In the United States military, frocking is the practice of a commissioned or non-commissioned officer selected for promotion wearing the insignia of the higher grade before the official date of promotion …

Reviews and provides advice on frocking requests for commissioned officers to the grades of O-7 through O-10 submitted by the Secretaries of the Military Departments.

Frocking is an administrative authorization to assume the title and wear the uniform of a higher pay grade without entitlement to the pay and allowances of that grade.

Frocking is the authority given to an enlisted member to temporarily wear the uniform and assume the duties and responsibilities of a higher paygrade before the actual promotion takes place.

Mar 28, 2013 · There is no such limit on the frocking of generals, but they can only be frocked by the commandant up to four months before their pay grade promotion, Duran said, adding that the …

§777. Wearing of insignia of higher grade before promotion (frocking): authority; restrictions

3 : a woman's dress frock 2 of 2 verb frocked; frocking; frocks transitive verb 1 : to clothe in a frock