White Military

Why is the white Navy officer's uniform and Marine dress blues the iconic images of the military?

I was just wondering why the white Navy officer's uniform and Marine dress blues are the iconic uniforms of the military? Why aren't the Army or Air Force uniforms as "famous?"

I figure the Army is the oldest of the armed services in the United States and therefore its uniform should be the most iconic. But it's not. Navy and Marine uniforms take all the glory?

I'm also curious as to why the Army decided to get rid of the green uniforms they used to have. That was face of the Army...

People tended to think that the Marines' uniforms are very neat looking. Especially when the Marine Corps is the only branch to be authorized to wear the NCO Saber (only applies to NCOs and SNCOs). Officers wear the iconic Mameluke, the one with the ivory handle.

The US Army may be older than the Marine Corps but not that old, only by a few months. Marine Corps was born in the same year as the Army, 1775.

It isn't the Marines or the Navy's fault on the iconic uniforms. They happened to be very distinguished looking.

Here is some history lessons for you. The Marine Corps Dress Blues (the black uniform with the red fringe) dates back when the Continental Marines didn't have adequate uniforms and would pick up the British coats (the red coast), and reverse the jackets to avoid looking like a 'red coat'. The black interior shown mostly as the red outline from the exterior was shown around the edges.

The buttons on the Marine's uniforms, their Dress and Service coats still bear the same design of buttons worn by our Patriots, the Revolutionist, the Continental Army and Marines. The buttons symbolize the hardship and sacrifice the patriots endured against the british armies.

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