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3.5 Labels. A commercial-type label is acceptable, provided that an additional printed cloth
label containing the contractor's name, contract number, size and National Stock Number (NSN)
is caught on the stitching of the commercial label. The commercial label shall be centered in the
collar and caught in the collar stitching. The commercial label shall include fiber and laundering
information. The label shall be placed at the back in the neck band seam.
3.6 Label/tag. Each item shall be individually bar-coded with a paper tag for personal clothing
items. The paper tag shall be standard bleached sulfate having a basis weight of 100 pounds.
The paper used for the tags shall have a smooth finish to accept thermal transfer and direct
printing. The tags shall have a hole and shall be attached to each item by a fastener, clearly
legible and readable by a scanner. The bar coding element shall be a 13 digit national stock
number (NSN). The bar code type shall be a medium to high code density and shall be located
so that it is completely visible on the item when it is folded and/or packaged as specified and so
that it causes no damage to the item.
3.7 Marking. The ink for screen printing "ARMY" to the sweatshirt shall be black thermal
plastic base ink (withstanding temperatures to 300°F) or equal. The black "ARMY" lettering
shall be screen-printed on front of sweatshirt as shown in Figure 3. Letters shall measure 5/8
(+/- 1/16) inch wide and 3 (+/- 1/16) inches in height see Figure 4. The overall width shall be 12
(+/- 1/4) inches and shall be positioned as specified in Table I. The ink for screen printing "AIR
FORCE" to the sweatshirt shall be Navy Blue shade 35048 of FED-STD-595 thermal plastic
base ink (withstanding temperatures to 300°F) or equal. The "Air Force" lettering shall be
screen printed on front of sweatshirt as shown in Figure 1. Letters shall measure 5/8 (+/-1/6)
inch wide and 2 (+/- 1/16) inches in height as shown in Figure 2 and shall be positioned as
specified in Table I. The printing shall have a rating of "4" after 15 home launderings when
tested as specified in AATCC-61.
3.8 Sizes and measurements. The sweatshirt shall be in the following sizes and shall conform to
the measurements in Table II.
TABLE II. Finished measurements. (inches)
Size
X-Sm
Sm
Med
Large
X-L
XX-L
XXX-L
Tolerance
1/2 Body
width (A)
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
+/- 1/2
Body length
(B)
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
+/- 1/2
Neck relaxed
(C)
7
7
7
7
7
7-3/4
8-1/2
+/- 1/4
Sleeve length
(D)
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
+/- 1/2
Armhole
(E)
9-1/2
10
10-1/2
11-1/2
12-1/2
13-1/2
14-1/2
+/- 1/4
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