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. U.S. NAVY ENLISTED SERVICE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM (E1 E6) U.S. NAVY FEMALE OFFICER SERVICE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM 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