Kopetski, who was recently recognized as the Marine Corps’ Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Musician of the Year, said she hopes the new version of the female cover is approved.

The Barracks, which hosts many dress occasions, including formal events and parades, eventually adopted male-style covers and jackets for female Marines on the parade field.

Roughly 129 Marines recently became the first women to graduate boot camp in the Corps’ new female blue dress coat, officials have announced.

While three out of five female Marines surveyed supported the Corps' move to adopt a unisex-style dress blue coat, one group was less enthusiastic about the gender-neutral look: women serving as ...

In the meantime, female Marines can choose between the old female coat and the new dress blue which features a mandarin collar. After Sept. 2022, the new female mandarin collar dress blue coat ...

Of note, women have never worn the high-collar dress blue coat — it is not the most recognized uniform for female Marines.

Mabus recently directed the Marines to adopt the male hat as a common cover (a month after the possibility that male Marines would wear female-style covers, termed "girly hats," erupted in the press).

The Marines made the change Thursday after U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree complained that its dress policy unintentionally discriminated against female recruits. Men are allowed to wear crew-neck T-shirts.

U.S. Marine Corps altered its women's uniform policy to cover more tattoos after complaints that the dress policy discriminated ...

Female Marines have long been allowed to carry an umbrella — in their left hand so that they are still capable of saluting properly.

The Marines made the change Thursday after U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree complained that its dress policy unintentionally discriminated against female recruits. Men are allowed to wear crew-neck T-shirts.