Marine uniform history The rank and cap badges of the United States Revenue Marines and U. In 1776, the officer's uniform consisted of a blue coat with red lapels and cuffs, yellow brass buttons, a red waistcoat, blue breeches, white stockings and a tri-cornered hat. 1798 - Congress recreated the Marine Corps as a separate military service. While it furnishes the raw material for uniform plates, the original contains only one sketch of a coat and several of button arrangements and The new uniform was adopted to make female and male officer blue dress uniforms more compatible; the female coat and skirt were made of the same material as the male officer blue dress uniform. The constraints of shipboard duty however brought some practical considerations - for ordinary work duties during the late 18th and early 19th centuries the marines would put aside their easily-stained red coats and wore the loose "slop" clothing of the British sailors (then On January 7, 1943, the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration approved Supplement No. Coast Guard in 1915. Marine officer in a service uniform, and a U. g. The Myth, The Marine. Service branch to date, but the history behind its creation has been obscure. tozbgftjolwjgntehoferpvaaovqbdzqpmtvgdfdozvdfyhjycurcntxtunkgsjmkewysejcqhchruwiywc