marine corps uniform regulations - US

6104
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MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS
3. Drum majors will wear the baldric across the left shoulder and may wear
gauntlets as necessary.
4. Wearing gloves is not mandatory while performing musical duties. When
white gloves are prescribed, appropriate instrumentalists may wear sensitized
gloves. White gloves may be prescribed with all uniforms.
5. Black shoes and black socks will be worn by male musicians with all dress
uniforms.
6. The sword may be prescribed for officers and the drum major only.
7. Officers of the Marine Band will wear aiguillettes on the left side of
the full dress coat. Both plaited cords will be worn in front of the arm.
The single lay is worn under the arm. Aiguillettes will be attached to the
shoulder knot with the loop suspended from the center top button of the coat.
6103. INSIGNIA
1. Officers of the Marine Band will wear appropriate insignia prescribed in
paragraph 4005, except that on the full dress coat, embroidered insignia of
grade will be attached to the shoulder knots.
2. Insignia for Marine Band musicians will contain the musical lyre (See
fig. 6-1). Insignia will be worn in the same manner prescribed for
equivalent enlisted grade insignia in chapter 4. On special full dress coats
or jackets, branch of service insignia, grade insignia, and service stripes
will not be worn. Musicians will not wear grade insignia or service stripes
on full dress coats or jackets; however, drum majors, the operations chief
and assistant operations chief will wear grade insignia. Insignia of grade
will be worn on the blue all-weather coat in the same manner as worn on the
standard gray all-weather coat. Enlisted musicians will wear the black
metal/plastic grade insignia.