The Coast Guard Men’s Service Dress Blue Coat is worn with the Full Dress Blue, Dinner Dress Blue, and Service Dress Blue (Alpha and Bravo) Uniforms. This single-breasted coat features notched lapels, roll collar, and four patch pockets with flap closures, each secured with a 23-ligne Coast Guard gilt button. Four 35-ligne Coast Guard gilt buttons on the right front panel are used for closure. There are no construction differences between the coats worn by Officers and Enlisted personnel because rank insignia is displayed with sleeve striping for Officers and rating badges for Enlisted personnel.
Note: Our military dress coats and jackets are manufactured and ship with unfinished sleeves longer than most customers would ever need. This is to accommodate various arm lengths and to reduce total alteration costs since placement of sleeve stripes or services stripes is based upon distance from the sleeve end, allowing you to hem the sleeve to its regulation length before sewing on sleeve ornamentation. It also ensures you have ample material with which to work during the alteration process.
We do offer a variety of sleeve alteration services that will be suggested to you when add the coat to your shopping cart should you prefer to have the coat arrive ready to wear.