---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 775"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "775"
heading: "Issue of uniform without charge"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/775"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 45 — The Uniform"
---

# §775. Issue of uniform without charge

- (a) **Issue of Uniform.—** The [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) may issue a uniform, without charge, to any of the following members:
  - (1) A member who is being repatriated after being held as a prisoner of war.
  - (2) A member who is being treated at or released from a medical treatment [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) as a consequence of being wounded or injured during [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [hostilities](/usc/10/948a.md?p=9).
  - (3) A member who, as a result of the member’s duties, has unique uniform requirements.
  - (4) Any other member, if the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) determines, under exceptional circumstances, that the issue of the uniform to that member would significantly benefit the morale and welfare of the member and be advantageous to the armed force concerned.
- (b) **Retention of Uniform as a Personal Item.—** Notwithstanding [section 771a of this title](/usc/10/771a.md), a uniform issued to a member under this section may be retained by the member as a personal item.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title III, § 377(a)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2386.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 775 was renumbered section 776 of this title.