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The United States Navy enlisted warfare designations represent the achievement of a qualification and entitles the member to wear the associated insignia. When awarded in accordance with appropriate guidelines, enlisted sailors are authorized to place the designator in
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immediately after the member’s rate abbreviation, for example, MM1(SW) Smith, HM2(CAC) Jones. In cases of multiple designators, the designators are separated by a slash enclosed in parentheses, for example, MM1(SW/AW) Smith, HM2(FMF/CAC) Jones. Although commissioned officers have warfare pins and designations, such as Surface Warfare Officer, they do not use warfare designators in their titles.


Aviation community

* (AW) - Aviation Warfare Specialist * (CAC) - Marine Combat Aircrewhttp://www.usmc.mil/maradmins/maradmin2000.nsf/37f49138fc3d9c00852569b9000af6b7/67411c59c92ae0b8852572430009691d?OpenDocument MARADMIN 2000 * (NAWS) - Naval Aircrew Warfare Specialist


Surface Warfare community

* (SW) - Surface Warfare Specialist


Undersea Warfare community

* (SS) - Submarine Warfare Specialist (or ''"Qualified Submarine Specialist"'') * (SU) - ''"In training for submarine qualifications"'' * (SQ) - ''"Qualified in submarines, but not planned for future assignment to submarine duty."'' * (SG) - ''"Qualified in submarines, but not in submarine source rating; not detailed by the submarine community."'' * (SP) - ''"Previously assigned in submarines; assigned only to those personnel disqualified for submarine duty and serving in a submarine support billet; detailed by the submarine community, but not to be reassigned to submarine duty without prior approval of NAVPERSCOM."'' * (IUSS) - Integrated Undersea Surveillance System Specialist * (DSI) -
Deep Submergence Insignia The Deep Submergence Insignia is a uniform breast pin worn by officers, both men and a few women (1993 to 1997 before The Department of the Navy changed the policy) of the United States Navy's submarine service who are qualified in submarines a ...


Marine Corps support community

* (CAC) - Marine Combat Aircrew * (FMF) - Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist


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community

* (PJ) - Basic Parachutist or Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist * (FPJ) - Free Fall Parachutist


Special Operations community

* (DV) - Diver - applies to personnel with Navy Enlisted Classifications: :: 5311 - Saturation Diver :: 5342/5931 - Diver First Class :: 5343/5932 - Diver Second Class :: 5345 - SCUBA Diver :: :: HM-8493 - Medical Deep Sea Diving Technician :: HM-8494 - Deep Sea Diving Independent Duty Corpsman * (MCD) -
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- applies to personnel with Navy Enlisted Classifications: :: HM-8403 - Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Independent Duty Corpsman :: HM-8427 - Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Corpsman * (MDV) - Master Diver - applies to personnel with Navy Enlisted Classifications: :: 5341/5933 - Master Diver :: 5346 - Master Saturation Diver * (DSW) - Diving Salvage Warfare Specialist * (EWS) - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Warfare Specialist * (EOD) - ''no longer used; see (EWS)''


Special Warfare community

* (SEAL) - Naval Special Warfare Specialist; a designator for Special Warfare Operator (SO) rating * (SWCC) - Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen; a designator for Special Warfare Boat Operator (SB) rating


Expeditionary Warfare community

* (EXW) - Expeditionary Warfare Specialist


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community

* (SCW) - Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist * (EXW) - Expeditionary Warfare Specialist


Information Warfare community

* (IW) -
Information Warfare Specialist The Enlisted Information Warfare Specialist Insignia (EIWS) is a military badge of the United States Navy which was created in 2010. The insignia recognizes those members of the Navy's enlisted force who have acquired the specific professional ...
IDW was updated to IW in July 2016.


See also

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United States Navy enlisted rate insignia In the United States Navy, a ''rate'' is the military rank of an enlisted sailor, indicating where the sailor stands within the chain of command, and also defining one's pay grade. However, in the U.S. Navy, only officers carry the term ''ran ...
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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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Uniforms of the United States Navy The uniforms of the United States Navy include dress uniforms, daily service uniforms, working uniforms, and uniforms for special situations, which have varied throughout the history of the navy. For simplicity in this article, ''officers'' refe ...
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Badges of the United States Navy Insignias and badges of the United States Navy are military badges issued by the United States Department of the Navy to naval service members who achieve certain qualifications and accomplishments while serving on both active and reserve duty ...
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List of Naval Officer Designators This is a list of naval officer designators in the United States Navy. In the United States Navy, all active and reserve component officers are assigned to one of four officer communities, based on their education, training, and assignments: Lin ...
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United States Navy officer rank insignia In the United States Navy, officers have various ranks. Equivalency between services is by pay grade. United States Navy commissioned officer ranks have two distinct sets of rank insignia: On dress uniform a series of stripes similar to Commonwe ...
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List of 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 physicians, lawyers, civil engineers, chaplains ...
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Navy Enlisted Classification The Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) system supplements the rating designators for enlisted members of the United States Navy. A naval rating and NEC designator are similar to the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) designators used in the U ...


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