The material, formerly cotton, today is a weave of polyester known as "Certified Navy Twill". This uniform is informally called "chokers" due to the standing collar. Men wear a high stand-collared white tunic, with black shoulder boards for officers or the metal anchor collar devices for CPOs, white trousers, and white shoes. The Service Dress White uniform is very different for the men's and women's variations. 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. Rank insignia is the gold sleeve stripes for commissioned officers, while rating badges and service stripes are worn on the left sleeve by Chief Petty Officers (CPOs). The men's jacket is double breasted with six gold-colored buttons, and the women's jacket has a single row of four gold-colored buttons. The material is generally wool or a wool blend, depending on the vendor. The Service Dress Blue uniform consists of a black suit coat, trousers (or optional skirt for women), white shirt, and four-in-hand necktie (women substitute a neck tab). Officers and Chief Petty Officers Service Dress Blue The All-Weather Coat, Overcoat, or Reefer may be worn with Service Dress uniforms in cold or inclement weather. Ribbons are worn over the left breast pocket in all variations of the service dress uniform. The civilian equivalent is a business suit. Service Dress Blue may be worn year round for travel only. They are seasonal, with he white uniform worn in summer and the blue in winter. They are also commonly worn when traveling in official capacity, or when reporting to a command. Service dress uniforms are worn for official functions not rising to the level of full or dinner dress. The United States Navy has three categories of dress uniforms, from least to most formal: service, full, and dinner dress. James Stockdale in full dress white uniform 5.1 Naval personnel attached to Marine Corps unitsĪ naval officer wearing service dress blues, inspects enlisted sailors in their service dress blue "crackerjacks" in February 2008.įormal portrait of Rear Adm.1.1.1 Officers and Chief Petty Officers.
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