Torque Dirty to Me
$29.99
Second Assignment Clothing Co.YOUR SECOND ASSIGNMENT STARTS HERE.
American workwear and off-duty apparel for people who traded one uniform for another. Heavy cotton, honest prints, and a company built around getting more hands into the skilled trades.
JOIN OUR SAC.
Concept mockup from the brand kit — replace with campaign photography.
Three shelves
Pick your assignment.
Off duty, on the job, or straight logo. Everything is built on the same heavy blanks.
Off Duty
For the hours that belong to you.
Graphics for everything that happens after the last truck leaves the lot. Disciplined at first glance, considerably less so once you read the back.
Shop Off Duty
Skilled Trades
Made for people who make things.
Welders, sparkies, pipefitters, framers, excavators. Printed with the kind of joke only the crew gets, and built to be worn on a shift rather than photographed once.
Shop Skilled Trades
Core SAC Gear
The mark, the rally cry, the basics.
The flagship graphics — the ones that carry the brand hardest. Logo-only basics (caps, beanies, totes) are not in production yet; this shelf is curated from the current range until they are.
Shop Core SAC Gear
Moving fast
Best sellers
Quick add straight from the grid — pick a size, done. Ordering is merchandising, not sales data.
Nailed It Repeatedly
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Licensed to Drill
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She Likes a Big Hammer
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Certified Stud Finder
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Measure Twice Brag Once
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Service to trade
The first assignment ends. The work doesn't.
Service teaches a specific kind of competence: show up early, learn the system, fix the thing in front of you, do it again tomorrow with less sleep. That skill set does not expire at the end of a contract — it just stops having a name.
Second Assignment exists for the stretch right after. The trades need people who already know how to work, and a lot of people leaving service need a trade that pays like a career instead of a placeholder. We put the two in the same room and sell good shirts while we do it.
Read our second assignmentTrade scholarships
Tools, tuition, and the first set of boots.
A share of what this shop earns goes into the Second Assignment Trade Scholarship. The exact structure, award amounts and application windows are being finalised — the numbers below are placeholders and will be replaced with figures we can actually document.
- Scholarships awarded to date
- [figure TBC]
- Contributed to trade tuition
- [figure TBC]
- Partner training programs
- [figure TBC]
Placeholder figures. No impact number is published on this site until it can be documented.
How the scholarship worksJOIN OUR SAC.
It reads like a recruiting poster. It's an invitation to a crew that shows up, learns a trade and holds the door open for the next person out.
Shop the collectionWhat people say
Reviews
The quotes below are demo content written for this build, not statements from real customers. They will be replaced by verified reviews before launch.
“The tee is heavier than I expected and the back print hasn't cracked after a month of wear. Sizing ran true for me.”
Demo review — sample copy “Bought one for my brother-in-law and now three guys on his crew want one. The back print is the whole thing.”
Demo review — sample copy “Ordered a size up out of habit and didn't need to. Good shoulders, doesn't ride up when you reach.”
Demo review — sample copy
The Debrief
Stories from the second assignment.
Notes on the transition, the trades, and how this company actually works.
Date TBC · 4 min read
Why a clothing company and not a nonprofit
Starting a scholarship is easy. Funding one every year is the hard part. Here's the honest reasoning behind selling shirts first.
Date TBC · 5 min read
The trades don't need beginners. They need people who can already work.
Showing up, following a procedure, and staying calm when something fails at 2 a.m. is most of the job. The rest is teachable.
Date TBC · 3 min read
How we print, and why the second wash matters more than the first
A print that looks great on the product page and cracks in three weeks isn't a print, it's a photograph.
Secure checkout
Payments handled by our processor. Details to be confirmed at launch.
Straightforward returns
Return window and conditions are being finalised. See the returns page.
American work ethic
Designed for people who work with their hands. Sourcing details to be confirmed.
Scholarship support
Sales support the Second Assignment Trade Scholarship. Structure to be confirmed.
GET IN THE SAC
Drop notices, restocks and the occasional story from the shop floor. No daily email, no guilt trips.