The uniforms of the United States Navy include dress uniforms, daily service uniforms, working uniforms, and uniforms for special situations, which have varied throughout the history of the navy. For
1917 recruiting poster for the United States Navy by Howard Chandler Christy, featuring a woman wearing the most widely recognized uniform, the enlisted dress blues.
An officer inspects enlisted sailors in Service Dress Blue (2008)
A female U.S. Navy officer in Service Dress Blue uniform (2012)
A lieutenant models the Service Dress White uniform (2015)
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The Navy Working Uniform is a series of military uniforms that are currently used by the United States Navy for wear by its members. The NWU is a "working" uniform, which means that it is made to a mo
Rear Admiral Michelle J. Howard in July 2009, wearing a Desert Camouflage Uniform while meeting with U.S. Navy sailors wearing the NWU Type I. The DCU was eventually replaced by the NWU Type II a few years later and the NWU Type I discontinued in 2019.
AOR2, the camouflage pattern used on the NWU Type III
The camouflage pattern used on the NWU Type I
Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy Rick D. West in August 2010, wearing an early version of the NWU Type III featuring rank insignia on the collars and not on the chest