Figure 1.--The boys in this VNJ drum band wear blue shoulder boards on their grey shirts.

The VNJ wears a grey shirt with various patches and emblems. The most common grey shirt worn by the boys has military-style features. The shirts often have epauletes and pocket flaps. Especially as they wear Scout-like orange kerchiefs with their grey shirts, giving the group a rather Scout-like look. All of the shirts are usually about the same color. There are some differences in the shirts. Many but not all have epulettes. Some boys wearing their shirts have shoulder boards. One group of drummers had blue shoulder boards, presumably indicating their status as band membetrs. Some boys have white cords hanging from their shouldervepulettes, presumably an insignia of rank.