“The association of dress blues and bad news should not be something the Marine Corps should be promoting, unintentionally or not,” he said. Retired Col. John Kaheny of San Diego said the ...

Two of his older brothers had enlisted in the Marine Corps, and he wanted to ... he’d say earning his dress blues, which he did when he graduated from Quantico. Dress blues are a dress uniform ...

Long said he'll save the dress blues for just the right occasion. He also said he'd like to thank the veterans group Honor Flight and the retired Marine colonel who helped him get those fine ...

Vincent Long says he never received his dress blues because of racial ... On Wednesday, a retired colonel from Garden City presented Long with a custom-fitted Marine Corps dress uniform, including ...

In 2013, the then-commanding officer of Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Col. Christian G. Cabaniss, requested that female Marines field test wearing male dress blue uniforms. Prototypes of a ...

WAUSAU - Retired Marine Col. Kenneth Russom never dreamed he'd ... For example, the red stripe on the dress blue uniforms represents the blood lost in battle. ... And the brotherhood, that never ...

And we reached out to retired Marine Colonel Mark Caballero (ph), who just ... BENJAMIN DEJARNETTE: The dress blue uniform is a very respected uniform. I think it's completely fine.

“Casualty notification is a solemn event and deserves full honors,” said Col ... Marine Regiment during the 2003 assault on Baghdad and April’s offensive in Fallujah, said the dress blues ...

Female Marines no longer have to wear pantyhose when wearing their service or dress uniforms, according to a Monday update to the service's uniform regulations. "Effective immediately, the wear of ...

Harry Gunther was just 17 years old growing up in Chicago when he saw United States Marine dress blues for the first time when, while sitting outside with friends, a Marine walked past.