U.S. NAVY OFFICER / CPO COAT AND JACKET BUTTONS

Only Officers and Chief Petty Officers wear gold buttons in the Navy; female Sailors in the rates E1 to E6 wear silver buttons on service dress coats, and both male and female Sailors E1 to E6 wear silver buttons on Mess Dress jackets. On all Navy buttons is the image of an eagle rising, perched on a horizontally positioned anchor and its head facing the wearer’s right. This imagery is surrounded by 13 five-pointed stars and a circular rope.

Below is the list of buttons needed per Navy male Officer/Chief Petty Officer uniform:

• Male Summer Dress White Jacket (Choker) : 5 x 36 Ligne and 2 x 22.5 Ligne
• Male Service Dress Blue Coat & Dinner Dress Blue Jacket : 6 x 36 Ligne buttons
• Male Dinner Dess White Jacket: 4 x 36 Ligne buttons
• Male Service Dress Khaki Jacket: 3 x 36 Ligne buttons and 4 x 22.5 Ligne
• Female Service Dress Blue Jacket & Service Dress white Jacket : 4 x 36 Ligne buttons
• Female Dinner Dress Blue Jacket & Dinner Dress white Jacket : 6 x 22.5 Ligne buttons