---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch45"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 45"
heading: "The Uniform"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch45"
sections_count: 9
---

# Chapter 45 — The Uniform

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel

## Sections

- [§771. Unauthorized wearing prohibited](/usc/10/771.md)
- [§771a. Disposition on discharge](/usc/10/771a.md)
- [§772. When wearing by persons not on active duty authorized](/usc/10/772.md)
- [§773. When distinctive insignia required](/usc/10/773.md)
- [§774. Religious apparel: wearing while in uniform](/usc/10/774.md)
- [§775. Issue of uniform without charge](/usc/10/775.md)
- [§776. Applicability of chapter](/usc/10/776.md)
- [§777. Wearing of insignia of higher grade before promotion (frocking): authority; restrictions](/usc/10/777.md)
- [§777a. Wearing of insignia of higher grade before appointment to a grade above major general or rear admiral (frocking): authority; restrictions](/usc/10/777a.md)