| 11. | The same version is worn on the Mess Dress Uniform peaked cap by all officers.
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| 12. | Regular force officers are required to purchase mess dress within 6 months of being commissioned.
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| 13. | The Navy, Army, and Air Force each have unique patterns of mess dress.
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| 14. | Mess dress is worn in the Senior Staff Mess for formal occasions such as mess dinners.
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| 15. | Some units also host an annual formal military ball ( mess dress ) and formal dinner.
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| 16. | Epaulettes are still worn on some Army Full Dress, Patrol Dress, and Mess Dress uniforms.
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| 17. | Another distinctive feature of Baluchi uniforms were plain silver ball buttons worn on service and mess dresses.
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| 18. | The only exception to this is the female mess dress, where they are worn on the sleeve.
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| 19. | The Swedish Army code for full mess dress is m / 86, the air force m / 1938.
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| 20. | With the full mess dress one may also wear braces or a waistcoat in one's branch colours.
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