page_title: Royal Fleet Auxiliary
section_title: No. 2 Dress
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Fleet Auxiliary / Uniforms / No. 2 Dress
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Prins Edward, earl av Wessex och Sophie, grevinna av Wessex på väg in till slottskyrkan på Kungliga slottet i Stockholm inför vigseln mellan prinsessan Madeleine och Christopher O’Neill den 8 juni 2013.English: Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex on the way to the castle church at the Royal Palace in Stockholm before the wedding between Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill June 8, 2013.Deutsch: Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex und Sophie, Gräfin von Wessex auf dem Weg zum Schloss Kirche auf dem königlichen Palast in Stockholm vor der Hochzeit zwischen Prinzessin Madeleine und Christopher O'Neill 8. Juni 2013.Français&#160;: Prince Edward, comte de Wessex et Sophie, comtesse de Wessex sur le chemin de l'église du château au palais royal à Stockholm avant le mariage entre la princesse Madeleine et Christopher O'Neill 8 Juin 2013.Español: Príncipe Eduardo, conde de Wessex y Sophie, condesa de Wessex en el camino a la iglesia del castillo en el Palacio Real de Estocolmo antes de la boda entre la princesa Magdalena y Christopher O'Neill 08 de junio 2013.
context_page_description: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is the fifth fighting arm of the Royal Navy. It is made up of civilian-crewed ships operated by the Ministry of Defence. It provides vital – and highly valued – logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. A committed team of personnel makes sure the Royal Navy and Royal Marines are well supplied and well supported, providing medical care, transporting kit, fuel and other essentials all over the world. In addition the RFA provides humanitarian aid, undertakes counter piracy patrols, counter narcotic operations, defence diplomacy together with assisting in preventing conflict or safeguarding the flow of international trade as single units. They are the uniformed civilian branch of the Naval Service, staffed by UK merchant sailors.
  The RFA counts an Aviation Training ship/Hospital Ship and landing vessels amongst its assets. RFA personnel are employees of the Ministry of Defence, and since 2003, special members of the Royal Naval Reserve deemed sponsored reserves, which are civilians who must be part of the Armed Forces in some capacity, in order to carry out specialist civilian jobs in a military capacity.
context_section_description: Number 2A dress is the formal evening dress for ceremonial dinners; it consists of a navy blue mess jacket with a white waistcoat (black cummerbund for female officers) with miniature medals. 
  2B is "mess undress" for other mess functions, and is worn with either a black cummerbund or navy blue waistcoat and miniature medals. 2C, "red sea rig", is worn for informal evening wear on board ship; it consists of a white short sleeved shirt, worn with shoulderboards, without medals and with black trousers, black shoes and a black cummerbund.
caption: No. 2A dress
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