Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign CountriesWilliams, Dion
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Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries
Williams, Dion
Armies -- Insignia; Military uniforms; Navies -- Insignia; United States. Army -- Insignia; United States. Navy -- Insignia
Petty officers detailed to duty in the Naval Aviation Corps wear rating
badges of the same design as those worn by other petty officers, the
number of stripes in the chevron showing the class, three stripes with
an arc of a circle above for chief petty officer class, three stripes
for first class, two stripes for second class and one stripe for third
class, and the specialty marks showing the various classes of duty
being as follows:
Quartermaster A steering wheel with one eagle’s
Aviation wing to the right of it and one
to the left of it.
Machinist’s Mate A two-bladed airplane propeller
Aviation with one eagle’s wing to the
right of it and one to the left
of it.
Carpenter’s Mate Two axes crossed with one eagle’s
Aviation wing to the right of it and one
to the left of it.
[Illustration: U. S. Navy. Petty officers’ rating badges worn on
sleeves of uniform coats, overshirts and jumpers. The special detail is
indicated by the specialty mark worn in the angle of the chevron
1. Chief Master-at-Arms 2. Boatswain’s Mate, First Class 3. Gunner’s
Mate, Second Class 4. Quartermaster, Third Class]
[Illustration: U. S. Navy
Petty officers’ specialty marks]
These specialty marks measure 2½ inches from tip to tip of the eagle’s
wings.
“Distinguishing marks” are worn by certain enlisted men to indicate
special duties or stations to which they are detailed or to show
certain qualifications. These marks are embroidered in white silk for
blue clothing and in blue silk for white clothing and, as illustrated,
are as follows:
NUMBER OF
FIGURE IN
ILLUSTRATION. DUTY OR STATION.
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