CPO Shirt

In-stock CPO Shirts are priced at $475.

We are finishing up a production run of CPO Shirts now, and are shipping what we have on hand. This run is all MidWeight Fabric, both Solid Drab Color and Lynx Pattern, in sizes from XXXSmall to 2XLarge. Better Team USA has almost completed work on this run, but we don't quite have all the sizes/colors yet.

We are shipping now, and website will accept payment for any CPO in stock.

If you need larger than 2X, please contact us directly. Prices from old backorders will be honored. 

If you are interested in a CPO not in stock, please place a no-obligation backorder at a price of 0, or give us a call to set up your SHIP ASAP backorder.

We don't have any definite plans to make CPOs in FullWeight Fabric, although we do not rule it out. None of the CPOs shown on this page are in our FullWeight Fabric colors (Black and Duff).

The classic CPO (Chief Petty Officer) Shirt originated almost 100 years ago, and has been widely appreciated ever since. It’s a jacket or a shirt, depending upon what you need, what else you wear and the Fabric from which it is made. In our Fabric, the CPO Shirt is extremely versatile, enhancing the basic, timeless design.

The CPO is constructed with our own Merino Jacquard Fabric, and has been offered in both FullWeight and MidWeight Fabrics, but we now view the CPO as primarily a MidWeight garment. The present production run is MidWeight only (Solid Drab Color and Lynx Pattern). We have our FullWeight Fabrics coming in 3rd quarter 2022, but instead of FullWeight CPOs, we plan to make FullWeight ShirtJacs.

The CPO is typically a 2^nd layer but often a 3^rd layer and is sometimes worn as a midlayer, particularly now, with the emphasis on MidWeight CPOs. Some people will tuck the CPO into their Pants.  Our Fabric is comfortable enough that the CPO can be worn over a short-sleeve base layer or even no base layer (as in the video at bottom).

CPO features:

• Front chest pockets with button-down flaps are deep enough for a large phone
• Collar is smaller than the ShirtJac, yet substantial enough that if you fold it up you will notice the extra warmth around your neck
• Above the cuff is a 4-inch opening, secured by a button, offering good closure but also enabling the cuff to be comfortably folded up the forearm
• The cuffs are secured by either of two buttons that enable versatile adjustment
• Extra-long sleeves, reducing the need for gloves
• The rounded shirt tails are long enough to be tucked in or worn out
• Like all our garments, the CPO is craftsmen-sewn and ultra-durable. with our usual indestructible melamine Slot Buttons and Mil-Spec Anefil water-resistant thread used by the US Army
• MidWeight CPO Shirt in size Large weighs about 2 lbs (about 0.9 kg)
• FullWeight CPO Shirt (but no plans to make them) in size Large will weigh nearly 3 lbs (1.36 kg)

In January 2016, I spent a few days in Fairbanks, Alaska, making several presentations to United States Military. With a light wool base layer, the FullWeight CPO Shirt was comfortable at indoor temperatures of 70F/21C, and was good enough outdoors in temps of -10F/-23C!

WeatherWool Advisor Leo Grizzaffi, the outdoor writer, likes to wear his CPO Shirt instead of a sport jacket. Advisor Dave Canterbury put all of his instructors at The Pathfinder School (bushcraft and survival) in WeatherWool Lynx Pattern. At left is a selfie of Dave in his CPO Shirt.

Here is a review published by Explore Magazine and written by Kevin Callan, the magazine's field editor and a well-known tester of outdoor products. The review was written when we referred to the CPO as a ShirtJac (sorry for confusion!).

And a neat comment sent to us by customer Bruce Carlson:  "Received my XL Lynx [CPO Shirt] yesterday. Wore it to work today. 5-6 compliments … everyone wanted to 'touch' it!". People wanting to "touch it" is something we hear often about Lynx Pattern.

Please click for Production Status or a snapshot of our overall Inventory.

Please visit our Sizing page before ordering

Shirt Reviews (received in the days when it was called ShirtJac.  Wish we had called it the CPO from the beginning!)

Details about WeatherWool Construction

Care and Cleaning

28 June 2022 --- Debby

The REVIEW feature below, which enables anyone to publish a review, was added in March of 2022.  We will hopefully get more Reviews now that we are again shipping the CPOs.