Marines in the Pentagon are set to ditch wearing their camouflage utility uniforms every day in favor of the more formal "service" dress uniforms.

Uniform shortages are not unique to the Navy. For example, the Marine Corps started experiencing a low inventory of its woodland-pattern combat utility uniforms, known as cammies, back in 2022.

The annual gun-unholstering ritual, like swallows to Capistrano, signifies the coming of spring for Marines in the loose-fitting, green camouflage-patterned combat utility uniform.

The garments spanned nearly 25 decades, ranging from the original ones worn by Continental Marines during the Revolutionary War in 1775, to the current day Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform.

At MCAS Iwakuni, Marines are still expected to turn out in woodland utility uniforms. “At this time, there have been no policies implemented on MCAS Iwakuni for the wear of desert Marine Corps ...

A camouflage shortage in the Marine Corps will lead to service members wearing less regulated uniforms in the near future. In an Instagram video, Commandant Gen. Eric Smith addr… ...

Marine Corps service members will be allowed by leaders to wear non-standard uniform items as units deal with an ongoing woodland camouflage shortage.

Unit commanders may allow the desert-colored camouflage combat utility uniform or the flame-resistant organizational gear, known as FROGs.

The Marine Corps anticipates the combat utility uniforms won’t be fully back in stock until nearly a year from now. (Sgt. Patrick King/Marine Corps) After the shoulder ripped on one of Sgt ...

Camouflage combat utility uniforms OK’d for Pentagon Marines At the time, Marine Corps Systems Command officials said it wanted to pay no more than $105.60 per next-gen Marine combat utility ...

Similar grooming requirements exist for his service uniform and the Marine Pattern Combat Utility Uniform, or MARPAT, and the service’s physical training uniform.

A December 2022 memo from Lt. Gen. Gregg Olson, the director of staff for the Marine Corps, changed the uniform of the day from the khaki service uniform to the woodland-green camouflage combat ...