page_title: Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces
section_title: No. 5 (Operational) Dress
hierarchical_section_title: Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces / Numbered Orders of Dress / No. 5 (Operational) Dress
caption_attribution_description: Private Rodney Carmichael and Private Shawn Thorburn are riflemen with C Company, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Privates Carmichael and Thorburn post security on the final day of MAGTEFX while their platoon makes a hit on a house to fight back enemy insurgents. C Company, 3 PPCLI, came to the 13 MEU's TRUEX and MAGTEFX that was held at the Southern California’s Logistics Air Port in April 2005.
context_page_description: The Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces are the official dress worn by members of Canada's military while on duty.
  Prior to the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, the uniforms of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy were similar to their counterparts in the forces of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, save for national identifiers and some regimental accoutrements. With the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, all service branches began to wear Canadian Forces rifle green uniforms. Distinctive Environmental Uniforms for the various branches of the Canadian Forces was introduced in the late 1980s, and are generally similar to their pre-unification uniforms.
context_section_description: Operational dress uniforms are designed for wear in combat conditions. They are intended to be adjusted for comfort and practicality; therefore only naval combat dress has lettered variants. With the elimination of work/garrison dress, operational dress uniforms are now commonly worn whenever service dress is impractical.
  Naval Combat Dress (NCD): Worn by all RCN personnel. Consists of black trousers and jacket with a blue shirt, made of Nomex for fire protection and designed for wear by ships' crews.
  No.5: Full NCD, including jacket
  No.5A: No.5 without jacket
  No.5B: No.5A with sleeves rolled
  No.5D (Tropical Shipboard): No.5B with shorts and knee socks in place of regular trousers. Worn only aboard ship in hot climates.
  Field Combat Clothing: Worn by all Army and Air Force personnel, as well as Navy personnel assigned to Army or Air Force units. The current CAF combat uniform consists of loose fitting Canadian Disruptive Pattern (CADPAT) shirt and trousers and is designed to be worn in the field or for working around aircraft. This uniform is usually referred to simply as CADPAT.
  Flying Clothing: Green flying suits are worn by CAF aircrew.
caption: Infantry from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in CADPAT operational dress.
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