{"id":108411,"date":"2020-12-17T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108411"},"modified":"2020-12-16T21:49:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T02:49:37","slug":"armys-new-official-covid-mask-has-such-a-long-name-it-needs-an-acronym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108411","title":{"rendered":"Army’s new official COVID mask has such a long name it needs an acronym"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What you’re looking at is a fabric mask, unless you’re the Army, then you gotta come up with a ridiculously complicated name that can then be shortened to trigger AW1Ed’s acronym OCD. In that case…<\/p>\n

The Army\u2019s latest uniform addition is the Combat Cloth Face Covering, also known in simple terms as a face mask.<\/p>\n

Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the country for about nine months, the Army finally decided to get an official face mask, right on the heels of the announcement that vaccines have begun being distributed.<\/p>\n

The branch, in developing the nomenclature for its tactical face fabric, has opted to officially name it the \u201cCombat Cloth Face Covering\u201d \u2014 CCFC for short, although \u201cface mask\u201d is probably still the most time-efficient name for it.<\/p>\n

Though a long name, it certainly does adhere to the typical naming conventions used by the Defense Department, which often comes up with contrived or outright ridiculous acronyms like the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Dining Facility, called USAJFKSWCSDFAC, or the Maneuver Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course, known as MANCOC.<\/p>\n

And while you might think that it seems a little late in the game to start issuing face masks, \u201cthe CCFC was designed, developed, and produced along an expedited timeline,\u201d according to an Army release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis past summer, the Army Uniform Board recommended and General James C. McConville, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, approved issuing CCFCs to Soldiers at Initial Entry Training (IET) as part of their clothing bag,\u201d the release notes. \u201cAt the 152nd AUB, Army officials said that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will begin issuing two CCFCs to each new Soldier during the second quarter of FY2021.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ah yes, because soldiers will certainly have the most need of new face coverings at what is projected to be the beginning of the end of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Perhaps a more accurate acronym would be WITAYTGTFCANIBOGA, short for \u201cWow It Took A Year To Get This Face Covering And Now It\u2019s Basically Obsolete, Go Army.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hooah, now you can hide your face.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that the Army has an official one the other branches will jump on the trend too. Then, in a cost reduction effort that will end up costing more in the long run, they’ll come up with the\u00a0Joint\u00a0<\/em>Combat Cloth Face Covering.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for sending in the link. Source; Army Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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