Dress and Appearance

1. Dress and Appearance

2. Dress and Appearance • Standards of Appearance • Personal Grooming Standards for Males • Personal Grooming Standards for Females • Accessories • Airman Battle Uniform • USAF PT Uniform • Service Uniform • Service Dress Uniform • Outer Garments • Mess Dress (Optional)

3. Dress and Appearance 1 • Standards of Appearance • Personal Grooming Standards for Males • Personal Grooming Standards for Females • Accessories • Airman Battle Uniform • USAF PT Uniform

4. Dress and Appearance • AFI 36-2903 Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel • Military members are required to maintain serviceable uniforms at all times

5. Standards of Appearance • Pride • Respect • Professional Military Image • Clean/Neat • Pressed • Properly Fitted • Good Condition

6. Standards of Appearance • Professional Military Image • Zipped • Snapped • Buttoned • Alterations

7. Grooming Standards for Males • Hair standards • Must be clean, well groomed, no excessive grooming aids, or foreign items • Dye should look natural • Hair will not touch eyebrows or be visible below the front of your cap • Hair must have tapered appearance, block cut, shaved or high and tight • Will not exceed 1 1/4 inches in bulk

8. Grooming Standards for Males Hair standards Mustache Sideburns

9. Grooming Standards for Females • Hair • Professional Appearance

10. Grooming Standards for Females • Hair standards • No extreme or faddish styles • Dye should look natural • Hair cannot extend below back bottom edge of collar or exceed 3 inches in bulk • Must allow headgear to be worn properly • Keep hair in place with conservative pins, combs, headbands, elastic bands, or barrettes that are similar to your hair color or black

11. Grooming Standards for Females • Cosmetics • Nail Polish

12. Accessories • Bracelets • Rings • Necklaces • Religious Medallions

13. Accessories • Earrings • Body Piercing

14. Accessories • Eyeglasses • Sunglasses • Pens & Pencils • Beeper • Cell Phone • Headphones

15. Accessories • Bags • Religious Apparel • Umbrellas

16. Airman Battle Uniform

17. Airman Battle Uniform • Sand T-Shirt

18. Airman Battle Uniform • Functional Badges Badge #2 Badge#1

19. Airman Battle Uniform • Shirt Rank Insignia

20. Airman Battle Uniform • Trousers Belt Blouse

21. Airman Battle Uniform • CombatBoots • Cap

22. Airman Battle Uniform • May wear off-base (dining or shopping)

23. USAF PT Uniform *Commanders determine the required PTU configuration during organized PT events. • Reflective footwear • Socks • PTU jacket • PTU running pants • PTU running shorts • Short-sleeved PTU shirt • Optional long-sleeved shirt • Optional IPTU sweatshirt • Undergarments

24. USAF PT Uniform • . • Spandex. • Headgear • Gloves.. • Scarf and earmuffs. • Do not mix/match the current PTU with future authorized jacket and pants. • The lining in the PTU shorts may be removed. • PTU items are authorized for wear with conservative civilian/personal attire during individual/personal PT • PT jacket with personal shirt/pants/shorts. “The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” - Hasidic Saying

25. USAF PT Uniform • . • Headphones and earphones (IPODS) • All personal grooming standards apply while participating in physical fitness activities with one exception: long female hair will be secured but may have loose ends; body art (tattoos) and jewelry standards apply. • Proper military customs and courtesies honoring the flag during reveille/retreat will apply. Saluting due to rank recognition is not required. • Exceptions: • For accessions, PME and academic training environments (e.g. USAFA,ROTC, OTS, ASBC, SOS, BMT), commanders (or equivalent) will determine which PT events are organized. • Wear policy for the PTU in a deployed environment can be further defined by the Air Force Forces commander specific to that area of responsibility (AOR). “The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” - Hasidic Saying

26. Dress and Appearance Summary • Standards of Appearance • Personal Grooming Standards for Males • Personal Grooming Standards for Females • Accessories • Airman Battle Uniform • USAF PT Uniform

27. Dress and Appearance

28. BREAK!

29. Dress and Appearance 2 • Service Uniform • Service Dress Uniform • Outer Garments • Mess Dress (Optional)

30. Service Uniform • Shirt, long or short sleeve • Trousers, slacks or skirt • Footwear • Appropriate headgear

31. Service UniformShort Sleeve Shirts • Short sleeve • Optional tie • T-Shirt (Not Visible) • Short sleeve Open collar

32. Service UniformLong Sleeve Shirts • Long sleeve shirt • Tie or tie tab • Optional tie tack or clasp • T-Shirt

33. Service Uniform Accouterments Male

34. Tie tack / clasp (Optional)

35. Service Uniform Accouterments Female

36. Service Uniform Trousers/Slacks Back 7/8” longer than front

37. Service Uniform Skirt No patterned hose Top Bottom

38. Service Uniform Footwear • Shined and in good repair • Female-Heel no larger than Pumps 2 ½”

39. Service Uniform Flight Cap Exception: Female hair can be visible Hat can not Flip over belt

40. Service Dress Uniform Silver nametag Ribbons - mandatory Badges - optional

41. Service Dress Uniform Add service coat Tie/Tie Tab required Jacket and trousers/skirt same material

42. Service Dress Uniform Jacket 3 to 3 ½ below top of thigh Sleeve ¼” from heel of thumb No creases in sleeves

43. Service Dress Uniform Accouterments ½” Braid 3” from end of sleeve 5/8” end of epaulet

44. Accouterments

45. Outergarments All-Weather Coat Top button buttoned or unbuttoned At or 6 inches below 5/8” end of epaulet

46. Outergarments Lightweight Blue Jacket Exception to the outergarment rule - Indoors or Outdoors 5/8” from edge Zipper Either way

47. Outergarments Sweaters or FEMALE Silver Nametag INDOORS or OUTDOORS INDOORS ONLY

48. Mess Dress

49. Accouterments

50. Dress and Appearance • Service Uniform • Service Dress Uniform • Outer Garments • Mess Dress (Optional)