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However, in late 2013, the Commandant of the Marine Corps approved the Marine Corps Uniform Board's recommendation to adopt the male dress and service cap as the universal dress and service cap for all Marines, male and female. As on the Blue Dress uniform, officers wear rank insignia on the shoulder epaulettes of their jackets and the collars ...
A blood stripe is a scarlet stripe worn down the outside leg seams of trousers on the dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps. This red stripe is 2 inches (5.1 cm) for general officers , 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (3.8 cm) for other officers, and 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (2.9 cm) for enlisted staff noncommissioned officers and non-commissioned officers .
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Blues or Dress Blues – Blue Dress uniform. Blueberry – A Marine Corps Civilian Law Enforcement Officer. Can be used as both an insult and endearment. BLUF – Bottom Line Up Front. Bn – battalion. boondoggle – project or trip on government time or expense that serves no purpose other than to entertain the person making it.
The Civil Air Patrol mess dress uniform is identical to the U.S. Air Force mess dress uniform, except that the silver braid on the jacket and officer rank insignia (shoulder boards) of the U.S. Air Force mess dress uniform is replaced with dark blue braid, and a Civil Air Patrol seal device 3" in size (either embroidered in bullion or finished ...
The blue version garrison cap, essentially black, was resurrected in the mid-1990s for wear with the blue working uniforms. Enlisted personnel since 2008 have been issued a black garrison cap for wear with the new Navy Service Uniform. It has since been authorized for the officer and CPO Service Dress Blue uniforms. The garrison cap is also ...
Image credits: NBC Bay Area “‘I’m going to see my Marine sister. I’ve been in the Marine Corps for 22 years and worked for the Air Force for 15 years.’ “‘I’m going to visit her.’
U.S. Coast Guard combination caps (left to right: male enlisted, male officer, female officer) The United States Coast Guard wears the combination cap, known as the combo cover, with the Service Dress Blue uniform (SDBs), the Tropical Blue uniform (Trops), and with all other formal dress uniforms. The cover is identical to that of the Navy with ...