TRAINEE GUIDE - Recruit Training Command - The US Navy

TRAINEE GUIDE A-950-0001
OUTLINE SHEET 1-07-3 (continued)
b. Personnel E-4 through E-9 (petty officers)
(1) Wear rating badges, which consist of three parts:
(a) Perched eagle with wings extended.
(b) Specialty mark indicating the wearer’s rating.
(c) V-shaped chevron(s), rocker, and star(s) to indicate
the wearer’s pay grade.
(2) The color of the background of the rating badge matches the
color of the uniform worn.
(a) On navy blue uniforms, personnel with less than 12
years service wear red chevrons with a white eagle and
specialty mark. Personnel who have 12 consecutive
years of good conduct wear gold chevrons with a silver
eagle and specialty mark.
(b) On white uniforms, the eagle, specialty mark, and
chevrons are dark blue.
(3) Rating badges are positioned the same way as group rate
marks and are worn on the following uniforms:
(a) Service dress white and service dress blue jumpers
(PO3 through PO1)
(b) Service dress blue coat (females PO3 and above and
males CPO and above)
(c) Pea coat (PO3 through PO1)
(4) Chevron(s), rocker, and star(s) indicate the wearer’s rate.
(a) Petty Officer Third Class (PO3): one chevron.
(b) Petty Officer Second Class (PO2): two chevrons.
(c) Petty Officer First Class (PO1): three chevrons.
(d) Chief Petty Officer (CPO): three chevrons and one
rocker.
(e) Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO): three chevrons and
one rocker with a silver star above the eagle.
(f) Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO): three chevrons and
one rocker with two silver stars above the eagle.
1 Command Master Chief (CMC) wears three chevrons
and one rocker with two silver stars above the
eagle and a single silver star in place of the
specialty mark.
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