Q clearance. A Q Clearance (or Q-type clearance) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance that is roughly comparable to a United States Department of Defense Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Access (TS-SCI).
Expanded Palette. NC Stateâs core palette consists of three colors: Wolfpack Red, Wolfpack White and Wolfpack Black. These colors should feature. more prominently than any other colors in NC State communications. In a two-color design, accent grays can be used with Wolfpack Red, White. and Black.
The original version of the ACU uniform used a pixelated digital pattern known as the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP). UCP is similar to MARPAT, but uses more neutral, less saturated colors. The neutral colors, primarily foliage green and sand yellow, are designed to be work best in desert, woodland, and urban combat situations. The ACU in UCP was used by the army in all environments except for areas with snow, as the UCP pattern works poorly against white despite the heavy use of grey. An all-white BDU and the ECWCS are used instead for winterized warfare.