Side Cap - Civilian Use

Civilian Use

Staff members of the Australian Air Force Cadets are also entitled to wear a garrison cap with Service Dress uniform.

Royal Canadian Air Cadets wear wedge caps in Air Force blue as part of their uniform.

United States Civil Air Patrol personnel wear the US Air Force Flight Cap with distinctive CAP hat insignia. Senior Members (ages 18 and above) will wear the company grade/field grade officer or general officer style flight cap, dependent on CAP rank, but will wear a small version of the service hat device in lieu of rank insignia in order to distinguish themseleves from actual Air Force officers (including those in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard). CAP Cadet officers will wear the Air Force enlisted flight cap with cadet rank insignia instead of the CAP insignia, while cadets who are not cadet officers will ear a generic insignia. This hat is the standard cover with most of the Air Force style uniforms.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary personnel will wear the equivalent U.S. Coast Guard cap with their uniforms.

Many uniformed civilian organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America have used garrison caps.

Waiters at many old fashioned style diners also wear garrison caps.

The American Legion and many other Veterans Service Organizations wear distinctive garrison caps.

Some commercial air-line employees, particularly flight attendants, wear garrison caps.

Participants of U.S. Military ROTC and JROTC programs are issued garrison caps for the duration of their studies.

The Massachusetts Maritime Academy also requires its students to wear garrison covers.

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