Navy enlisted ranks Patch#

Those Petty Officers and above who meet good conduct requirements are authorized to wear the gold variations of their respective rating badges. On the coverall and camouflage uniforms, a pair of smaller rating patches are worn on the collar tips as with the utility uniform, the rating symbol is left off. On the utility uniform (including the utility shirt and utility jacket), a rating patch, which omits the rating symbol, is worn on the upper left sleeve (see picture).

Navy enlisted ranks Patch#

The background color and material of the patch matches the uniform on which it is worn. The rating badge is worn on the left upper sleeve for the dress blues or 'crackerjacks', the winter blues or 'working blues', the dress whites, and the summer whites or 'tropical whites', as well as the Navy pea coat. See also: Uniforms of the United States Navy File:PO1 Utilities Crow.png The rating symbols depicted for each rating badge listed below (except for the rating badge of the Command Master Chief) is Boatswain's Mate. An example is NEC 2780, which shows that the sailor is qualified as a Network Security Vulnerability Technician. Upon completion, they are assigned a four-digit Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) code, which identifies a skill that is outside of their standard rating. Some members may undergo additional training in a 'C' school either before or after a tour of duty. Ratings are earned through 'A' schools, which are attended before deployment and after undergoing initial basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois. Personnel in pay grade E-1 do not have an insignia to wear. E-1s through E-3s have color coded group rate marks based on their career field. Rates are displayed on a rating badge, which is a combination of rate and rating. This enlisted numbering system is the same across all five branches of the U.S.

Associated with the enlisted pay grades is a numbering system from the most junior enlisted sailor ('E-1') to the most senior enlisted sailor ('E-9'). The word rate refers to an enlisted sailor's pay grade, while the word rating refers to one's area of occupational specialization within the enlisted Navy. An enlisted sailor's rate is similar conceptually to a naval officer's rank. Rate badge of Master Chief Petty Officer of the NavyĪ United States Navy enlisted rate indicates where an enlisted sailor stands within the chain of command, and also defines one's pay grade.