![Marines model the United States Marine Corps dress blue and service alpha uniforms during a Marine Corps birthday uniform pageant Nov. 8 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The pageant is an annual Marines model the United States Marine Corps dress blue and service alpha uniforms during a Marine Corps birthday uniform pageant Nov. 8 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The pageant is an annual](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/J4K11H/marines-model-the-united-states-marine-corps-dress-blue-and-service-J4K11H.jpg)
Marines model the United States Marine Corps dress blue and service alpha uniforms during a Marine Corps birthday uniform pageant Nov. 8 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The pageant is an annual
![File:U. S. Marine Corps Staff Non-Commissioned Officers, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, perform sword and drill while dressed in their Service Alpha uniforms during the Commanding General's 130827-M-VR358-322.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:U. S. Marine Corps Staff Non-Commissioned Officers, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, perform sword and drill while dressed in their Service Alpha uniforms during the Commanding General's 130827-M-VR358-322.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/U._S._Marine_Corps_Staff_Non-Commissioned_Officers%2C_assigned_to_Headquarters_and_Headquarters_Squadron%2C_perform_sword_and_drill_while_dressed_in_their_Service_Alpha_uniforms_during_the_Commanding_General%27s_130827-M-VR358-322.jpg/800px-thumbnail.jpg)
File:U. S. Marine Corps Staff Non-Commissioned Officers, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, perform sword and drill while dressed in their Service Alpha uniforms during the Commanding General's 130827-M-VR358-322.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Official Portrait: Retired Commandant of The Marine Corps, Gen Alfred M. Gray, green service uniform alpha, uncovered with ribbons worn - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search Official Portrait: Retired Commandant of The Marine Corps, Gen Alfred M. Gray, green service uniform alpha, uncovered with ribbons worn - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1995/01/01/official-portrait-retired-commandant-of-the-marine-corps-gen-alfred-m-gray-85aab4-1024.jpg)