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An illustration of U.S. Marines in various uniform setups. From left to right: A U.S. Marine in a Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform with full combat load c. late 2003, a U.S. Marine in a (full) blue dress uniform, a U.S. Marine officer in a service uniform, and a U.S. Marine general in an evening dress uniform.
The collar of an MCCUU, being worn by a U.S. Marine sergeant in 2002 The rear of an MCCUU, being worn by a U.S. Marine in 2002 The MCCUU is intended for wear in the field or for working parties, but has become the typical working uniform for all deployed and most garrison U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors. [ 15 ]
[7] The Advanced Bomb Suit is used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal. The Sea Dragon 2025 is an experimental battledress being tested for the US Marine Corps as a replacement for the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform; Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense. The M50 joint service general purpose mask is the standard gas mask. [8] [9]
S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gabriel Flaa with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 scans the horizon during a security patrol in Sangin, Helmand province In September and October 2011, 3/7 relieved 1/5 and elements of 1/6 in both the "green" and "brown" zones of the Sangin District for a second tour in support ...
The 7th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. Nicknamed the "Magnificent Seventh", the regiment falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force .
U.S. Marine tradition maintains that the red stripe is worn on the trousers of the blue dress uniform, commonly known as the blood stripe, because a large number of the Marine NCOs and officers of the detachment died while storming the castle of Chapultepec in 1847, though iterations of the stripe antedate the war.
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Line officer flag officers (admirals O-7 to O-10/NATO OF-6 to OF-9) will wear solid gold shoulder boards with a silver metallic thread anchor and one, two, three, or four silver metallic thread stars below the anchor. When wearing khakis or utility/working uniforms, they wear their rank insignia on both collar points.