BDU Cover/Headgear Rank

[JRESO]

Been MIA from CAP for a while, ran across a picture on this site showing two Officers with rank on their BDU covers. Is this allowed? Sorry if this is a ,"duh!", question.

Thanks for the info!

[MIKE]

Authorized by ICL on 20 Nov 2006.  Stated mandatory wear date was 1 May 2007.

[JohnKachenmeister]

Welcome home!

Yes. 

On the BDU cap you are authorized sew-on bright rank insignia on the ultramarine blue background.  Same as on the collar.  1/2 inch up from the visor.

On the BBDU you may wear EITHER sew-on rank or metal rank on the blue patrol cap.

No changes on the flight cap, or more accurately, no changes anymore.

[JRESO]

Thanks! Sorry about posting in ES thought I was in Uniforms. Thanks again.

[MIKE]

On the BDU cap you are   1/2 inch up from the visor.

ICL just says centered, so it would be just as correct to center the cloth officer grade insignia vertically and horizontally as per AFI 36-2903.    Blue BDU caps and cadet officer cloth grade insignia not withstanding.

[Brad]

On the BDU cap you are   1/2 inch up from the visor.

ICL just says centered, so it would be just as correct to center the cloth officer grade insignia vertically and horizontally as per AFI 36-2903.    Blue BDU caps and cadet officer cloth grade insignia not withstanding.

Quoted from the ICL, just under the reference picture

(Worn centered ½ inch above the brim)

Sorry to burst your bubble.

[MIKE]

It's still wrong.

[Brad]

Well to be quite honest, I'm with you, Captain. I think the insignia looks better centered than it does worn 1/2" up from the brim.

[Becks]

Who knows, I wear a beret 

[SJFedor]

Who knows, I wear a beret 

Don't get me started on berets.

[Short Field]

Sew-on rank on the BBDU cover also crosses a seam and makes for a tougher sewing job.

[Cecil DP]

Who knows, I wear a beret 

Don't get me started on berets.

There is only one use for the beret, and it's not for headcover!!!

[SarDragon]

Who knows, I wear a beret 

Don't get me started on berets.

There is only one use for the beret, and it's not for headcover!!!

But then you need two - one to fill, and one to cover the first one.   

[JohnKachenmeister]

The CAP letter of instruction said "1/2 inch above the visor," but did not specify if that was center-of-mass, bottom edge of the insignia, or bottom edge of the blue field.  When I put mine on, I noticed that if the bottom edge of the blue patch was resting on the reinforced sweatband, that the blue field is 1/2 inch above the visor, and the insignia itself is centered. It looks nice, and is more consistent with the AFI than that which is shown in the photo on the CAP web site.

Now that I have explained my interpretation of the regulation, I suppose the "Uniform Nazis" will come to my house in the middle of the night and drag me away.

[Fifinella]

With a wanton lack of attention to the CAP regs, I just took my BDU cap & rank to the AFB tailor shop where they sewed it on just like they do the AF ones.  <gasp>  So mine looks like everyone else's on base, except brighter. 

[JohnKachenmeister]

With a wanton lack of attention to the CAP regs, I just took my BDU cap & rank to the AFB tailor shop where they sewed it on just like they do the AF ones.  <gasp>  So mine looks like everyone else's on base, except brighter. 

Zo, Kapitan... You zink you can trifle vit der CAP Uniform Edicts?

Off to der Kamp vit you!

(Sound of European hi-lo siren fading into the dark, lifeless streets)

[Cecil DP]

With a wanton lack of attention to the CAP regs, I just took my BDU cap & rank to the AFB tailor shop where they sewed it on just like they do the AF ones.  <gasp>  So mine looks like everyone else's on base, except brighter. 

Ditto

[Fifinella]

Zo, Kapitan... You zink you can trifle vit der CAP Uniform Edicts?

Off to der Kamp vit you!

(Sound of European hi-lo siren fading into the dark, lifeless streets)

Oh, no!  I hope you didn't send me to the Klink! 

[Eclipse]

The CAP letter of instruction said "1/2 inch above the visor," but did not specify if that was center-of-mass, bottom edge of the insignia, or bottom edge of the blue field.  When I put mine on, I noticed that if the bottom edge of the blue patch was resting on the reinforced sweatband, that the blue field is 1/2 inch above the visor, and the insignia itself is centered. It looks nice, and is more consistent with the AFI than that which is shown in the photo on the CAP web site.

Now that I have explained my interpretation of the regulation, I suppose the "Uniform Nazis" will come to my house in the middle of the night and drag me away.

Except that why would this be the only time a CAP insignia is measured from the blue instead of the white?

[JohnKachenmeister]

Since if it is sewn on as is pictured, the only way anyone will see your cap rank will be if you are a midget.  The visor will hide the device.  Also, in the picture, the whole thing looks foreign.  Sort of Eastern European or Balkan in style.