Coats
All Enlisted personnel may wear the navy blue pea coat with a rank insignia for Petty Officer Third Class (E-4) and up on the left sleeve, a navy blue All Weather Coat with rank insignia worn on the collar, or a navy blue Working Uniform Jacket with rank insignia worn on the collar.
Officers and Chiefs may wear the calf-length "bridge coat" or reefer, with gold buttons and rank insignia worn on the epaulettes, or the all weather coat, with rank insignia also worn on the shoulder or collar, depending on rank. Additionally, a khaki windbreaker may be worn with the service khaki uniform.
Naval Aviators, Naval Flight Officers, Naval Flight Surgeons, Naval Aviation Physiologists, and Naval Aircrewman are authorized to wear G-1 seal-brown goatskin-leather flight jackets, with warfare insignia listed on a name tag (rank optional) over the left breast pocket, either permanently stitched to the leather or attached with a Velcro hook-and-loop fastener. These jackets were previously adorned with various "mission patches," which indicate places the wearer has served. Today, patches on the G-1 are limited to a maximum of three in addition to the nametag, i.e., a unit insignia on the right breast, an aircraft type insignia on the right sleeve and an aircraft type insignia or embroidered U.S. flag on the left sleeve.
Also, the Navy issues foul-weather or cold-weather jackets as appropriate for the environment, which are generally olive or Navy blue in color. These jackets are considered "Organizational Clothing". They do not belong to the sailor, and are not allowed for wear off of the ship unless working in the near vicinity of the ship.
Read more about this topic: Uniforms Of The United States Navy
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