A required uniform for all Officers and Chief Warrant Officers (including Reserve Officers on Active Duty Operational Service for a year or more), the Service Dress White Uniform (SDW) for female Officers is a warm-weather uniform that is worn official, business and social functions and events for which the Senior Officer wishes to pay special honor to the activities such as parades, reviews, and evening socials. There is no Enlisted version of the uniform.
Unlike the SDW worn by male officers featuring the Mandarin collar, this uniform’s coat is single-breasted with a formfitting design, a rounded collar featuring overlying half-peaked lapels, and one welt left-breast pocket. It fastens with four 35-ligne Coast Guard gold buttons. A white, unbelted skirt can be worn in lieu of the white slacks, and a Combination Cap is the only headgear authorized for wear with the uniform.
Our Female Officer SDW Uniform Builder makes putting together a complete uniform a breeze by placing all the required components on a single page and auto-selecting several of the items based upon your rank. You can learn more about any individual SDW component by clicking on its image to open a new browser tab with detailed product information.