Mission: 

The mission of the Fort Hood Central Issue Facility is to operate issue/turn-in points for Organizational Clothing and Equipment (OCIE) in support of all tenant units within the Hood military community.
To accomplish this mission, the CIF stores, requests, receives, accounts for, classifies, exchanges, provides repair of selected items, maintains records and files, and publishes operational procedures for all CTA 50-900 OCIE items IAW Army regulations.
 

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.  Effective February 1, 2026.

Be advised to all FT Hood units. CIF closure 02 – 16 Feb 26 -- Emergency Cases only starting 30 Jan – 16 Feb 26.  IAW HQs AMC OPORD 26-131, dated 08 Jan 26 , CIFs will issue equipment on an emergency basis only until SEAM migration is complete- per page 9, paragraph 3. 

CIF Brown Out period:  02 – 12 Feb 26.  Required to clean up and close out transaction from the old system (ISM-CIF). Emergency Cases only. 

CIF Black Out period:  13-16 Feb 26  (DONSA and Fed Holiday in window).   There will be no transactions in ISM-CIF SEAM goes live on 17 February 26.  Emergency Cases only.

 Central Issue Facility Operating Procedures:

The following URL can be used by SMs to access the Guest My Clothing Self Service page in ISM without requiring initial access via AKO. https://ism.army.mil/ism/SelfServiceServlet?nav.nav_id=ssMyClothing Please note that SMs will require an active CAC and their DoD ID must be present on their OCIE record to allow access.
 
a.     A copy of the information is also available on the "Welcome to ISM" front page of ISM in the Announcements section.
b.      Please note that any SMs without their DoD ID associated with the OCIE records will receive a message that a record could not be found when attempting to access via the link above. If this is the case, they will need to reach out to their Home CIF to report the issue. Someone from the CIF will then contact the AHRS Service Desk to request that their DoD ID be assigned to their OCIE record. Once assigned they will be able to access the OCIE record via the link provided above.
 

Notification: 

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.
 
** All Soldiers must be in Duty Uniform (No Civilian clothing or Physical Training Uniform).
 
The only exception Is Criminal Investigation Division and Military Police agents/investigators upon presentation of credentials.
 

HELPFUL DOCUMENTS

*It is recommended Soldiers commence clearing CIF upon receipt of Military Orders(30 Days from FINAL OUT) but will not receive CIF Clearing stamp until Installation Clearing Checklist Orders are received at CIF. CIF will perform out-processing procedures in ISM as per Directive
 

ISSUE PROCEDURES

Initial Issue
  • Military I.D. Card, Orders
Additional Issue
  • Military I.D. Card
Maternity Uniform Pilot Program (MUPP)
  • Military I.D. Card
See issue procedures for additional information
 

EXCHANGE PROCEDURES

Direct Exchange (DX) Requirements
  • Military I.D. Card, Damage statement if applicable

 

ALARACT 0628/2019: No wear-out date for OCIE Patterns  - AT

  1. 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.
  2. 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.