Uniform - Security and Armed Forces

Security and Armed Forces

Military personnel or civilian officials generally wear several kinds of uniforms:

  • battledress, khakis;
  • dress uniform: worn at ceremonies, official receptions, and other special occasions; medals are typically worn.
  • mess dress, formal evening dress worn in the mess or at other formal occasions.
  • everyday work uniform, often with abbreviated forms of embellishment (such as using duller buttons or replacing medals with ribbon bars);

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