Master-at-Arms 1st Class Mary Morrison, from Mountain View, Oklahoma, assigned to USS Constitution, tries on a Navy white hat, or "Dixie cup" cover to be used for the new E1-E6 service dress blue ...

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus signed off on a proposal to improve the jumper and the Dixie cup hat for enlisted sailors. The Navy also plans to redesign the female officer combination cover.

Women joining the Navy have started receiving the "Dixie cup" in place of the so-called "bucket hat" worn for decades. Sections.

The U.S. Navy has begun issuing the classic "Dixie cup" hats to all new recruits of all genders. Digital Culture Tech Science Life Social Good Entertainment Deals Shopping Games. Search. Cancel.

The Navy's Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes Illinois marked another milestone in efforts to make uniforms more gender-specific Monday when female recruits received their first enlisted ...

GREAT LAKES, Ill., April 6 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy issued its first "dixie cup" hats to female recruits this week as part of a new effort to acknowledge gender equality and establish consistency in ...

Navy recruits will soon don the same head covers, as part of a junior enlisted uniform overhaul led by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to promote gender equality in appearance.