Artifact Friday Female Dress Blue Uniform In 1950, Commandant of the Marine Corps General Clifton B. Cates ordered the creation of new modern uniforms for Women Marines serving on active duty. According to the 1975 U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, the rarely seen Service Dress Blue (Yankee) uniform was for "warm weather afternoon and early evening functions such as yachting parties." The uniform was Navy Uniforms: Women's Service Dress Blue, Officer. 1984 Uniform Regulations, Page 4 14 PICRYL Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search US Navy Enlisted Men's Dress, Blue, A & B Uniform