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Uniformed Services of the United States The United States has eight federal uniformed services that commission officers as defined by Title 10 and subsequently structured and organized by Titles 10, 14, 32, 33 and 42 of the U.S. Code. Uniformed services The uniformed services a ...
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 The Presidential Service Badge (PSB) is an identification badge of the United States Armed Forces which is awarded to members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard as well as other ...
), others are specific to a uniform service (such as the
U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...
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Drill Sergeant Identification Badge The U.S. military issues instructor badges to specially training military personnel who are charged with teaching military recruits the skills they need to perform as members of the U.S. Armed Forces or teach continuing education courses for non-co ...
). The
Office of the President Office of the President can refer to: * Office of the President of Brazil * Office of the President of the People's Republic of China (entity in the Office of the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party) * Office of the President (Republi ...
and
Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
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.U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, Chapter 5
updated 24 March 2011, last accessed 3 August 2013U.S. Air Force Instruction 36-2903: Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel
dated 1 March 2013, last accessed 11 January 2014U.S. Coast Guard Uniform Regulation, M1020.6H
updated April 2013, last accessed 29 September 2013U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Manual, COMDTINST M16790.1G
dated 17 August 2011, last accessed 8 August 2016U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps PPM 08-019, Wear of Skill and Breast Badges
, dated 28 Aug 08, last accessed 10 December 11U.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 Command insignia/badges are another form of identification badge used to identify an officer or
non-commissioned officer A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not pursued a commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority by promotion through the enlisted ranks. (Non-officers, which includes most or all enli ...
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. The following is a list of identification badges currently in use by the uniformed services:


Executive Branch The Executive, also referred as the Executive branch or Executive power, is the term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces the law, and has overall responsibility for the governance of a State (polity), state. In poli ...

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Presidential Service Badge The Presidential Service Badge (PSB) is an identification badge of the United States Armed Forces which is awarded to members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard as well as other ...
File:US - Vice Presidential Service Badge.png, Vice Presidential Service Badge


Department of Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to: Current departments of defence * Department of Defence (Australia) * Department of National Defence (Canada) * Department of Defence (Ireland) * Department of National Defense (Philipp ...

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Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge The Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge is a military badge issued to members of the United States armed forces who are permanently assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and its subordinate offices, and in ...
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Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, that advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the ...
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National Guard Bureau The National Guard Bureau is the federal instrument responsible for the administration of the National Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was cre ...
Organizational Badge


U.S. Army

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Army Staff Identification Badge The United States Army Staff Identification Badge is a badge of the United States Army worn by personnel who serve at the Office of the Secretary of the Army and the Army Staff at Headquarters, Department of the Army ( HQDA) and its agencies. N ...
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Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge The Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge is a military badge of the United States Army that honors those soldiers who have been chosen to serve as members of the Honor Guard, known as "Sentinels", at the Tomb of the Unknown S ...
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Military Horseman Identification Badge The Military Horseman Identification Badge recognizes United States Army soldiers who complete the nine-week Basic Horsemanship Course and serve as a lead rider on the Caisson team within the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). The badge ...
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Master Gunner Identification Badge The United States Army's Master Gunner Identification Badge (MGIB) recognizes soldiers who complete one of eight U.S. Army master gunner courses and is an indicator for commanders and soldiers to value the master gunner's advice regarding the tr ...
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Drill Sergeant Identification Badge The U.S. military issues instructor badges to specially training military personnel who are charged with teaching military recruits the skills they need to perform as members of the U.S. Armed Forces or teach continuing education courses for non-co ...
File:US Army Instructor ID Badge.png, Instructor Identification Badges File:US Army Silver Recruiter Badge.png,
Recruiter Badge The Recruiter Badge is a decoration of the United States uniformed services that is awarded to personnel who have performed recruitment duties as service recruiters. The Recruiter Badge is issued by every branch of the U.S. uniform services excep ...
s File:ArmyNationalGuardRecruiter.jpg, National Guard Recruiter & Retention Badges File:Career Counselor Badge.gif, Career Counselor Badge File:Combat-Service-Identification-Badges.jpg, Combat Service Identification Badges File:US Army Inspector General Identification Badge.png, Inspector General Identification Badge File:USA - Army MP Badge.png, Military Police Identification Badge File:United States Army Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent Badge.png, Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent Badge File:US_ARMY_CI_BADGE.jpg, Counterintelligence Special Agent Badge


U.S. Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Sign ...

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Headquarters Air Force Badge The Headquarters Air Force badge was created in 2005 by the United States Air Force. Airmen currently assigned to Headquarters Air Force at the Pentagon or who have been assigned to a qualifying Headquarters Air Force staff or Secretary of the Ai ...
File:AETBadge.jpg, Air Education and Training Command Instructor Badges File:USAF Professional Military Education Badge.png, Professional Military Education Badge File:USAFABadge.jpg, Permanent Professor Air Force Academy Badge File:AFJROTC Instructor Badge.png, Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Instructor Badge File:USAF Recruiting Service Badge.png, Recruiting Service Badges File:USAFRC Recruiting Service Badge.png, Reserve Command Recruiting Service Badges File:ANG Recruiting Service Badge.png, Air National Guard Recruiter Badges File:New USAF Honor Guard Badge.png, Honor Guard Badge File:USAF HG Badge.jpg, Base Honor Guard Badge File:USAFCommanderBdg.jpg, Commander's Insignia File:AFFireBadge.jpg, Fire Protection Badges File:US Air Force Inspector General Duty Badge.JPG, Inspector General Badge File:AFPoliceBadge.jpg, Security Forces Badge File:USA - AF OSI Badge.png, Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Badge File:US Air Force Civilian Police badge.jpg, Department of the Air Force Law Enforcement Badges


U.S. Space Force The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and the world's only independent space force. Along with its sister branch, the U.S. Air Force, the Space ...

File:USAFCommanderBdg.jpg, Commander's Insignia File:Space Staff Identification Badge.png, Space Staff Badge File:Patch of the Office of the Chief of Space Operations.png, Lapel Insignia


U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

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Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges are special United States Navy and United States Coast Guard badges which are issued to the most senior Chief Petty Officer or higher in a given U.S. Navy or U.S. Coast Guard command. The comman ...
File:Navy MMA Law Enforcement Badges.png, Law Enforcement Badges File:USA - NCIS Badge.png, Naval Criminal Investigative Service Badge


U.S. Marine Corps

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Military Police Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, screening, rear recon ...
Badge File:USMC MP Corrections Badge.png, Military Police Corrections Badge File:USMC CID badge.jpg, Criminal Investigation Division Agent Badge File:US Marine Corps Counterintelligence Badge-White.jpg, alt=, Marine Corps Counterintelligence Agent Badge


Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terr ...

File:Emblem Knockout.png, Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security Identification Badge


U.S. Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mul ...

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Commandant Staff Badge Badges of the United States Coast Guard are issued by the Department of Homeland Security to members of the United States Coast Guard to denote certain qualifications, achievements, and postings to certain assignments. Prior to 2002, the issuanc ...
File:USCG Auxiliary National Staff Badge.png, Auxiliary National Staff Badge File:CGrecruiting.jpg, Recruiting Badges File:USCG Admissions Badge.png, Academy Admissions Recruiting Badge File:US Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge.png, Honor Guard Badge File:USCG Band Badge.png, Band Badge File:USCGCAFLT.jpg, Command Afloat Pin File:USCGCASHRE.jpg, Command Ashore Pin File:USCGEnlistCA.jpg, Officer-in-Charge Afloat Pin File:USCGEnlistAshore.jpg, Officer-in-Charge Ashore Pin File:USCG Auxiliary Operations Device.png, Auxiliary Operations Device File:USCG - MCPOCG.png, Commandant-designated
Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges are special United States Navy and United States Coast Guard badges which are issued to the most senior Chief Petty Officer or higher in a given U.S. Navy or U.S. Coast Guard command. The comman ...
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Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges are special United States Navy and United States Coast Guard badges which are issued to the most senior Chief Petty Officer or higher in a given U.S. Navy or U.S. Coast Guard command. The comman ...
File:USCG Port Security Law Enforcement Badge.png, Port Security Law Enforcement Badge File:Badge of the Coast Guard Investigative Service.png, Special Agent Badge File:COAST GUARD AUXILIARY PAST OFFICER BADGE.jpg, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Past Officer Badge


Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is " ...

File:Office of HHS ID Badge.png, Department of Health and Human Services Identification Badge


U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

File:Assistant Secretary for Health & Principal Deputy Secretary for Health Officer-In-Charge Insignia.png, Assistant Secretary for Health / Principal Deputy Secretary for Health Officer-in-Charge Badge File:USPHSCC Surgeon General Badge.png, Surgeon General Badge File:USPHSCC Deputy Surgeon General Badge.png, Deputy Surgeon General Badge File:USPHSCC Officer-in-Charge Badge.png, Officer-in-Charge Badge File:USPHSCC Chief Professional Officer Badge.png, Chief Professional Officer Badge File:USPHS Recruiter Badge.png,
Recruiter Badge The Recruiter Badge is a decoration of the United States uniformed services that is awarded to personnel who have performed recruitment duties as service recruiters. The Recruiter Badge is issued by every branch of the U.S. uniform services excep ...
s File:USPHSCC Music Ensemble Badge.png, Music Ensemble BadgePublic Health Service Music Ensemble Badge
United States Army Institute of Heraldry The Institute of Heraldry, officially The Institute of Heraldry, Department of the Army, is an activity of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army solely responsible for furnishing heraldic services to President of the United ...
, last accessed 23 August 2020


Department of Commerce The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for bu ...


U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps

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Military badges of the United States Military badges of the United States are awards authorized by the United States Armed Forces that signify rating, qualification, or accomplishment in several career fields, and also serve as identification devices for personnel occupying certain a ...
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Awards and decorations of the Public Health Service The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), one of the eight uniformed services of the United States, has the authority to issue various awards, commendations, and other insignia to its members. These include individual hono ...
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Obsolete badges of the United States military Obsolete badges of the United States military are a number of U.S. military insignia which were issued in the 20th and 21st centuries. After World War II many badges were phased out of the United States Armed Forces in favor of more modern milit ...
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United States Army branch insignia In the United States Army, soldiers may wear insignia to denote membership in a particular area of military specialism and series of List of United States Army careers, functional areas. Army branch insignia is similar to the line officer and Unit ...
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List of United States Army careers The United States Army uses various personnel management systems to classify soldiers in different specialties which they receive specialized and formal training on once they have successfully completed Basic Combat Training (BCT). Enlisted rank#U ...
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List of United States Marine Corps MOS The United States Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields. All enlisted and officer Marines are assigned a four-digit code denoting their primary occupational field and specialty. Additional M ...
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United States Navy staff corps In the United States Navy, commissioned officers are either line officers or staff corps officers. Staff corps officers are specialists in career fields that are professions unto themselves, such as Military medicine, physicians, Military justice, ...
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List of United States Navy ratings United States Navy ratings are general Enlisted rank, enlisted Job (role), occupations used by the United States Navy, U.S. Navy since the 18th century, which denote the specific skills and abilities of the sailor. Each naval rating has its own ...
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Air Force Specialty Code The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...
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List of United States Coast Guard ratings The United States Coast Guard's ratings are general occupations that consist of specific skills and abilities. Each rating has its own specialty badge, which is typically worn on the left sleeve of their service dress uniform by enlisted personne ...


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