Women serving in the grade of O-4 (Major Surgeon) in the U.S. Public Health Service Com-missioned Corps are required to own the Female Dinner Dress White Jacket Uniform (DDWJ), while it is an optional wear item for O-3 (Senior Assistant Surgeon) Officers and below. Prescribed for wear during Summer, it is worn at official functions where civilians would be wearing black-tie attire.
The jacket the uniform is named after is crafted with a narrow shawl collar and, at first blush, resembles the equivalent men’s jacket. But instead of semi-peaked lapels it has a narrow shawl collar, and there is no option to attach linked-chain buttons for closure as on the men’s jacket. Perhaps most noticeable is that the Women’s jacket has three gilt buttons on each side of the jacket’s front (instead of the two found on the men’s version) and uses sleeve striping rather than hard shoulder boards to display insignia of rank.
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U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps are required to own the Female Dinner Dress White Jacket Uniform (DDWJ), while it is an optional wear item for O-3 (Senior Assistant Surgeon) Officers and below. Prescribed for wear during Summer, it is worn at official functions where civilians would be wearing black-tie attire.
The jacket the uniform is named after is crafted with a narrow shawl collar and, at first blush, resembles the equivalent men’s jacket. But instead of semi-peaked lapels it has a narrow shawl collar, and there is no option to attach linked-chain buttons for closure as on the men’s jacket. Perhaps most noticeable is that the Women’s jacket has three gilt buttons on each side of the jacket’s front (instead of the two found on the men’s version) and uses sleeve striping rather than hard shoulder boards to display insignia of rank.
Click on an image of any DDWJ component shown below to open a new browser tab containing more detailed information on that product.