Are female officers allowed to wear male covers?
Female officers may wear either the male or female version of the garrison cap only. A female officer cannot wear the male combination cover, nor can a male officer wear the female beret. There is no male/female difference in either the command ball cap or the 8-point Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) cover. Q: We had a fire drill at our facility the other day and I was told I had to wear my cover, is this true? A: In Personnel Operations Memorandum (POM) 06-001 http://dcp.psc.gov/eccis/documents/POM06_001.pdf , signed 25 August 2006, officers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area are not required to wear a cover outside of Federal buildings when reporting to an assigned assembly point. The Surgeon General recommended that Local Uniform Authorities (LUA) outside of the Washington, DC metropolitan area implement this policy as well. Please check with your LUA to see if this policy is in effect in your region or duty station.
