[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR765.13]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 765_RULES APPLICABLE TO THE PUBLIC--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 765.13  Insignia to be worn on uniform by persons not in the service.

    (a) Under title 10 U.S.C., section 773, members of military 
societies composed of persons discharged honorably or under honorable 
conditions from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps, 
regular or reserve, may, when authorized by regulations prescribed by 
the President, wear the uniform duly prescribed by such societies to be 
worn by the members thereof.

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    (b) The law cited in paragraph (a) of this section further provides 
that instructors and members of duly organized cadet corps at certain 
institutions of learning may wear the uniform duly prescribed by the 
authorities of such institutions.
    (c) The law cited in paragraph (a) of this section further provides 
that the uniform worn by members of the military societies or by members 
and instructors of the cadet corps referred to in paragraph (a) of this 
section shall include some distinctive mark or insignia prescribed by 
the Secretary of the military department concerned to distinguish such 
uniforms from the uniforms of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps.
    (d) Accordingly, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the 
following mark is hereby designated to be worn by all persons wearing 
the Navy or Marine Corps uniform as provided in paragraphs (a), (b), and 
(c) of this section: A diamond, 3\1/2\ inches long in the vertical axis, 
and 2 inches wide in the horizontal axis, of any cloth material, white 
on blue clothing, forestry green on khaki clothing, and blue on white 
clothing. The figure shall be worn on all outer clothing on the right 
sleeve, at the point of the shoulder, the upper tip of the diamond to be 
one-fourth inch below the shoulder seam. For persons who are 
participating in United States Marine Corps Junior ROTC programs, the 
following mark is designated to be worn: A round patch, three inches in 
diameter, which contains a gold Marine Corps emblem centered on a 
scarlet field. The scarlet field is surrounded with a blue border 
containing the words ``United States Marine Corps Junior ROTC'' in white 
lettering. Surrounding the blue field will be a gold border. Unless 
otherwise directed, the patch will be worn in the manner described above 
in connection with the ``diamond'' insignia.
    (e) Within the meaning of paragraph (a) of this section, the 
occasions when members of the military societies may wear the uniform of 
their respective society are official functions which such a member 
attends in his capacity as a war veteran or as a member of such military 
society.
    (f) Marine Corps Uniform Regulations may be examined and individual 
copies of pertinent provisions thereof may be purchased in accordance 
with Sec. 701.1 of this chapter.

(Sec. 773, 70A Stat. 35; 10 U.S.C. 773)

[13 FR 8971, Dec. 28, 1948, as amended at 26 FR 11794, Dec. 12, 1961; 37 
FR 6472, Mar. 30, 1972; 44 FR 37610, June 28, 1979]