Parts Of The Full Uniform:

Head Dress

Beret

• Free of excess cotton fluff (shave if necessary)

• Navy Blue in colour

• Black string at the back to be tucked in neatly

• Properly and correctly seasoned

• Silver Aluminium NPCC Crest

• Crest above left eye when worn

 Top

 Shirt

• Fitting and not loose (alter if necessary)

• All buttons pointed downwards

• No loose threads or creases

• Seam lines at shoulder should be resting on shoulder blades

• Shirt to be tucked in

• Collar to be standing upright (STRICTLY NO STARCHING)

• Rank epaulettes to be ironed

• Sleeve iron lines to start directly from the back of shoulder lapels

• Distinct and no multiple iron lines

• Name tag to be centralised on right portion of shirt, 1cm above right breast pocket

• Badges not to be rusty

• Badge arrangement for respective levels are displayed below

 Belt

• Must go through all loops of trousers, starting from left side of trousers

• Belt loop to be placed 2 fingers away from end of belt

• Belt buckle to be aligned to be aligned with buttons and zipper (3 point contact)

• Must not be wrinkled and worn out

 Bottom

 Trousers

• No loose threads or creases

• To be worn at waist, not hips

• Length of trousers should not touch over 3rd set of bootlace

• Iron lines at the front should start at the 2 belt loops closest to zipper

• Iron lines at the back to converge at the centre to form an inverted 'V' shape

• Distinct and no multiple iron lines

 Footwear

 Boots

• Only HQ issued boots to be worn

• Entire boot should be polished to 'mirror shine'. First priority is toecap and heel.

• Only long pure black socks with no logo to be worn

• Socks should be visible at top of boots

• Boots should be free of mould

• Boot laces to be parallel to each other and not overlap

• Excess boot laces to be tied using chain knot and neatly tucked into socks

• Boot polish used should be Pure Black Kiwi Shoe Polish

• Instant polish is STRICTLY NOT ALLOWED

 Other attires & general standards

 Half Uniform

• Top is replaced with ACNP Polo Tee Shirt

• Shirt to be tucked in

• Standards for rest of uniform remains same and unchanged

 PT Kit

• ACNP PT V-Neck Shirt to be worn with pure black track pants

• Shirt to be tucked in

• Size of logo on track pants should not be bigger than 5cm in diameter

• Pure white socks with no logo to be worn. STRICTLY NO ANKLE SOCKS

• Pure white shoes to be worn

 No.1 Uniform

• HQ-Provided Tunic to be worn instead of navy blue uniform top

• Ceremonial pants to be worn instead of navy blue uniform trousers

• Pure white gloves to be worn

• No iron lines allowed

• Pure white shirt to be worn under tunic

• No altering of tunic is allowed unless it is reversed when returned back - no permanent alter

• Collar lapels to be pinned upright and 1cm apart from each other

• Buttons:
  5 big buttons at the front of tunic
  1 small button on each breast pocket
  3 small buttons on each sleeve
  Buttons to point downwards in the correct direction

 General Attire Standards

• Hair to be natural colour, STRICTLY NO DYEING OF HAIR.

• Cadets with spectacles are required to wear spectacle hooks

• No coloured contact lens

• No decorative accessories (necklace, bracelet, ear studs) unless of religious significance

• Nails to be trimmed short

• Timers of squads are required to wear a watch. No other cadets are allowed to wear watches.

• Hair should be trimmed and sloped on back and sides

• Fringe should not touch eyebrows

• Facial hair to be shaved

• Length of sideburns cannot exceed half of the ears

Copyright ACNP Cadet Inspectors

Last Updated: 7 Sept 2019

Badge Arrangement:

Attached is the badge arrangement for respective levels which cadets are supposed to uphold when coming for training.