Doesn the provisions of Title 10, U.S. Code prohibit the wearing of military uniform items with civilian clothing such as kilts?
No, that question contains two popular misconceptions. First, the provisions of Title 10, Sections 771, only prohibit the wearing of the uniform or a distinctive part of the uniform, of the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps, or of a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of such uniforms, by any person who is not a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps. Although it prohibits the wearing of the uniform or articles of uniform by civilians, it says nothing about the wearing of civilian clothing with the uniform. That misconception arose during the 1960’s and 1970’s when that law was used to prohibit the wearing of uniform items by civilians who often combined wearing articles of uniform with civilian clothes.
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