The utility cover, also known as the utility cap and eight-pointed cover, is the United States Marine Corps cap, worn with their combat utility uniform. It is an eight-pointed hat, with a visor similar to a baseball cap.Uniforms of the Marine Corps from MarineParents.com: A Place to Connect & Share It is worn "blocked", that is, creased and peaked, for a sharper appearance.Marine Corps ALMAR ->MCBUL 1020. MARINE CORPS UNIFORM BOARD MEETING NR 190 AND 191Marine For Life – Marine Corps Uniforms A version is also worn as part of the U.S. Navy's Navy Working Uniform.New Navy Working Uniform and Service Uniform Concepts Approved Certain Air Expeditionary Force Airmen also wear them.
History The utility cover was first issued in World War II, with the Herringbone Twill utility uniform issued in 1943. It was based on a US Army field cap design and a railroad engineer cap.p.26 Rottman, Gordon L. US Marine Corps 1941-45 Osprey Publishing, 1995 World War II Marines nicknamed it the raider capp.18 Gilbert, Ed US Marine Corps Raider 1942-43 Osprey Publishing, 2006 from its use by the Marine Raiders. It was made from herringbone twill until 1959, when the material changed to cotton sateen.Marine Corps Utility Cap
See also List of hat styles Boonie hat Patrol cap the United States Army and United States Air Force equivalent. Side cap
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