--- title: "Space Force trainees will get the service’s new dress uniform" description: "The current class of Space Force trainees will be the first to graduate with the service's new formal wear." date: "2025-11-30" modified: "2025-11-30" authors: - name: "Nicholas Slayton" job_title: "Contributing Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/space-forces-trainees-dress-uniforms/" categories: - "Military Branches" - "News" - "Space Force" --- # Space Force trainees will get the service’s new dress uniform ![U.S. Space Force trainees receive their initial issue of the new USSF Service Dress uniform during a fitting at clothing issue at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 19, 2025. This group is the first class of USSF BMT trainees to be issued this specific dress uniform, which they will wear for the first time during their graduation ceremony on Dec. 18, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)]() *Space Force trainees are fitted for the service's new dress uniform. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz.* The newest class of guardians will soon be sporting the Space Force’s new dress uniform. The trainees currently going through basic military training were recently fitted to wear the service’s new dress uniform, which only recently became available to order. The current class going through basic training is the first group of Space Force trainees to receive the new dress uniform. The news was announced by the 37th Training Wing this week, and [first reported]() on by Stars and Stripes. They sport the outfit during a graduation ceremony set for Dec. 18. The 37th Training Wing released some photos this month of trainees getting measured for the uniforms, giving the public some of the best looks yet at Space Force’s formal wear. The new uniform features dark gray pants and shirts, with a very dark blue coat and tie. The coat features a diagonal closure, with silver buttons running up towards the right shoulder. The photos from the 37th Training Wing, the Department of the Air Force’s main training unit based out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, show the trainees being issued the uniforms, while also sporting Space Force-specific PT clothes. Since its founding in 2019, Space Force has struggled to form its own specific culture, in part due to so many of its early members being former Air Force personnel and the service relying on many of the Air Force’s systems. The service has also prioritized its operations, including rapidly expanding its network of satellites in orbit and developing strategies and plans for what it calls “orbital warfare.” The service’s uniforms have been one of the areas it has struggled to nail down. [Pants]() were a major issue for some time. Early prototypes leaned into somewhat sci-fi aesthetics, emphasizing shiny silver against dark fabric. In September the Department of the Air Force [announced]() that guardians could start ordering the new uniforms in November. Recruiters, military training instructors, Honor Guard members and recruiters were among the first group to be able to order them, with the military planning a multi-stage rollout through 2026 for guardians to wear the new uniform. Delivery of the uniforms is expected by the middle of 2026. It’s not currently required, and most guardians are authorized to wear a modified version of the Air Force’s dress uniform. ## Author Nicholas Slayton is a contributing editor for Task & Purpose, covering conflict for over 12 years, from the Arab Spring to the war in Ukraine. His previous reporting can be found on the non-profit Aslan Media, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, The New Republic, The American Prospect, Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, and the Los Angeles Downtown News. You can reach him at nicholas@taskandpurpose.com or find him on Twitter @NSlayton and Bluesky at @nslayton.bsky.social. ### Author social links [Twitter]()