Army issues face mask and the official name is so long it requires an acronym, because of course
Sarah Sicard
The official Army-designed, -tested, and -refined face mask — the Combat Cloth Face Covering (CCFC) — will be provided to new soldiers during the second quarter of FY2021. (Army)
The Army’s latest uniform addition is the Combat Cloth Face Covering, also known in simple terms as a face mask.
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.
The branch, in developing the nomenclature for its tactical face fabric, has opted to officially name it the “Combat Cloth Face Covering†— CCFC for short, although “face mask†is probably still the most time-efficient name for it.
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