Women’s dress uniforms in the Navy and Marine Corps are shifting to a more masculine version, called “gender-neutral,” and touted as a step toward equality.

Officers are required by law to foot the bill for their uniforms, following a one-time stipend at the beginning of their careers, CNP spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen said.

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Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West holds an all-hands aboard the USS Kearsarge during a visit to Naval Station Norfolk. West is wearing the Navy Working Uniform Type III.

Beginning Oct. 1 and ending Sept. 30, 2019, sailors will be able to wear either the blue Navy Working Uniform Type 1 or the new NWU Type III, at the discretion of the unit commanding officer.

His first target: Killing aquaflage. It took almost a year to begin phasing out the blue Navy working uniform in favor of a more popular green version, and now the Navy's top officer is pledging ...

The Navy is rolling out a five-year program aimed at "improving the design, form, fit, and function" of uniforms for women in the fleet, according to the service. The program, known as the Size ...

The Navy’s most mocked camouflage uniform will be soon be a thing of the past, the service announced Thursday. ... Commissioned officers, who only receive a one-time career uniform stipend, ...

During that time, the Navy will launch a second wear test that will include 20 flag officers and chiefs from Norfolk, Virginia, to Newport, Rhode Island, and from Washington, D.C., to Honolulu.

The Navy is in the midst of redesigning those much loathed slacks, and is loosening some uniform regulations in the meantime to accommodate women who can't stand them.