Dress Blues for Enlisted Marines

By: fedweek

Marines are known for their traditional dress blue uniforms, but most enlisted Marines who wanted to wear blues have had to buy them. This will change Oct. 1, 2007, when the Marine Corps will start issuing dress blues to all enlisted Marines as part of their initial uniform issues. Those who entered the Marine Corps before Oct. 1 and did not receive dress blues during recruit training will begin receiving an increase to their annual clothing replacement allowance beginning Oct. 1. Because the increase will take four years to equal the cost of a dress blue uniform, the mandatory possession date for all enlisted Marines will be Oct. 1, 2011. For more information, see MarAdmin 504/07 of Aug. 23, 2007.