CLOTHING, SPECIAL PURPOSE

Definition and hierarchy

Parent: 84

Category: 15 · Clothing, Textiles & Subsistence S&E

Subcategory: 15.2 · Textiles, Clothing & Equipage

Includes

Special Purpose Headwear, including Helmets, except Ballistic Protective; Safety and Protective Clothing; Athletic Clothing; Safety, Combat, Protective, and Work Gloves; Submarine Deck Exposure Clothing; Flight Clothing Components designed for use with both Specialized and Conventional Ensembles.

Excludes

special purpose clothing wherein the primary purpose is ballistic resistant protection; Sporting and Athletic Gloves; Athletic Footwear; Safety Footwear; Personal Armor; Special Hospital and Surgical Clothing.

Notes

This class includes conventional winter, summer, and intermediate flight clothing ensembles and their components. Excluded from this class are specialized antiexposure, antigravity, partial pressure, and full pressure, flight ensembles and their specialized components.