)
Issue and Optional Ensembles
 Issue:
 New physical fitness uniform beginning 1FY15
 Objective and Discussion:
 Provides comfortable, durable ensemble for Soldiers
 APFU changes include high performance fabrics, better fit
and design features for improved functionality
 Description: black t-shirts (short/long sleeves) and trunks
with gold Army lettering, black pants, jacket with gold
chevron on chest. Polyester and nylon fabrics
 Optional APFU similar design with enhanced fabrics
 Jacket and pants available in female sizes
 Way Ahead:
 Conducting health assessment on
antimicrobial treatment, possible
use with trunk and t-shirt fabrics
 APFU mandatory possession date 1FY18
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Army Service Uniform (ASU)
Female Optional Placket Shirt
 Issue:
 Female Soldiers requested a more professional looking tuckin shirt with a center front placket
 Objective and Discussion:
 PEO Soldier to evaluate an optional placket shirt (not a
clothing bag item)
 Description: tuck in design with front covered button
placket, princess style seams, white polyester/cotton fabric,
available in long and short sleeves
 The Exchange to provide samples and costing for long
REPRESENTATION
sleeved and short sleeved shirts
 Way Ahead:
 The Exchange to introduce the shirt
into the Army Military Clothing Stores
(AMCS) inventory as an optional item,
1FY15 tentative
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Army Service Uniform (ASU)
Female Optional Pleated Mess Dress Shirt
 Issue:
 Female Soldiers requested an optional pleated mess
dress shirt instead of current ruffled shirt
 Objective and Discussion:
 PEO Soldier to evaluate an optional pleated mess dress
shirt (not a clothing bag item)
 Description: tuck in design, white polyester/cotton
fabric, removable dome-shaped buttons
 The Exchange to provide samples and costing for long
sleeved and short sleeved shirts
 Way Ahead:
REPRESENTATION
 The Exchange to introduce the shirt into
the Army Military Clothing Stores (AMCS)
inventory, 1FY15 tentative
 The Exchange will offer both shirts
(ruffled, pleated) for a time period
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Army Service Uniform (ASU)
Female Officers’ Optional Cape
 Issue:
 Female Soldiers requested an officers’ cape
 Objective and Discussion:
 AR 670-1 cites two capes for female officers,
a short Army Blue 450 cape and a knee length
black cape
 PEO Soldier to design a knee length female
cape. Patterns currently do not exist
Description: polyester/wool fabric, satin
branch-color lining, decorative cord frog
 Offer as special purchase item by certified
suppliers
 Way Ahead:
 Proposed eliminate short Army Blue cape
 Proposed change color of knee length cape to
Army Blue 450, female specific pattern
REPRESENTATION
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PM SCIE Points of Contact
LTC Eugene Wallace (through 15 May 2014)
Product Manager – Solider Clothing and Individual Equipment
Comm (703) 805-8514, DSN 655-8514
[email protected]
LTC John Bryan (effective 15 May 2014)
Product Manager – Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment
Comm (703) 805-8514, DSN 655-8514
[email protected]
Mr. Dave Geringer
Deputy Product Manager – Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment
Comm (703) 805-8506, DSN 655-8506
[email protected]
Initial Issue Team
MAJ Laverne Stanley
Assistant Product Manager
Comm (703) 805-8537, DSN 655-8537
[email protected]
Mary Harwood
Acquisition Support Specialist
Comm (703) 805-8535, DSN 655-8535
[email protected]
Susan McLendon
Quality Assurance Engineer
Comm (703) 805-8540, DSN 655-8540
[email protected]
Pam Moriarty
Product Lead – Dress Clothing
Comm (508) 233-4606, DSN 256-4606
[email protected]
Beverly Kimball
Product Lead – APFU, FSU
Comm (508) 233-5647, DSN 256-5647
[email protected]
Denise Tolliver
Product Lead – Clothing & Config Mgmt
Comm (508) 233-5446, DSN 256-5446
[email protected]
Kelly Fratelli
Product Lead - ACU
Comm (508) 233-6398, DSN 256-6398
[email protected]
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Questions?
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