— -- Female recruits for the U.S. Navy will soon make history by wearing the same hats, or “covers,” as their male counterparts. The “Dixie cup” hat worn by male recruits are now part ...

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 ...

United States Navy recruits of all genders will now receive the classic "Dixie cup" hat upon enlistment. The first group of women received ... white toppers that were formal uniform for female ...

The U.S. Navy issued its first "dixie cup" hats to female recruits this week in a new effort to acknowledge gender equality and establish uniform consistency.

The birth of the U.S. Navy didn't take place until a few months after the start of the Revolutionary War, and it was disbanded shortly after. It wasn't brought back into existence for nearly 20 ...

Hate the new "dixie cup" hat? Love the choker-style dress white coat? If you're a female sailor, Congress wants to hear from you. In response to a congressional mandate included in the 2017 ...

A midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday stood up amid a sea of white dress uniforms and asked Navy Secretary Ray Mabus why the service is trying to make women look like men. The ...

The Navy has launched a five-year plan to improve uniforms for female sailors, starting with chiefs and officers. Check out our latest YouTube videos. Watch here 🎥 ...

Navy Vice Adm. Sara Joyner, who became the first female strike fighter pilot to command a fighter squadron, said she felt like an inferior midshipman when she was at the U.S. Naval Academy in the ...