ORANGE SHOULDER CORD

According to Section 11-19(f)(1)(h) of Cadet Command Regulation 145-2, Army Junior ROTC cadets who serve in the Honor Guard are authorized to wear orange shoulder cords. However this designation is not necessarily universal; the regulations go on to say that orange and other colored cords may be designated for other purposes at the direction of the JROTC unit's Director of Army Instruction or Senior Army Instructor.

Orange is also the color of Signal Corps branch scarves in the United States Army. Although U.S. Army uniform regulations do not specifically authorize the wear of branch-colored shoulder cords, neither do they prohibit them, and local Commanders have significant leeway in the prescription of specialized uniform ornamentation. It is incumbent on Commanders who do prescribe the wear of branch-colored shoulder cords to provide them without cost to all applicable personnel.

Orange shoulder cords may also be worn by members of other military-oriented organizations or as part of the ceremonial uniforms of law-enforcement or first-responder units.