Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States
Identification badges of the
Command insignia/badges are another form of identification badge used to identify an officer or non-commissioned officer who is/was in command or in-charge of a unit. If the service member performs their leadership duties successfully, the command insignia/badge they wear can become a permanent uniform decoration regardless of their next assignment.[3][4][6][9]
The following is a list of identification badges currently in use by the uniformed services:
Executive branch
Department of Defense
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Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
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National Guard Bureau Organizational Badge
U.S. Army
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Drill Sergeant Identification Badge
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Recruiter Badges
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National Guard Recruiter & Retention Badges
U.S. Marine Corps
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Military PoliceBadge
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Military Police Corrections Badge
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Criminal Investigation Division Agent Badge
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Marine Corps Counterintelligence Agent Badge
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Recruiting Command Badges
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Recruit Division Commander Badges
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Law Enforcement Badges
U.S. Air Force
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Air Education and Training Command Instructor Badges
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Professional Military Education Badge
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Permanent Professor Air Force Academy Badge
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Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Instructor Badge
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Recruiting Service Badges
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Reserve Command Recruiting Service Badges
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Air National Guard Recruiter Badges
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Honor Guard Badge
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Base Honor Guard Badge
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Security Forces Badge
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Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Badge
U.S. Space Force
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Commander's Insignia
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Space Staff Badge
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Permanent Professor Air Force Academy Badge[10]
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Lapel Insignia
Department of Homeland Security
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Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security Identification Badge
U.S. Coast Guard
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Commandant Staff Badge
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Recruiting Badges
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Academy Admissions Recruiting Badge
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Officer-in-Charge Afloat Pin
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Officer-in-Charge Ashore Pin
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Commandant-designated Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
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Non-designated Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Past Officer Badge
Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
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Assistant Secretary for Health / Principal Deputy Secretary for Health Officer-in-Charge Badge
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Surgeon General Badge
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Deputy Surgeon General Badge
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Officer-in-Charge Badge
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Chief Professional Officer Badge
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Recruiter Badges
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Music Ensemble Badge[11]
Department of Commerce
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps
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Chief-of-Party insignia
See also
- Military badges of the United States
- Awards and decorations of the Public Health Service
- Awards and decorations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Obsolete badges of the United States military
- United States Army branch insignia
- List of United States Army careers
- List of United States Marine Corps MOS
- United States Navy staff corps
- List of United States Navy ratings
- Air Force Specialty Code
- List of United States Coast Guard ratings
References
- ^ The Military Horseman Identification Badge (Image 4 of 5), DVIDS, by SPC Gabriel Silva, dated 29 September 2017, last accessed 2 October 2017
- ^ U.S. Army Pamphlet 670–1: Uniform and Insignia, Guide to the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia Archived 2014-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Department of the Army, dated 31 March 2014, last accessed 23 June 2014
- ^ a b U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, Chapter 5 Archived 2011-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, updated 24 March 2011, last accessed 3 August 2013
- ^ a b U.S. Air Force Instruction 36-2903: Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel Archived 2018-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, dated 1 March 2013, last accessed 11 January 2014
- ^ U.S. Marine Corps Order P1020.34G: Marine Corps Uniform Regulations, Chapters 1-5, Permanent Marine Corps Uniform Board, dated 30 March 2003, last updated 16 May 2008, last accessed 15 February 2015
- ^ a b U.S. Coast Guard Uniform Regulation, M1020.6H, updated April 2013, last accessed 29 September 2013
- ^ U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Manual, COMDTINST M16790.1G, dated 17 August 2011, last accessed 8 August 2016
- ^ U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps PPM 08-019, Wear of Skill and Breast Badges Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, dated 28 Aug 08, last accessed 10 December 11
- ^ a b U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps Directive, Chapter 12, Part 6, Insignia, Medals, and Ribbon Bars, dated 21 November 2003, last accessed 31 March 2013
- ^ https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/3017350/head-of-air-force-academys-astro-department-transfers-to-space-force/
- ^ Public Health Service Music Ensemble Badge, United States Army Institute of Heraldry, last accessed 23 August 2020