§773 When distinctive insignia required

Summary

People may wear certain non‑military uniforms if those uniforms have special badges set by the military department’s Secretary so they do not look like the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force uniforms. This applies to two kinds: uniforms a school sets for instructors or members of organized cadet corps at state colleges, public high schools, or other schools with a service member teaching military science; and uniforms of veteran societies made up of people honorably discharged from those services when the President’s rules allow it. Those uniforms must not use officer rank badges that are the same as or look like the services’ officer ranks. Under rules the military department Secretary sets, a person who is allowed to attend Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) classes but is not a member of the corps may wear the ROTC uniform while attending.