Navy Updates Female Dixie Cup and Combination Cover Published December 24, 2013 Navy Secretary Ray Mabus signed off on a proposal to improve the jumper and the Dixie cup hat for enlisted sailors.

U.S. Navy wants to remind all officers and chiefs to acquire the Alternative Combination Cover (ACC) or the current combination cover by Oct. 31.

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Mary Morrison, from Mountain View, Oklahoma, assigned to USS Constitution, tries on a Navy white hat, or "Dixie cup" cover to be used for the new E1-E6 service dress blue ...

The Navy's newly unveiled covers for female officers and chiefs look a lot like those worn by men — but are tailored for a better fit. The new covers were announced in late December as part of a ...

Women sailors will soon be getting black crackerjacks and the iconic "Dixie cup" cover as part of the Navy's top-down push to render uniform styling gender-neutral.

The combination cover for female chiefs and officers also is being phased out as women shift to the same combination covers authorized for men. All female officers and chiefs must begin wearing ...

Women joining the Navy have started receiving the "Dixie cup" in place of the so-called "bucket hat" worn for decades. ... with combination covers and mandarin-collar dress whites.

He said the Navy designed the combination “cover,” for example, to “actually fit your head.” He said what are considered male uniforms are “iconic uniforms and that’s why we’re going ...

(Navy Times) -- It's official — the visibly gender-neutral Navy has arrived. Service officials on Friday released a sweeping Navy administrative message to announce the fleet introduction of new ...

GREAT LAKES, Ill., April 6 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy issued its first "dixie cup" hats to female recruits this week as part of a new effort to acknowledge gender equality and establish consistency in ...

Lt. Heidi Boettger and Chief Yeoman Brianne Dentson model a prototype for the female combination cover, redesigned to more closely resemble the male version ... WASHINGTON (NNS) — Secretary of the ...