Identification badges of the Uniform Services of the United States
Identification badges of the Uniformed Services of the United States are insignia worn by service members conducting special duties, many of which can be awarded as permanent decorations if those duties are performed successfully. There are a few identification badges that are awarded to all services (such as the Presidential Service Badge), others are specific to a uniform service (such as the U.S. Army's Drill Sergeant Identification Badge). The Office of the President and Vice President and department/service headquarters badges are permanent decorations for those who successfully serve in those assignments. Some of the service level identification badges can be permanent decorations and others are only worn by a service member while performing specific duties, such as the Military Police Badge.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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[]
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
National Guard Bureau Organizational Badge
U.S. Army[]
Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge
Drill Sergeant Identification Badge
Recruiter Badges
National Guard Recruiter & Retention Badges
Military Police Identification Badge
Criminal Investigation Command Special Agent Badge
Counterintelligence Special Agent Badge
U.S. Air Force[]
Headquarters Air Force Badge
Air Education and Training Command Instructor Badges
Professional Military Education Badge
Permanent Professor Air Force Academy Badge
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Instructor Badge
Recruiting Service Badges
Reserve Command Recruiting Service Badges
Air National Guard Recruiter Badges
Honor Guard Badge
Base Honor Guard Badge
Security Forces Badge
Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Badge
U.S. Space Force[]
Commander's Insignia
Space Staff Badge
Lapel Insignia
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Recruiting Command Badges
Recruit Division Commander Badges
Law Enforcement Badges
Naval Criminal Investigative Service Badge
U.S. Marine Corps[]
Military Police Badge
Military Police Corrections Badge
Criminal Investigation Division Agent Badge
Department of Homeland Security[]
Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security Identification Badge
U.S. Coast Guard[]
Commandant Staff Badge
Recruiting Badges
Academy Admissions Recruiting Badge
Band Badge
Command Afloat Pin
Officer-in-Charge Afloat Pin
Officer-in-Charge Ashore Pin
Commandant-designated Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
Non-designated Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
Port Security Law Enforcement Badge
Special Agent Badge
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Past Officer Badge
Department of Health and Human Services[]
Department of Health and Human Services Identification Badge
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps[]
Assistant Secretary for Health / Principal Deputy Secretary for Health Officer-in-Charge Badge
Surgeon General Badge
Deputy Surgeon General Badge
Officer-in-Charge Badge
Chief Professional Officer Badge
Recruiter Badges
Music Ensemble Badge[10]
Department of Commerce[]
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps[]
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
- ^ Jump up to: a b U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, Chapter 5, updated 24 March 2011, last accessed 3 August 2013
- ^ Jump up to: a b U.S. Air Force Instruction 36-2903: Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel, 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
- ^ Jump up to: 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
- ^ Jump up to: 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
- ^ Public Health Service Music Ensemble Badge, United States Army Institute of Heraldry, last accessed 23 August 2020
- United States military badges