Enlisted Personnel (Paygrade: Rank: Badges; Collar/Cap
Devices)
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E – 1: Seaman Recruit: No indication on any
uniforms
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E – 2: Seaman Apprentice: 2 diagonal stripes
worn on the left sleeve
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E – 3: Seaman: 3 diagonal stripes worn on the
left sleeve
· Stripes worn by E – 2‘s and E – 3’s very in
color depending on general apprenticeship fields:
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Seamen and Seaman Apprentices: White on Dark
Blue uniforms and Dark Blue on White uniforms
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Firemen and Fireman Apprentices: Red on all
uniforms
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Airmen and Airman Apprentices: Green on all
uniforms
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Constructionmen and Constructionman Apprentices:
Light Blue on all uniforms
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Hospitalmen and Hospitalman Apprentices:
Specialty mark (medical caduceus) and stripes are White on Dark Blue uniforms
and Dark Blue on White uniforms
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Hospitalmen and Hospitalman Apprentices are the
only non-graduated/non-striker E – 2/E – 3’s to wear a specialty mark
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Graduates of apprentice training schools where
one of three symbols above their stripes until they are rated: Anchor, Wheel and Wrench, and Winged Anchor (Seaman,
Fireman, and Airman respectively). Strikers (those seeking promotion to a
specific rate) wear the insignia of the rate they are striking for instead of
the symbols shown above.
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E – 4: Petty Officer Third Class: Eagle with
upraised wings and head turned to the right (aka “Crow”), 1 chevron, rating
insignia; Silver Perched Eagle with 1 Chevron Collar/Cap Device
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E – 5: Petty Officer Second Class: Crow, 2
Chevrons, rating insignia; Silver Perched Eagle with 2 Chevrons Collar/Cap
Device
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E – 6: Petty Officer First Class: Crow, 3 Chevrons,
rating insignia; Silver Perched Eagle with 3 Chevrons Collar/Cap Device
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All 3 parts of the badge are Dark Blue on a
White uniform, on a Dark Blue uniform the Crow and insignia are White and the
Chevrons are red. The Crow and insignia become Silver and the Chevrons become
Gold on Dark Blue uniforms when an individual has served with good conduct for
12 or more consecutive years.
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E – 7: Chief Petty Officer: Crow, 3 Chevrons
with an arc connecting the ends of the top Chevron (aka “Rocker”), rating
insignia; Gold Anchor with Silver “USN” Collar Device
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E – 8: Senior Chief Petty Officer: Crow, 3
Chevrons with Rocker, rating insignia, 1 star above the Crow; Gold Anchor with
Silver “USN” and 1 Silver Star Collar Device
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E – 9: Master Chief Petty Officer: Crow, 3 Chevrons
with Rocker, rating insignia, 2 stars above the Crow; Gold Anchor with Silver “USN”
and 2 Silver Stars Collar Device
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The Crow and Stars and Insignia are White and
the Chevrons and Rocker are Red unless an individual has served with good
conduct for 12 or more consecutive years, in which case the colors change from
White to Silver and from Red to Gold.
Commissioned Officers (Paygrade: Rank: Shoulder Board(s); Collar
Devices)
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W – 2: Chief Warrant Officer: Dark Blue Shoulder
Board with Gold Rating Insignia and 1 Blue Bar with 2 Gold Breaks; Blue Bar
with 2 Bronze Breaks Collar Device
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W – 3: Chief Warrant Officer: Dark Blue Shoulder
Board with Gold Rating Insignia and 1 Gold Bar with 2 Blue Breaks; Blue Bar
with 1 Silver Break Collar Device
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W – 4: Chief Warrant Officer: Dark Blue Shoulder
Board with Gold Rating Insignia and 1 Gold Bar with 1 Blue Break; Blue Bar with
2 Silver Breaks Collar Device
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W – 5: Chief Warrant Officer: Dark Blue Shoulder
Board with Gold Rating Insignia and 2 Gold Half Bars with 1 Blue Break; Silver
Bar with Blue Stripe Collar Device
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Hard and Soft Shoulder Boards for Chief Warrant
Officers have the same design.
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Note: W – 1 was discontinued by the Navy in 1975.
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The difference between the ‘W’ and ‘O’ paygrades
is specialization. Warrant Officers start as Enlisted Personnel and become
commissioned by specializing within their rate. Officers (O – 1 and up) need to
be familiar with all rates to some degree.
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O – 1: Ensign: Dark Blue Shoulder Board with 1
Gold Bar and 1 Gold Star; Bronze Bar Collar Device
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O – 2: Lieutenant Junior Grade: Dark Blue
Shoulder Board with 1 Gold Bar, 1 Gold Half Bar and 1 Gold Star; Silver Bar
Collar Device
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O – 3: Lieutenant: Dark Blue Shoulder Board with
2 Gold Bars and 1 Gold Star; 2 Silver Bars Collar Device
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O – 4: Lieutenant Commander: Dark Blue Shoulder
Board with 2 Gold Bars, 1 Gold Half Bar, and 1 Gold Star; Bronze Leaf Collar
Device
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O – 5: Commander: Dark Blue Shoulder Board with
3 Gold Bars and 1 Gold Star; Silver Leaf Collar Device
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O – 6: Captain: Dark Blue Shoulder Board with 4
Gold Bars and 1 Gold Star; Silver Perched Eagle Collar Device
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Hard and Soft Shoulder Boards for O – 1 to O – 6
have the same design
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O – 7: Rear Admiral (Lower Half): Gold Hard
Shoulder Board with Silver Anchor and 1 Silver Star/ Dark Blue Soft Shoulder
Board with 1 Gold Admiral’s Bar and 1 Gold Star; Silver Star Collar Device
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O – 8: Rear Admiral (Upper Half): Gold Hard
Shoulder Board with Silver Anchor and 2 Silver Stars/ Dark Blue Soft Shoulder
Board with 1 Gold Admiral’s Bar, 1 Gold Bar and 1 Gold Star; 2 Silver Stars
Collar Device
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O – 9: Vice Admiral: Gold Hard Shoulder Board
with Silver Anchor and 3 Silver Stars/ Dark Blue Soft Shoulder Board with 1
Gold Admiral’s Bar, 2 Gold Bars and 1 Gold Star; 3 Silver Stars Collar Device
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O – 10: Admiral: Gold Hard Shoulder Board with
Silver Anchor and 4 Silver Stars/ Dark Blue Soft Shoulder Board with 1 Gold Admiral’s
Bar, 3 Gold Bars and 1 Gold Star; 4 Silver Stars Collar Device
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O – 10/O – 11: Fleet Admiral: (This rank was
created by Congress during World War II. There have only been four Fleet
Admirals in the history of the Navy, and all during World War II: William D.
Leahy, Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, and William F. Halsey, Jr. No legal
provisions exist for the use of Fleet Admiral except for the four individuals
listed above.)
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