§773 When Distinctive Insignia Required

Summary

People may wear certain non‑military uniforms if the relevant military department gives them special badges that make the uniform clearly different from Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force uniforms. This can include uniforms a school sets for instructors or members of an organized cadet corps at a State university, college, or public high school with regular military instruction, or at other schools that have a member of those services teaching military science and tactics. It also covers uniforms for members of military societies made up of people discharged honorably or under honorable conditions when the President’s rules allow it. Those uniforms must not use officer rank badges that are the same as or look like those used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force. People who are allowed to attend an ROTC course but are not corps members may wear the corps uniform while attending, if the military department’s rules permit.