Originally Posted by
DALMD88FO
Actually, unless things have changed, call your CPO or CPO support line and they will tell you that they have to be black. If you look in FOM chapter 11 it says what material they have to be made of and the such. I've seen everything spanning black dockers made of canvas, definitely not authorized, to the stuff you buy at Abbott's for 3 times the price.
It is amazing sometimes to see what people will wear or buy for a $150K + job that you have to wear for 200 hrs a month.