Identification badges of the

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 ...

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 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 ...

's Drill Sergeant Identification Badge). The Office of the President 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 ...

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. In political systems ...

File:US - Presidential Service Badge.png, Presidential Service Badge 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 ...

File:Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge.png, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge File:Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal (2).svg, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge File:National Guard Bureau Organizational Badge.png,

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 c ...

Organizational Badge

U.S. Army

File:United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png,

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 So ...

File:US Army Military Horseman Identification Badge.png, Military Horseman Identification Badge File:US Army Master Gunner Identification Badge.png, Master Gunner Identification Badge File:DrillInstructBadge.gif, Drill Sergeant Identification Badge File:US Army Instructor ID Badge.png, Instructor Identification Badges File:US Army Silver Recruiter Badge.png, Recruiter Badges File:ArmyNationalGuardRecruiter.jpg, National Guard Recruiter & Retention Badges File:Career Counselor Badge.gif,

Career Counselor Badge The Career Counselor Badge is a military badge of the United States Army and Navy which was first established in the early 1970s. The badge recognizes those enlisted personnel who have been selected as promotion and career advancement coordinat ...

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

File:Headquarters US Air Force Badge.png, Headquarters Air Force Badge 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 ...

File:Basic Navy Recruiting Badges.png, Recruiting Command Badges File:Navy Recruit Division Command Excellence Badge.png, Recruit Division Commander Badges File:USN - Career Councelor.png,

File:Navy Command Insignia.png, Command at Sea and Command Ashore/Project Manager Insignia File:Navy OIC POIC Insignia.png, Small Craft Officer/Petty Officer in Charge Insignia File:Navchiefs.png, Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges File:Navy MMA Law Enforcement Badges.png, Law Enforcement Badges File:USA - NCIS Badge.png, Naval Criminal Investigative Service Badge

U.S. Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through co ...

File:USMC - Military Police Officer Badge.png,

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 rec ...

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-ter ...

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

U.S. Coast Guard

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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 issua ...

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 File:USCGCommandCPO.jpg, Non-designated Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges 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 Badges File:USPHSCC Music Ensemble Badge.png, Music Ensemble BadgePublic Health Service Music Ensemble Badge
United States Army Institute of Heraldry, 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 busi ...

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps

File:Noaa command-at-sea.jpg, Command-at-Sea insignia File:Noaa small-craft-command.jpg, Small-Craft-Command Insignia File:Noaa chief-of-party.png, Chief-of-Party insignia

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