Mission:
⚠️ NOTICE: HOLIDAY INVENTORY CLOSURE (19 - 30 DEC 2026) ⚠️
1. The Fort Hood CIF W45U0W will suspend routine customer support operations from 19 to 30 December 2026 to conduct a 100-percent wall-to-wall inventory.
2. The purpose of this closure is to conduct a physical inventory of all authorized stockage assets; reconcile on-hand quantities, storage locations, and condition codes with Soldier Equipping & Asset Management (SEAM); conduct required causative research; and process inventory adjustments report (IAR). This action supports accurate accountability, stock-record integrity, and continued readiness.
3. During the closure period, Fort Hood CIF will not process routine:
- a. Scheduled Customer issue and turn-ins.
- b. Lateral transfers.
- c. Walk-in customers service and routine customer status requests.
4. CIF will remain accessible for urgent customer needs on a case-by-case basis, strictly coordinated through CIF leadership. Clearing for PCS/ETS will be prioritized case by case. Deploying Soldiers will take priority with coordination prior to inventory.
Per HQDA EXORD 266-22 Conversion of Army Central Issue Facilities to Storefronts and the Installation Transition to the OCIE Direct Ordering Program (ODO). HQDA EXORD 266-22 states (3.B.1.5) THE STOREFRONT WILL SUPPORT TURN-INS FOR EXPIRATION TERMS SERVICE (ETS), RETIRING, CHAPTER AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES DEEMED ESSENTIAL FOR MISSION READINESS; HOWEVER, THE UNIT MUST PROVIDE A MEMORANDUM STATING A LAYOUT INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THAT ALL ITEMS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR OR PENDING THE RESULTS OF A FINANCIAL LIABILITY INVESTIGATION OF PROPERTY LOSS (FLIPL). This means that anyone conducting business at the CIF for Turn In (PCS, ETS, CHAPTER) must have a memorandum signed by the Commander.
Central Issue Facility Operating Procedures:
The following URL can be used by Soldiers to obtain a copy of the their OCIE record, https://seam.army.mil/tacom.
Notification:
CIF Operating Hours for Thursdays:
Issuing ( for reception and replacement only) | 08:00 to 15:30 |
Walk-In for Issue/ DX / MED Board | 13:00 to 15:30 |
PCS Carry Forward Memorandum is not “AUTHORIZED" IAW HQDA EXORD 159-23, FRAGO 1. Soldiers PCSing will conduct Turn-in IAW DA 3645 Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment Record), all OCIE with “N” under the PCS transfer column is mandatory to turn-in.
HELPFUL DOCUMENTS
ISSUE PROCEDURES
- Military I.D. Card, Orders
- Military I.D. Card
- Military I.D. Card
EXCHANGE PROCEDURES
- Military I.D. Card, Damage statement if applicable
ALARACT 0628/2019: No wear-out date for OCIE Patterns
- WEAR-OUT DATE GUIDANCE WAS ORIGINALLY CITED PER PARA 4-1 AND APPENDIX E OF REFERENCE B AND ANNOUNCED IN 2015 PER REFERENCE 1.D ABOVE. AS A REMINDER, 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 IS THE PERSONAL CLOTHING WEAR-OUT DATE FOR THE UCP (“DIGITAL”) ARMY COMBAT UNIFORM. SOLDIERS ARE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THIS UNIFORM OR ITS COMPONENTS (THAT IS, SAND UNDERGARMENTS AND BOOTS) AFTER 30 SEPTEMBER 2019.
- OCIE (THAT IS, FIELD GEAR) HAS NO SPECIFIC WEAR-OUT DATE. SOLDIERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO WEAR OCIE IN ALL THREE CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS: UCP/DIGITAL, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN/MULTICAM, AND OPERATIONAL CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN.

