• Easy to maintain, high gloss synthetic leather for the chinstrap and visor (regulations requie it to be kept polished at all times)
• Cap is an optional-wear item that Marines may wear with the service uniform on all occasions.  When the cap is worn it should be positioned so that it's straight and centered, so that the tip of the visor is in line with the wearer's eyebrows.

 A little history:

Even those only a bit familiar with the Marine Corps have a pretty good idea of how much importance the service places on tradition. So it’s easy to appreciate the dilemma the service was facing in 2013 when the company that manufactured the female version of the dress cap went out of business—and no company could be found willing to resume production. When the Corps opted to resolve the issue by issuing a universal cap, it decided to get feedback from Marines on whether the new, “unisex” cap should use the current male dress / service cap frame, or if a “throwback” cap known as the “Dan Daly Cap” should be introduced as the single style cap to be worn by male and female marines.

The problem, however, was two-fold. First, the dress cap worn by male Marines had been part of the dress uniform since 1922; envisioning a uniform with a different dress cover bordered on hersey. Second, the so-called “Daly Cap” had previously been announced as the replacement for the female “bucket” cover, and some critics contended it was an affront to Marine manliness for male Marines to wear a cover designed specifically for females.

But the issue was pretty much silenced when the Marines’ own votes were counted: over 90 percent agreed that the male version of the dress cap was suitable for both females and males, and the controversy died down almost immediately after the Corps announced the traditional male cap would be worn by both men and women with their respective dress uniforms.