The Male Dinner Dress White Jacket (DDWJ) worn by Officers and Enlisted Sailors is a single-breasted, long-sleeved jacket featuring semi-peaked narrow lapels and back construction that tapers to a point. Both front panels have a pair of decorative 35-ligne Navy eagle buttons, with two linked-chain 28-ligne Navy eagle buttons used for closure. Officers and CPOs wear gold buttons; Junior Enlisted wear silver. Officers display their insignia of grade and corps affiliation on hard shoulder boards attached to shoulder loops that ship unattached with the uniform, while CPOs and Junior Enlisted wear sewn-on rating badges and service stripes (see note below regarding our sleeve alteration and sewing services for attaching loops, stripes, rating badges, etc.).
Our Navy DDWJ is 100% Berry-Amendment compliant and is manufactured at our state-of-the-art facility in North Carolina using Mil-Spec Certified Navy Twill to meet or exceed all Navy specifications and standards.
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. 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.