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Naval officers' uniforms are virtually
indistinguishable from
their British equivalents but, like rank insignia, are
also similar
to those used by the United States Navy. However,
officers' rank
insignia, worn on the jacket cuff with the dark-blue
winter service
uniform and on shoulder boards with all other dress
orders, follow
United States practice, with a five-pointed star above
various
combinations of horizontal stripes. Like their army
counterparts,
enlisted personnel wear rank insignia based on chevrons,
worn point
downward. Enlisted personnel wear both a stiff
white-topped dress
cap, somewhat similar to that of the British Royal Navy
although
with a much thinner ribbon, and a working cap identical to
the
United States sailor's white hat. Marine enlisted
personnel wear
dress uniforms reminiscent of those of the United States
Marine
Corps (USMC), but with a stand-and-fall collar to the
tunic. Marine
officers wear the standard naval uniform and hold naval
ranks. All
ranks have a range of blue and white service uniforms,
plus a
slate-gray working uniform. A United States-style
khaki-drab
uniform is sometimes worn with the ordinary naval cap; the
Marines
also have olive-green, khaki-drab, and camouflage combat
uniforms,
almost indistinguishable from those of the USMC. The
standard steel
helmet is the United States M-1942 pattern. Naval band
members wear
the Germanic bird's-nest shoulder ornament on standard
blue
uniforms.
Data as of March 1994
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