. Mess dress uniform is the term for the evening dress worn by in the or on other more formal occasions. It is also known as mess uniform and, more informally, as mess kit. It frequently consists of a and trousers worn with a white formal and other formal accessories, though the exact form varies depending on the uniform regulations for each service.
Prior to this style of military dress was largely restricted to the, and; although the French, and other navies had adopted their own versions of mess dress during the late 19th century, influenced by the. At the present time mess dress is also sometimes worn by members of civilian and members of a. While predominantly a uniform worn by for whom it is mandatory, it may also be worn as an optional uniform by senior enlisted personnel in the and, Staff in the, and by non-commissioned officers in the and. Australian Army winter mess dress (Royal Australian Engineers) The Australian Army has separate mess kits for summer and winter. The summer mess kit is a white jacket, almost identical between different branches of the army. The winter mess kit is made of thicker material, with jackets in the colour (scarlet or dark blue) of the wearers' corps. The winter mess dress includes a waistcoat.
Both kits have the same barrathea blue trousers, but trousers vary in the colour and width of leg stripe denoting corps. Women's mess attire is the same, except that women may wear a skirt instead of trousers. Both versions are worn with a bow tie and white shirt; Marcella for winter and plain for summer. The has different mess uniforms for summer and winter. The summer mess kit is marked out by a white jacket while the winter jacket is dark blue. Canada Media related to at Wikimedia Commons.
Canadian officer wearing a cutaway or cavalry-style mess jacket with vest Mess dress is worn as formal evening attire for mess dinners. Uniforms range from full mess dress (with dinner jackets, cummerbunds or waistcoats) to service dress worn with a bow tie for individuals not required to own mess dress (generally non-commissioned members or members of the reserves). Mess dress is not provided at public expense. However, all commissioned officers of the regular forces are required to own mess dress within six months of being commissioned. The winter mess dress (No.
2) for the consists of a jacket with gold laced rank insignia worn on the sleeve, gold-laced navy blue trousers worn by all commissioned officers (unlike in the Royal Navy they are not restricted to captains and flag officers) white shirt with soft or wing collar and a white waistcoat. Officers of the rank of and above wear a tailcoat instead of the standard jacket.
NCMs trousers are the same pattern, but without gold lace down the seam. Miniatures of medals earned are worn on the left lapel; regular size qualification badges earned are worn on the left sleeve, above the rank insignia (as they are worn in the for naval aviators). Summer mess dress (No. 2A) is similar except that a white jacket with rank insignia on navy blue shoulder boards (gold covered for flag officers) is worn, and either the waistcoat or cumberbund is worn. The winter standard pattern mess dress (No.
2) for the consists of a scarlet jacket with rank insignia worn on soft shoulder loops, scarlet-laced dark blue (almost black) trousers, white shirt with soft or wing collar and dark blue waistcoat. The details of regimental distinctions vary by regiments and are defined in detail in the Canadian Forces Dress Instructions. Miniature medals are worn on the left breast below miniatures of qualification badges earned. The summer standard pattern mess dress is similar except that a white jacket with rank insignia worn on black shoulder boards, and cummerbund, is worn. Army reserve regiments are authorized to wear mess dress that is distinctive to the regiment and which can consist of jackets of different cuts (for example high collar) and colours, rather than the standard pattern mess dress. Authorized summer dress (No.
2A), consisting of the white jacket in lieu of scarlet, varies from regiment to regiment, but typically is not authorized for NCMs below the rank of. Lt Gen Pierre St Amand wearing the RCAF winter mess dress. The winter mess dress of the consists of a midnight blue jacket with gold rank insignia worn on the sleeve, black-laced midnight blue trousers, white shirt with soft collar, and a cummerbund in the colours of the Royal Canadian Air Force tartan.
Miniature medals are worn on the left breast above miniatures of qualification badges earned. The summer mess dress (No. 2A) is similar except that a white jacket with rank insignia worn on midnight blue shoulder boards is worn, and is authorized as an optional order for RCAF officers only.
2B is authorized as an alternative for officers who have not yet purchased mess uniform, and for all NCMs as they are not required to purchase mess uniform. It applies to all three elements and consists of the standard service dress uniform appropriate to the element (rifle green for the, navy blue for the and light blue for the ), a white long-sleeved shirt (as issued to navy personnel) and a black bow tie.
Undress ribbons and nametag are worn. 2C is a relaxed, ship-board only order of mess uniform, worn by members of all elements when dining formally onboard HMC Ships at sea.
It consists of the service short sleeve shirt and service dress trousers appropriate to the element, a cummerbund in black or authorized regimental colours. Name tag, medals/ribbons are not worn. 2D is the CF standard pattern mess dress, now superseded, which was authorized for wear prior to the reversion to separate environmental uniforms for Army, Navy and Air Force.
It is identical to Air Force No. 2 dress except that buttons and other accoutrements reflect the unified CF uniform prevalent from 1968 to circa 1987. It is authorized for wear by personnel who had joined 'and acquired their mess uniform' prior to the re-establishment of distinctive environmental uniforms.
Germany Media related to at Wikimedia Commons. Brigadier General of the German Mess uniforms were worn by officers of the, though not by army officers. During the 1930s in, officers of the (SS) had the option of purchasing uniforms. SS mess dress resembled a double-breasted dinner jacket, with collar tabs and white.
In modern Germany, mess dress is a permitted uniform for officers and (NCOs) of the attending or festive social occasions. Female soldiers wear a long dark-blue skirt and a white blouse with the ('Federal Eagle' coat of arms) on the right collar. This is combined with a long scarf across the chest and a dark blue short velvet jacket. A variant with a short white silk jacket combined with a blue blouse is also permitted. Purses and other accessories may be carried. The basic mess dress ( Grundform) for men consists of a jacket with a chain closure, trousers with black silk trim strips, and either a cummerbund (army, air force, navy) or a Torerobund (a -style waist sash, for the army and air force).
These sashes or cummerbunds are of black fabric for the army and dark blue for the air force and navy. The chain is gold for the navy and for army and air force generals; others wear a silver chain. This is matched by a white dress shirt (with a concealed; no stand-up collars, ruffles, or embroidery) and a black bow tie and black or black patent leather shoes.
As a variation, a black smoking jacket with black silk collar and black silk-covered (Army, Air Force) may be worn instead. The ranks are embroidered onto the epaulettes. The jacket is worn without, or any other coloured insignia.
In the navy, rank insignia is placed on the sleeves., or specialist badges are often included in the embroidered portion. Miniature versions of any orders and decorations are worn from ribbons.
Greece The mess dress of the, adopted in 1953, resembles the 'rolled collar' jacket, waistcoat and trousers pattern of the British Army as described in this article. It is classed as no. Colours are those of the historic uniform of the particular branch or service (e.g. Medium green with crimson facings for armored cavalry officers, dark blue with red facings for infantry officers).
A white version is authorized for summer wear. Israel In keeping with the ' doctrine of a, mess uniform is not worn inside. It takes the form of a khaki service uniform rather than the special evening dress as worn by many other nations. It is only worn abroad, either by or by senior officers on official.
These rules also apply to the IDF. Because of the small number of uniforms required they are for the specific officer.
The mess uniforms are the only Israeli army order of dress to include a tie, and have a summer version and a winter version. Jamaica Both senior non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers of the may wear (No. 5 Dress) mess kit. New Zealand The, and have mess uniforms of similar style to those worn by the equivalent British and Australian services. New Zealand Army mess uniforms authorised for officers have recently been simplified in that the distinctive corps and regimental colours previously worn have been replaced by a universal scarlet and blue pattern with only insignia to distinguish one branch or unit from another. Royal New Zealand Air Force mess dress consists of grey/blue jackets, trousers and waistcoats with white shirts and black bow ties.
Any medals are displayed above the left breast pocket. Individual flying squadron colours appear on mess dress belts worn by officers. Senior NCOs (sergeants, flight sergeants, and warrant officers) also wear mess dress for various special functions. Admiral with Officers, graduating at their 'passing out' ceremony from in (2011) The and some other navies distinguish between mess dress, which is now the equivalent of civilian white tie, and mess undress, which is the equivalent of black tie. Before 1939, there were three forms of evening dress:.
Ball dress (No. 2) – undress, gold, gold-laced trousers, white waistcoat, black bow tie,. Mess dress (No. 7) – mess jacket, gold-laced trousers, blue waistcoat, black bow tie, cap. Mess undress (No. 8) – mess jacket, plain trousers, blue waistcoat, black bow tie, cap Today, there are only two forms of evening dress:.
Mess dress (No. 2A) – mess jacket, plain trousers, white waistcoat, black bow tie. Mess undress (No. 2B) – mess jacket, plain trousers, blue waistcoat or cummerbund, black bow tie Officers of the rank of and above wear gold-laced trousers (the gold lace stripes are nicknamed 'lightning conductors'), and may wear the undress tailcoat (without epaulettes), with either mess dress or mess undress. The undress tailcoat is so named to distinguish it from the full dress tailcoat that was worn during the day with full dress (No. 1), which is worn in a modified form by admirals today as ceremonial day dress.
Both the undress tailcoat and the mess jacket are double-breasted, with peaked lapels and six gilt buttons, but cut to be worn single-breasted and fastened at the front with two linked gilt buttons. The undress tailcoat is fitted with scallop-flapped hip pockets with three gilt buttons on each pocket. Rank is indicated on the undress tailcoat and mess jacket by gold lace on the sleeves. When tropical rig is ordered, a white mess jacket is worn instead of the blue, with shoulder boards to indicate rank.
Mess dress and mess undress are today worn with a soft -fronted shirt with a soft collar. Stiff marcella-fronted shirts and stiff wing collars were previously worn with all forms of evening dress, but were abolished first for mess undress, and finally in the mid-1990s for mess dress. Rear admirals and above may continue to wear the stiff shirt and collar with mess dress. Cummerbunds, which may be worn with mess undress instead of the blue waistcoat and with (No.
2C), are frequently decorated with badges or colours proper to the ship or establishment in which the officer serves. For example, HMS Glasgow – tartan; HMS Illustrious – green with the ship's logo (three crossed trumpets) in gold; (RNEC) – engineers' purple with the RNEC lettering in gold. Traditionally, half- were worn with mess dress and mess undress, but today shoes are more common. The optional outer garment worn with evening dress is the, which is a knee-length navy blue cloak lined with white silk, with four gilt buttons, and fastened at the neck with two gilt lions' heads joined with a chain. Miniature medals are worn with both mess dress and mess undress, though previously medal ribbons only were worn with mess undress on routine occasions, such as by the.
Officers who are members of wear their stars and ribbons as appropriate. The Elder Brethren of are authorised to wear a mess dress based upon that of a Royal Navy captain. British Army. British Army No.10 Mess Dress Mess uniforms first appeared in the British Army in about 1845, initially utilizing the short 'shell jacket' worn since 1831.
This working jacket was worn open over a regimental waistcoat for evening dress. The original purpose was to provide a relatively comfortable and inexpensive alternative to the stiff and elaborate full-dress uniforms then worn by officers for evening social functions such as regimental dinners or balls. With the general disappearance of full dress uniforms after World War I, mess dress became the most colourful and traditional uniform to be retained by most officers in British and armies.
Immediately after World War II the cheaper 'blue patrols' were worn for several years as mess dress, but by 1956 the traditional uniforms had been readopted. The formal designation of the most commonly worn mess uniform in the British Army is 'No. 10 (Temperate) Mess Dress'.
The form varies according to or corps, but generally a short mess jacket is worn, which either fastens at the neck (being cut away to show the, this being traditionally the style worn by regiments and other mounted corps), or is worn with a white shirt and black bow tie (traditionally the usual style for unmounted regiments, corps, and services). Since regimental amalgamations, the 'cut away' or cavalry-style jacket has been adopted by some British Army infantry regiments such as the, the, and corps such as the and the. Officers of the Foot Guards, the, the, and the amongst others still wear the infantry style of jacket.
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The colours of mess jackets and trousers reflect those of the traditional full dress uniforms of the regiments in question, as worn until at least 1914. Jackets are, therefore, usually scarlet, dark blue, or rifle green, with collars, cuffs, waistcoats, or lapels in the former of the regiments in question. In the case of those regiments which have undergone amalgamation, features of the former uniforms are often combined. Waistcoats are often richly embroidered, though with modern modifications, such as a core of cotton for gold cording instead of the thick gold cord which made these items very expensive prior to World War II. Non-commissioned officers' mess dress is usually simpler in design, but in the same colours as officers of their regiment. Most British Army regiments' mess dress incorporates high-waisted, very tight trousers known as overalls, the bottoms of which buckle under leather Wellington or George boots.
Ornamental are usually worn by cavalry regiments and corps that traditionally were mounted; some other regiments and corps prescribe spurs for, since in former times these officers would have been mounted. Do not wear spurs at any rank, following Light Infantry traditions since historically no Light Infantry officer rode on horseback. Scottish regiments wear kilts or tartan, and some wear tartan waistcoats as well. 11 Warm Weather Mess Dress', a white drill hip-length jacket is worn with either a waistcoat in the same material or a cummerbund of regimental pattern. Blue and various shades of red or green are the most common colours for the cummerbund.
Trousers or overalls are the same as in No. Female officers and soldiers wear mess jackets in a pattern similar to those of their male counterparts over dark-coloured ankle-length evening dresses. Black hand bags may be carried, and black evening shoes are worn. Royal Air Force. Sir wearing No. 5B Mess dress No.
5 Mess dress in the Royal Air Force is similar to that in the Royal Navy, except that the jacket and trousers are in mid-blue. For the most formal occasions, such as state dinners, court balls and royal evening receptions, a white bow tie is worn with a white waistcoat (No. For all other evening events, a black bow tie with a mid-blue waistcoat (No. 5B) or a slate grey cummerbund (No. Cummerbunds of a particular squadron or unit design may also be worn. Among Scottish-based units, a kilt of grey tartan was initially authorised, but the recently approved official RAF tartan is now authorised. The tartan, designed in 1988, was officially recognised by the in 2001.
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A variation of No. 1 Service Dress (SD) is also permitted; the usual blue shirt and black tie are replaced with a white shirt and black bow tie. This dress is referred to as No.
4 Mess Dress. For women, mess dress currently consists of the same style high-waisted blue-grey single-breasted jacket and white marcella shirt as men, a small bow tie and cummerbund, and a straight ankle-length blue-gray skirt, worn with patent-leather and barely-black tights or stockings. Unlike the gentlemen officers' jacket, which has a pointed, the ladies' jacket features a shawl collar. From the 1970s and prior to the introduction of current women's mess dress in 1996, female officers wore a royal blue dress made of material with a loose mandarin neck, long sleeves, and an ankle length hem.
Rank was indicated on a small enamelled brooch worn near the neck. British police Police officers may wear mess dress to formal dinners if appropriate, but is it most typically worn by officers who have achieved the rank of or above. The mess dress of the Metropolitan Police is dark blue with black cuffs and a black 'roll' collar having an embroidered badge on each lapel. That of the includes a two-inch oak leaf lace strip on the trousers and a set of. A matching black waistcoat is worn and badges of rank are displayed on the epaulettes.
United States Media related to at Wikimedia Commons The use of mess dress in the is a more recent trend, which started in the early 20th century. US Army blue mess uniform (general officer) U.S. Army In 1902, when the adopted its last standing collar blue uniform for full dress, a modified form of civilian tail coat was also introduced for evening dress, worn with a white tie and vest. This was known as the special uniform for evening wear. At the same time, a mess uniform resembling the British pattern was authorized for less formal evening occasions. The short mess jacket was either dark blue or white, according to climate. After 1911 the blue jacket included lapels in (yellow for cavalry, red for artillery, light blue for infantry, and so on).
The individual officer could wear full dress or either of the evening dress alternatives for social functions. In view of the expense involved, it was usually senior officers who appeared in mess or evening dress uniforms. While the blue full dress was worn from 1902 to 1917 by all ranks for ceremonial parades within the continental United States, the two optional evening uniforms were authorized only for officers. US Army mess blue uniform (PSYOP officer branch color) The various blue uniforms ceased to be worn after 1917.
However, the white mess uniform for commissioned and warrant officers was authorized again in 1921. In 1928, wearing of the full range of blue dress uniforms was authorized for all ranks, but only when off duty, and at the expense of the individual. In practice, this meant that only the pre-1917 mess uniform, and to a lesser extent the special evening wear, reappeared in significant numbers. After World War II, the evening dress and mess dress uniforms were reintroduced, with the tail coat having a single (trefoil) over the branch-of-service color (general officers had stars over an oak leaf braid), with the rank placed in the bottom opening of the knot. The mess jacket, intended for black-tie occasions, used an Austrian knot rank system with the at the bottom.
The number of knots indicated the officer's rank: five for colonel, four for lieutenant colonel, three for major, two for captain, one for first lieutenant, and none for second lieutenant. This complicated system was replaced with the evening coat style (which lost its 'tails' in the late 1960s) in 1972, using a single knot and the rank placed above the branch-of-service color. A white mess jacket for summertime wear was introduced in the 1950s. US Army blue mess dress (officer) The special evening dress or tail coat finally disappeared in 1975, replaced by the Army blue mess uniform, which in its modern form closely resembles that of 1911. It is common for soldiers to wear suspenders in their branch color with the army dress uniform trousers, although they are concealed under the coat.
Miniature medals are suspended on ribbons one half the width of their normal counterparts, and are worn on the left lapel. Exceptions to the miniature medals are the, the (although the PMF also includes an optional miniature version), and authorised foreign neck-borne decorations (e.g., et al.) Individual and unit awards that consist of ribbons only are not worn on the mess uniform. Miniature versions of are worn above the miniature medals, along with miniature versions of and, made of enamelled metal. And are not worn on the mess uniform.
Regimental distinctive insignia is worn on the right lapel. Identification badges worn on service uniform pockets, such as the, et al., are worn between the top and middle buttons on the applicable side of the mess uniform. The lapels of enlisted mess uniforms are uniformly dark blue, rather than utilizing a branch color. Enlisted rank insignia is worn on the sleeve in the same manner as on the service uniform tunic. Below, on both sleeves, are long service stripes in place of the shorter stripes used on the service uniform.
The same longer service stripes were worn on both sleeves of the blue dress uniform tunic until the blue dress uniform was reconfigured to be the Army's service uniform and replace the green service uniform. Air Force In the 1950s and 1960s, the formal uniform consisted of a civilian black tailcoat with added military sleeve braid and rank insignia. It could be worn as either a black tie or white tie combination. Due to the tails, it was not considered a mess dress uniform. USAF mess dress uniforms (general officer, officer, and non-commissioned officer) The original U.S. Air Force mess dress consisted of a short black jacket with black trousers, with a white jacket for summer wear.
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The jackets had satin lapels with matching satin sleeve braid. It entered service in the 1960s and was phased out in the 1980s. It is still sometimes worn by retired officers. The current mess dress is similar in cut and tailoring, but in a dark blue color for year-round wear.
The current pattern was introduced in 1981 and is also similar to the Royal Air Force design, except that the coat and trousers are dark blue. Dark blue bow ties and dark blue cummerbunds are used for black-tie affairs, and white bow ties with white waistcoats for white-tie affairs.
Silver-trimmed shoulder boards and silver sleeve braid are worn rather than rank braids (enlisted members wear sleeve rank insignia instead of shoulder boards, and no silver sleeve braid), along with silver buttons. No hat is worn.
General officers have solid silver shoulder boards and wider silver sleeve braid. Enlisted members also have the option to wear the semi-formal uniform, essentially an issued service dress with a white shirt substituted for the blue shirt, but many non-commissioned officers elect to purchase a mess dress.
Women's mess dress uniforms have a long skirt replacing the trousers and delete the button chain clasp for the coat. Marine Corps. Marines wearing evening dress. The centre right male officer is wearing the boat cloak as an outer garment. The mess dress uniforms date from the late 19th century. Mess dress-style uniforms in the USMC are reserved for officers, and staff noncommissioned officers (SNCOs) of grade E6 and above (staff sergeant to sergeant major/master gunnery sergeant); junior enlisted members wear or Service 'A' (also known as 'Alphas') as their most formal uniform. The uniform coat of commissioned and warrant officers is fastened at the neck, similar to that of the dress blue uniform, but is cut away, 'cavalry-style', to expose the white dress shirt and scarlet cummerbund (general officers have a scarlet vest with small gold buttons).
This version is known as evening dress 'B,' and is equivalent to formal 'black tie' civilian attire. It is worn to formal dances, balls, dinners, and events such as the annual USMC Birthday Ball. Officers (all ranks) may wear, in lieu of the scarlet cummerbund or vest, a white vest for white tie events (known as the evening dress 'A' uniform, and equivalent to 'white tie' civilian attire for the most formal occasions such as a State Dinner or Presidential Inauguration Ball). A United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel (left) in evening dress 'B' uniform.
Officer rank, in gold or silver wire, is embroidered directly on the shoulder epaulettes, which are bordered with gold wire and scarlet piping. The collar and cuffs are also bordered in gold wire and scarlet, bearing a for warrant officers and, a single row of oak leaves for, and a double row of oak leaves for. The uniform is completed with midnight blue trousers with gold and red stripes, with an optional boat cloak of dark blue broadcloth material lined with scarlet wool (for male officers and SNCOs) or an optional dress cape of dark blue polyester-wool tropical material lined with scarlet satin rayon cloth (for female officers and SNCOs). Staff noncommissioned officers wear a double-breasted evening dress uniform similar to that of navy officers, with high waist dress blue trousers with, scarlet cummerbund, and black bow tie. The jacket is cut so as to have no overlap, but with the sides clasped together.
The grade chevrons are in the style of the 1890s, larger than other USMC enlisted grade chevrons, worn on each sleeve of the jacket. A white cummerbund with a white bow tie is authorized (for white tie events) for SNCO's. A (see link for pictures of the obsolete uniforms), similar in design to U.S. Navy and uniforms, but with shoulder epaulettes instead of rank boards, was worn until the mid-1990s when it was phased out. Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and others Officers and chief petty officers of the, and use the same mess, referred to as '. There are three styles of this uniform—dinner dress, dinner dress jacket, and tropical dinner dress. Dinner dress uniforms, blue and white, are modifications of service dress blue or service dress white uniforms, with the service ribbons and breast insignia replaced by miniature medals and miniature breast insignia.
Additionally, officers and chief petty officers wear an evening shirt and black bow tie with dinner dress blue. Dinner dress blue jacket and dinner dress white jacket consist of a black waist-length jacket with gold buttons (officer) or silver buttons (petty officer first class and below). The jacket is double-breasted, but does not overlap, and is held with a clasp.
(This, in contrast to double-breasted civilian evening jackets, which are worn fully open, or double-breasted smoking jackets which are worn fully overlapped and buttoned). Bullion or imitation bullion rank stripes are worn on the sleeves of the officers' blue jacket, and a rating badge and service stripes are worn by enlisted personnel. On the officers' dinner dress white jacket, hard shoulder boards are worn. A gold cummerbund is worn by officers and chief petty officers, and a black one by petty officers first class and below. Shirt studs and cuff links are gold for officers and chiefs and silver for petty officers first class and below. A hat or cap is not required with dinner dress jacket uniforms, but may be worn.
For both genders, it must be worn with an outer garment, which is traditionally the boat cloak for males and cape for females. Females do not need to remove headgear indoors when wearing the tiara. The boat cloak, tiara, and cape, all being optional items, are very rarely seen.
Tropical dinner dress blue incorporates dinner dress blue trousers, summer white (short sleeve) shirt, an appropriate cummerbund, and miniature medals and breast insignia. An additional uniform, formal dress (white tie), is optional for all commissioned officers, but may be prescribed for captains and above. This uniform is worn as an equivalent to civilian white tie dress. It is almost identical to the dinner dress blue jacket, except a wing collar shirt, white waistcoat, and white tie are worn. A formal blue tailcoat may also be prescribed. Members of the wear the same dinner dress uniforms as the U.S. Navy and U.S.
Coast Guard, but with a silver cummerbund and silver Coast Guard Auxiliary officer insignia in place of the gold insignia. Petty officers and below may, at their option, wear this same uniform, but with a black cummerbund and silver buttons. Two St John Ambulance of Canada officers in mess uniform (mess dress), black jacket with grey facings and cuffs, and red vest; with others in Canadian army mess uniforms. St John Ambulance may have mess uniforms as a part of the national uniform dress. Each mess uniform varies from nation to nation; however, it generally reflects the colours of St John, being Black, silver (white or grey) and red. The cut and style, as well as accoutrements generally follow British military style.
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Wear of the uniform by retired personnel Found in Section 30.3 Page 314 Applies to Gender Both a. Personnel who will be advanced to a higher grade upon retirement have the option of wearing the insignia of that grade thereafter. Retired personnel on active duty will wear their uniform and insignia in the same manner as prescribed for personnel in the Active Army of corresponding grade and branch. Retired personnel not on active duty may wear either the uniform reflecting their grade and branch on the date of their retirement, or the uniform for personnel in the Active Army of corresponding grade and branch, when appropriate, but may not intermix the two uniforms. Personnel will wear the grade as shown on the retired grade of rank line on the retirement order. Retired personnel not on active duty are not authorized to wear shoulder sleeve insignia, except as follows: (1) Personnel performing instructor duties at an educational institution conducting courses of instruction approved by the Armed Forces will wear the shoulder sleeve insignia of the command that is responsible for the course of instruction.
Senior and junior ROTC instructors will wear the Cadet Command shoulder sleeve insignia on their left shoulder (see AR 145–1 and 145–2 for wear of the uniform by senior and junior ROTC instructors, respectively). (2) Retired personnel are authorized to wear the shoulder sleeve insignia for U.S. Army Retirees on the left shoulder. The insignia consists of a white cloth disc with a blue border, and an inner white disc with a red border, which bears a blue and white adaptation of the coat of arms of the United States.
The outer disk that surrounds the coat of arms contains the inscription “UNITED STATES ARMY” in red letters at the top, and the word “RETIRED” in blue letters at the bottom (see fig 30–1). (3) Retired personnel may wear the shoulder sleeve insignia for former wartime service (SSI–FWTS) on the right shoulder if they were authorized wear of the SSI–FWTS while on active duty. Retired personnel not on active duty are not authorized to wear the Army uniform when they are instructors or responsible for military discipline at an educational institution, unless the educational institution is conducting courses of instruction approved by the Armed Forces. In addition to the occasions for wear listed above, retired personnel are authorized to wear the uniform only on the following occasions. Uniforms for these occasions are restricted to service and dress uniforms; the BDU and physical fitness uniforms will not be worn. (1) While attending military funerals, memorial services, weddings, inaugurals, and other occasions of ceremony.
(2) Attending parades on national or state holidays, or other patriotic parades or ceremonies in which any active or reserve United States military unit is taking part. Wear of the Army uniform at any other time, or for any other purpose than stated above is prohibited. Retirees are authorized to wear the physical fitness uniform (PFU) or the improved physical fitness uniform (IPFU) under the following provisions: (1) May wear the PFU or the IPFU with civilian attire off the installation. (2) When wearing the PFU or the IPFU as a complete uniform, retirees will— (a) Wear only authorized accessories corresponding to those worn by personnel of the Active Army. (b) Keep the sleeves down on the sweatshirt or jacket, the legs down on the pants, and the t-shirt tucked inside the trunks. (c) Not roll or push up the sleeves of the IPFU sweatshirt or the PFU/IPFU jacket.
(d) Wear the sleeves of the IPFU sweatshirt cuffed or uncuffed; may not cuff the IPFU jacket sleeves. (e) Wear the black knit cap pulled down snugly on the head, with the bottom edge of the cap folded up; will not roll the edge of the cap. A similar, commercially designed black knit cap is authorized for wear. Pregnant retirees are authorized to wear the t-shirt/sweatshirt outside the trunks/sweatpants.
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