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
19. Seaman gunner mark, worn below the
chevron by petty officers and in place of
the rating badge by other men who have
qualified as seaman gunners.
20. Gun captain mark, worn by men detailed
by the commanding officer as gun captains,
on the opposite arm to that on
which the rating badge is worn.
21. Gun pointer mark, worn by men who have
qualified as gun pointers on the opposite
arm to that on which the rating badge is
worn; gun pointers of the first class
wear the mark with a star above it
(Figure 22).
23. The Navy “E,” worn by members of the
turret, gun and torpedo crews that make
exceptionally high scores on record target
practice, and men of the Engineer
Division of the ship winning the trophy
in the annual engineering competition.
Expert rifleman’s mark, worn by enlisted
men of the Navy, Marine Corps and
Naval Militia qualified as expert riflemen
on the left sleeve midway between the
wrist and the elbow, and consisting of a
square, one inch, containing target rings
three-quarters of an inch and one-half
of an inch in diameter and a bull’s-eye
one-quarter of an inch in diameter, embroidered
in blue on white for white
clothing, in white on blue for blue clothing
and in gray on khaki for khaki-colored
clothing.
24. Radio operator, worn by electricians who
are radio operators below the rating badge.
25. Torpedoman mark, worn by gunner’s mates
who have qualified in torpedoes and
mines below the rating badge.
7. Shipwright’s mark, worn by shipwrights in
the same place as the rating badge.
14. Hospital Corps mark (the Geneva cross),
worn by hospital apprentices on the left
arm above the elbow.
17. Ship’s cook of the third and fourth classes,
bakers of the second class and officers’
stewards and cooks, worn on the left arm
above the elbow.
3. Signalmen, first and second class, worn on
the arm above the elbow in place of the
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