(most famously the Silent Drill Platoon and Color guard). Prior to 1998, the “Blue-White” dress uniform was authorized to be worn for the ceremonial units at Marine Barracks, 8th & I in Washington, D.C. When wearing the crewneck sweater with the long sleeve khaki shirt, a tie is not required. The collar is worn on the outside of the sweater in order to display the rated rank insignia of officers. General officers wear trousers that are the same color as the coat, while other officers, Staff NCOs, and NCOs wear medium (sky) blue trousers.Ī blue crewneck sweater, in the same color shade as that of the trousers, may be worn with the “C” and “D” uniforms, in which case rank insignia will continue to be worn on the collar by officers and all ranks will wear rank insignia on shoulder epaulets (polished brass for enlisted). General officers have a two-inch wide scarlet “blood stripe” down the outer seam of each leg of their blue dress trousers field and company grade officers have a 1 1/2-inch wide scarlet stripe down the outer seam of each leg of their blue dress trousers and Staff NCOs and NCOs have a 1 1/8-inch wide scarlet stripe down the outer seam of each leg of their blue dress trousers. Only the “B”, “C”, and “D” Blue Dress uniforms are authorized for leave and liberty wear the “A” is not.
The main exception are Marine Recruiters and Marine Corps Security Guards, which will wear the “C” and “D” in warm weather. Ribbons and badges are normally worn on the shirt.īlue Dress “D” is same as “C”, but with a khaki short sleeve button-up shirt and no tie.īecause the Blue Dress uniform is considered formal wear, Blue Dress “C” and “D” are rarely worn. A khaki long sleeve button-up shirt and tie are worn instead. Marksmanship badges may be worn.īlue Dress “C” is same as “B” but without the outer blue coat and white gloves. For males, the dress coat is cut to be formfitting.īlue Dress “B” is the same as “A”, but medals are replaced with their corresponding ribbons and all are consolidated on the left. Females wear pumps in place of shoes, and may wear a skirt in place of slacks. Large medals are worn on the left chest ribbon-only awards on the right. The various designations are listed in descending order of formality:īlue Dress “A” has a long-sleeved midnight blue coat (enlisted members have red trim) with a standing collar and belt (white web belt & gold waistplate for enlisted, midnight blue for officers with a gold M-buckle), white barracks cover (a peaked cap), plain white shirt, sky blue trousers, white gloves, and black shoes and socks. It is equivalent in composition and use to black tie.
It is often called “Dress Blues” or simply “Blues”. Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Croatia, Republic of, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea, South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South America, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.The most recognizable uniform of the Marine Corps is the Blue Dress uniform, often seen in recruiting advertisements.
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