The Collaborative International Dictionary
Service uniform \Service uniform\ (Mil. & Nav.) The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the United States army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, with all metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with the exceptional of insignia of rank, which are of gold or silver finish.
Usage examples of "service uniform".
Dreams in which Billy wore a Postal Service uniform and grinningly accompanied the mailman on his hellishly appointed rounds.
He was the shortest man Susan had ever seen--shorter by almost half a foot than the man who had attacked her in her quarters--and his build appeared unbelievably frail in the powder blue Survey Service uniform.
He still got curious glances from passersby, occasioned by his sandy hair, blue eyes, and broad shoulders, but once the eyes took in the Service uniform, especially the officers' bars, they tended to glaze over with the reassurance of the familiar.
All eight of the remaining devilkids, four on a side, in full-dress Service uniform, stood at attention.
He wore what looked like an ordinary Regular Space Service uniform, though Cecelia wasn't sure about the rank insignia.
He wore what looked like an ordinary Regular Space Service uniform, though Cecelia wasnt sure about the rank insignia.
Since Galeni, albeit almost painfully neat, scrubbed, shaved, and polished, wore the same dress green Service uniform with glittering insignia as Miles did, it could only be the effect of his companion.
Mackenzie had showered and changed into his summer service uniform.
I scrambled and grunted myself out of my General Service uniform and into the custard of Army In.
I scrambled and grunted myself out of my General Service uniform and into the custard of Army Intelligence.