marine corps uniform regulations - US

MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS
d. Dress frame cap: 27-line with screw-type back.
3. The black plastic buttons are either medium (27-line) or large (40-line)
and will be worn on the service uniform as follows:
a. Service coat: 27-line on shoulder straps and men's pockets, 40-line on
coat fronts.
b. Service frame cap: 27-line with screw-type back.
4004. INSIGNIA OF GRADE, ENLISTED (see figures 4-5 thru 4-10)
1. General
a. Enlisted Marines will wear only the grade insignia prescribed for
their grade/gender, as available through the DoD Supply System or MCCSs.
b. Cloth insignia is available in two sizes, large for men and small for
women. Insignia will be sewn on garments with thread that matches the
background material of the insignia using a straight machine stitch. No
other style of stitching will be used.
c. Scarlet broadcloth insignia (green on scarlet or gold on scarlet) may
be finished with either a merrowed (whip-stitched) edge or a cut edge.
Insignia and service stripes on the service and blue dress coats are to be of
the same edge style.
2. Regulations for Cloth Insignia
a. Insignia will be of the design illustrated in figure 4-5 and will be
worn single point up, centered on the outer half of each sleeve. Insignia
will be placed 4 inches below the shoulder seam (3 inches for male first
sergeant/master sergeant and above) except as otherwise noted below. (See
figs. 4-6 and 4-7.)
b. Green on scarlet insignia will be worn on green service coats.
c. Green on khaki insignia will be worn on khaki shirts. On short sleeve
khaki shirts, insignia will be centered between the shoulder seam and the
bottom edge of the sleeve (men) or the peak of the cuff (women).
d. Standard gold on scarlet insignia will be worn on blue dress coats.
e. Washable gold on scarlet insignia may be worn on women's (blue dress)
white shirts, centered between the shoulder seam and the peak of the cuff.
However, they are no longer required.
f. Distinctive 1890's style gold on scarlet insignia, as depicted in
figure 4-8, will be worn on the SNCOs evening dress jacket, placed 3 inches
below the shoulder seam. A reduced version (70 percent of original size) of
this insignia will be worn on female SNCO evening dress jackets, three inches
below the shoulder seam.
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