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Uniforms of the United States Navy are a distinction of the service and still follow many traditional patterns, for example, the changes in uniforms since World War II have been primarily in materials. This article examines dress uniforms, daily service uniforms, working uniforms, special situations, and the history of Navy uniforms. For simplicity in this article, "Officers" refers to both Commissioned Officer s and Warrant Officer s. All throughout history, the designs of the United States Naval uniforms were influenced by traditional clothes from around the world. For example, the most common known formal naval uniform, which has a closed neckline, was influenced by the Indian menswear Sherwani . DRESS UNIFORMS Admiral Vern Clark (2000-2005) wearing the service dress blue uniform for flag officers.]] Joe R. Campa wearing the service dress blue uniform for chief petty officers.]] The United States Navy has three categories of dress uniforms, from least to most formal: service, full, and dinner dress. Service Dress The least formal dress uniform, service dress, has three variations for officers and chiefs, but only two for enlisted personnel below Chief Petty Officer. These uniforms are typically worn during ceremonies, inspections, or watches. Officers' and Chiefs' service dress depends on the season, with Service Dress White for warm weather wear and Service Dress Blue for cooler temperatures. The uniform to be used in a particular region is set forth based on the climate by a prescribing authority, in accordance with Navy regulations, such as the admiral in charge of the region where the sailor is stationed. For instance, a command in Florida will be in summer uniforms longer than one in New York, or may even never switch to winter uniforms. With these uniforms, ribbons and badges are worn, but not medals. The dress blue uniform consists of a Navy Blue suit coat, trousers, white shirt, and four-in-hand or formal bowtie. The material is generally wool or a wool blend, depending on the vendor. The men's jacket is double breasted with six buttons, and the women's jacket has a single row of four buttons. Rank insignia is the gold sleeve stripes, for officers, while rating badges and service stripes are worn by chiefs. The prescribed headgear is the white combination cap, although a navy blue garrison cap is optional, unless stated otherwise by the prescribing authority, in some situations when the jacket is not worn. The service dress white uniform is very divergent for the men's and women's variations. Men wear a high collared white tunic, with shoulder boards for officers, and the metal anchor collar device on the collar for chiefs, white trousers and shoes. This uniform is informally called Chokers, due to the collar. The material is a weave of polyester known as "Certified Navy Twill," or CNT. Women wear a uniform similar to the service dress blue, but with a white coat and trousers. The white combination cap is the prescribed headgear. One difference is women Chief Petty Officers wear their rank insignia (the fouled anchor with USN mongram and five-pointed cocked "line" stars) on the lapels of the jacket. Uniquely, the shoes worn with this uniform are white. The rarely seen but authorized Dress Blue Yankee uniform replaces the dark trousers and black shoes of the service dress blue with white trousers and shoes from the white uniform. Either the All Weather Coat or Reefer are worn with Service Dress uniforms. The service dress uniforms for blueshirts are the standard naval jumper, which may be Navy Blue wool or white cotton as above. Service Dress Whites ("jumper whites" or "Dress White Alpha") consist of white straight-leg or bell-bottom trousers, black leather shoes, a white jumper, a black silk neckerchief and a white "Dixie Cup" hat for males or combination cover for females with a silver eagle emblem and the letters "USN." The winter uniform (Service Dress Blue, colloquially referred to as "crackerjack") is essentially the same thing but navy blue in color. The jumper top for the dress blue uniform has three rows of white piping on the collar and flap. The trousers are straight-leg or bell-bottom, Broadfall style, with thirteen buttons. Unlike officer and Chief Petty Officer uniforms, only black shoes and black socks are allowed. Ribbons are worn with these uniforms, over the top left pocket opening (the jumper pockets do not have flaps), along with warfare insignia. If these uniforms are to be assigned as the Uniform of the Day, a Plan of the Day/Plan of the Week will state either "Service Dress White Alpha or Bravo" or "Service Dress Blue." Either the All Weather Coat or Peacoat are worn with this uniform. Full Dress Full Dress uniforms are worn for ceremonies such as change of command, retirement, commissioning, and decommissioning, or when appropriate. Similar to the service dress, but the "Yankee" variation is omitted, medals are worn with these uniforms where appropriate along with warfare insignia above the medals, and Sword s are authorized for officers, required for O-4 and above. Ribbons that do not have corresponding medals are worn on the right side. Dinner Dress The dinner dress uniforms of the United States Navy have the most variations. For officers, there are Dinner Dress Blue and White, Dinner Dress Blue and White Jacket, Formal Dress, and Tropical Dinner dress. Although Trousers are authorized, women frequently wear the appropriate color skirt. The Dinner Dress Blue and White are the Service and Full Dress uniforms with miniature medals and badges except for ribbons. The Dinner Dress Blue and White Jacket and the Formal Dress uniforms for men feature a short jacket with six buttons, worn open, in either color. Male officers show rank stripes on the sleeves of the jacket for the blue version and on shoulder boards for the white version, while women officers only wear sleeve stripes. The Formal Dress variation is the short, dark jacket, and trousers, worn with a white Bow Tie for men. The Tropical dress uniforms are dark trousers, a gold cummerbund, and a white short-sleeve shirt, worn with shoulder boards or just the rating badge. For all mess dress variations, a white tie and vest generally are used for formal occasions while a black bow tie and gold cummerbund are used for semi-formal environments. Headgear (Dixie Cup for men and combination cover for women) is not required for all mess dress uniforms, unless an outer jacket is worn. This uniform is never made the Uniform of the Day, nor is it absolutely required to be retained by naval personnel. Those under the rank of Lieutenant (O-3) have the option of using the Service Dress uniform instead, and simply replacing the ribbons worn on the left with miniature size medals, and the standard necktie with a black bow tie. Enlisted who are E-6 (Petty Officer First Class) and below also wear their Service Dress uniform, the traditional sailor suit, with miniature medals. They can also wear a uniform similar to the officers, but with rank insignia and service stripes on the left sleeve. |
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