Army & Military Clothing Allowance 2026 — Rates Chart & Calculator

Enlisted service members can estimate their FY2026 Cash Clothing Replacement Allowance here: the annual payment that covers routine replacement and upkeep of required uniform items, so you are not buying them out of pocket. The rates took effect on October 1, 2025 and are set separately for each service, for men and women, and for two tiers of time in service. The FY2027 rates start October 1, 2026; DFAS usually posts them in October or November, and until then the FY2026 figures on this page are the latest published.

The two tiers are the basic rate, paid during the first three years of active service, and the standard rate, paid after three years. For FY2026 the Army pays $429.23 basic and $613.19 standard for men, $427.00 and $610.00 for women; the Navy $432.00 and $615.60 for men, $432.00 and $619.20 for women; the Air Force $414.12 and $591.60 for men, $427.20 and $610.20 for women; the Space Force $459.40 and $656.28 for men, $490.15 and $700.22 for women; and the Marine Corps, whose uniform requirements are the most demanding, $589.92 and $842.76 for men, $592.56 and $847.32 for women. Navy chiefs (E-7 to E-9) draw a special rate of $810.00 for men and $792.00 for women instead of the standard rate, not on top of it, starting three years after they first put on the chief's uniform. Each figure is an annual amount, set from an average replacement-cost estimate for the essential pieces of that service's uniform, and the first basic payment, at the one-year anniversary, is half the annual rate. The calculator's second option shows the one-time Standard Initial Clothing Allowance, but only its cash portion: most of the initial issue is provided in kind, so the cash figure is $0 for men in every service except the Navy ($146.55), while women receive $406.60 in the Army, $358.47 in the Navy and $532.57 in the Air Force and Space Force. The Coast Guard is not in the table: it pays its own monthly clothing maintenance allowance, and its current rates are published only on its internal site.

Treat every figure here as a planning number, because the rates are reset each fiscal year and service-specific rules govern who is paid when. Officers are outside the scheme entirely: they receive an initial uniform allowance but are expected to buy and maintain their uniforms from basic pay thereafter. One frequent misreading is expecting the replacement allowance to fund every uniform need, when it really targets maintenance and replacement of standard issue rather than specialized or organizational equipment. For numbers tied to your exact situation, your unit's supply or finance office is the authoritative source.