Flag Orders: Sea Org Uniform Series

SEA ORGANIZATION

Sea Org Uniform Series 3

CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF

UNIFORMS TO BE WORN

It is the hat of the Commanding Officer of a Sea Org org or ship to designate which uniform is to be worn by his Officers and crew.

This means deciding the Uniform of the Day for the day's normal or expected post activities and deciding the uniform for events and special functions and occurrences. He may delegate this hat, but he is responsible for seeing that it is competently worn.

The OODs carry a daily uniform notice. Each day's notice covers the uniform to be worn on the following day. Also repeated is that day's Uniform of the Day, that would have been first announced in the previous day's OODs.

Example -- OODs, Sunday, May 5:

From time to time, the co might want to inform crew as to a future Uniform of the Day, such as a May 9th event, so they can prepare in advance. Such information would appear in the "Notices" section of the OODs.

The Uniform of the Day listing has a standard format, is always in the same relative location in the OODs and lists only that day's and the next day's uniforms.

WHICH UNIFORM?

The main factors to be considered in determining what uniform is to be worn are:

1. Season of the year.

2. Practicality (climate and crew comfort, appropriateness for type of work being done, etc.)

3. Events, ceremonies, activities (e.g. a major event would call for full dress uniforms).

4. Intended image to be put forth.

5. Particular publics to be dealt with.

DAILY POST PRODUCTION

Uniforms for daily post production are covered fully in Uniform Series 2. There are certain options, however, which require a decision.

White or Blue Uniform:

In International level orgs (Int Management orgs and above, FCB, FLAG Land Base and FLAG Ship org) there are separate working uniforms for summer and winter weather -- white for the "summer season, " blue for the winter monthS.O.nce the "summer season" has arrived, at the discretion of the co, an OODs notice specifies the date on which crew begin wearing white uniforms. When the cooler season once again arrives, blue working uniforms are again mandated.

Slacks or Skirts for Women:

Each of the working uniforms (Class B, Class E and Class F) offers the option of slacks or skirt for women. Once a determination as to which of these is to be worn for a given day or period, all women in the org then wear whichever is designated.

In a few areas, pants may not be ethnically acceptable for women, so that skirts would always be the designated wear. (Ref. HCO PL 12 Nov 69, APPEARANCE AND PRO)

In general, skirts are considered a more businesslike and professional dress for women, and would be the option specified whenever a VIP visit is expected, when an inspection by an Officer from a senior org was to be done, etc.

Tropical Whites

Tropical Whites (white shorts and white knee-length socks) are an option with summer uniforms for orgs and ships in extremely warm climates only. In such locations and conditions the co may allow the option of wearing short pants with working uniforms. When this is the case all crew would usually wear their tropical whites.

However, this is not a hard fast rule. Areas and circumstances lending themselves to tropical whites are quite often less formal and shorts may be mixed with long pants as the CO deems proper.

The white shirt worn with both long and short white pants is always a short-sleeved shirt.

Likewise, the short-sleeved shirt worn with short white pants is always white, and vice versa. (One would not wear a blue shirt with white pants, for example.)

Tropical whites are never worn at dress or full dress ceremonies, though may be worn at other ceremonies and events if they are scheduled for the morning or afternoon. Tropical whites are worn at night for regular post duties only, never for any event or ceremony.

Dress or Working Uniform for EC Members:

EC members in international level orgs may wear dress uniforms on post at their discretion, as covered in S.O. Uniform Series 2. The co however has the option of ORDERing all EC members to wear Uniform A Dress Blues on post whenever he deems this necessary.

EVENTS

Uniforms to be worn at any event must be specified.

White or Blue Dress Uniform:

Designation of white or blue dress uniforms for events follows the same guidelines as for work uniforms -- white in summer, blue in winter.

Dress or Full Dress:

Full Dress uniform would be mandated for major events such as LRH's birthday celebration, Sea Org Day, Auditor's Day, etc. For less formal events, such as a brief ceremony to present an award to the org, Dress uniforms (Dress Blues or Dress Whites) would be specified.

Civilian Attire

If civilian attire (not Uniform K, but informal wear) is to be worn, such as for an org outing or party, this must be specified. If not specified one can end up with half the crew in uniform and half not in uniform -- uncomfortable for all concerned and presenting a poor (disorganized) public image.

Following these guidelines a Commanding Officer can increase the stability, production and morale of his Officers and crew, by making them a coordinated team in terms of appearance.

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