The U.S. Marine Corps announced it will allow female staff noncommissioned officers and officers to wear slacks with their evening dress uniform, Military.com reported.

The Marines were the last service branch to have a skirt-only mandate for women.

The service on Wednesday published an update to its uniform regulations that allows female staff sergeants and above to wear high-waisted evening dress slacks as an alternative to long or knee-length skirts, Military.com reported.

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