If I am not a current or former U.S. Armed Forces member, can I wear the uniform as a supporter or volunteer?
A. No. Only current or former members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard are authorized to wear the uniform of the U.S. Armed Forces. From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access: [www.gpoaccess.gov] [Laws in effect as of January 3, 2007] [CITE: 10USC771] Subtitle A–General Military Law PART II–PERSONNEL CHAPTER 45–THE UNIFORM Sec. 771. Unauthorized wearing prohibited Except as otherwise provided by law, no person except a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, may wear– (1) the uniform, or a distinctive part of the uniform, of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps; or (2) a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat.
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