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- [Vince] Iwoa International
Guard members in

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Sioux City were issued new sets of

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Operational Camouflage Pattern
or OCP uniforms this month.

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Technical Sergeant Chase Gill of the 185th

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Air Refueling Wing Base
supply, in Sioux City

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says the uniform roll out
was delayed a few months,

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but once the order was placed the new

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uniforms showed up quickly.

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- [Chase] Come February they finally said,

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you know, we got money.

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We're going to go ahead and roll you,

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and another 49 other units out.

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- [Vince] Gill said that
a number of 185th unit

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members had already been
outfitted with the OCP uniforms

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when they deployed in 2017
and that allowed them to

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plus up their most recent order.

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- [Chase] We were able to
get everybody two uniforms

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with some left over to, kind
of accommodate some of the

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fair wear and tear replacements from

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you know, people that already had it.

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- [Vince] This current
round of clothing issue is

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one year from the Air Forces manditory

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wear date for the new uniform.

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The OCP uniform is replacing the older

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Airman Battle Uniform that
the Air Force has used

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for the past 10 years.

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- And were still good till
2021 in the ABU there too.

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Have patience is what I tell people.

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- [Vince] The OCP uniform
was first authorized to

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wear in the Air Force in
2012 but it wasn't until

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two years ago that the
decision was made to make

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the OCP the standard uniform for

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every Airman at all locations.

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Gill says the initial
uniform issue in Sioux City

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was designed to get everyone
some uniforms for now

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and that they are working
toward getting more uniform

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items in the coming months.

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- Deployees are always
going to get taken care

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of first, and they are
going to get 4 sets.

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I believe NGB's goal is to get, you know,

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get everybody fitted with 4 uniforms.

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- [Vince] Gill said by
the end of last year

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all Airmen attending
basic military training at

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Lackland Air Force base
began getting the new OCP

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uniforms and that he's
confident that most people

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will have what they need
by next springs deadline.

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In Sioux City, Iowa

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I'm Senior Master Sergeant Vince De Groot