How To Wear Drivers Badge And Marksmanship Badge

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Driver and Mechanic Badge
Awarded by United States Army
TypeBadge
Awarded forQualifications to operate and repair military motor vehicles
StatusCurrently awarded
Statistics
EstablishedJuly 1942
Last awardedOngoing
Precedence
Next (higher)Aviation Badges[1]
Next (lower)Ranger Tab[1]
RelatedWeapons
  1. The correct order for the three badges are follows: Parachutist, Drivers and Marksmanship. All badges are 1/8' from the top of the pocket with equal distance between the three badges.
  2. Neither state how to wear this award or the duration. In addition, I'm having a similar problem with the driver and mechanic badge. Is it worn to the right of weapon qualification badges as I am looking at the front of the uniform, or is it worn to the right of weapon qualification badges as I am wearing my class A uniform.
  3. United States Army Driver and Mechanic Badge. Criteria: Awarded to Army personnel who have received driver or mechanic MOS training, and have qualified as an operator of military motor vehicles. The badge is issued with a number of corresponding metal bars, suspended below the decoration denoting the various vehicle qualifications received.
  4. In the United States (U.S.), a marksmanship badge is a U.S. Military badge or a civilian badge which is presented to personnel upon successful completion of a weapons qualification course (known as marksmanship qualification badges) or high achievement in an official marksmanship competition (known as marksmanship competition badges).
Driver and Mechanic Badge with wheeled vehicles qualification bar

The Driver and Mechanic Badge is a military special skill badge of the United States Army which was first created in July 1942. The badge is awarded to drivers, mechanics, and special equipment operators to denote the attainment of a high degree of skill in the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles. The badge was originally referred to as the “Motor Vehicle Badge” and adopted its current title of Driver and Mechanic Badge during the Korean War.[1][2]

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The Driver and Mechanic Badge is awarded to soldiers who have received training and have met specific qualification standards to operate or repair military motor vehicles. For example, the Driver and Mechanic Badge for wheeled vehicles requires successful completion of military vehicle operations and maintenance training and be assigned duties and responsibilities as a driver or assistant driver of government vehicles for a minimum of 12 consecutive months or have driven at least 8,000 miles with no vehicle accidents or traffic violations before one can be awarded the badge.[1][3]

The badge is issued with a number of metal bars, suspended beneath the decoration, which denote the qualification received. The current bars which are issued to the Driver and Mechanic Badge are as follows:[1]

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  • DRIVER - A (for amphibious vehicles)
  • DRIVER - M (for motorcycles)
  • DRIVER - T (for tracked vehicles)
  • DRIVER - W (for wheeled vehicles)
  • MECHANIC (for automotive or allied vehicles)
  • OPERATOR - S (for special mechanical equipment)

From November 1962 to January 1966, the U.S. Army awarded this badge to Army aviation mechanics and crew chiefs. To distinguish them from other Driver and Mechanic Badges, aviation mechanics had a two-bladed metal propeller bar that hung suspended beneath the badge, just like the driver bars. Crew chiefs hung two metal bars from the badge, one with 'Crew Chief' embossed on a bar followed by the propeller bar. The Driver and Mechanic Badge-Aviation Mechanic and Driver and Mechanic Badge-Crew Chief were replaced by the Army Aircrewman Badge, now known as the Army Aviation Badge.[4][5]

Army Marksmanship Badge Requirements

The Driver and Mechanic Badge is a permanently awarded skill badge and is worn suspended beneath a service member’s standard decorations and to the wearer's right of any Weapons Qualification Badges.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abcdeArmy Regulation 600-8-22 Military Awards (25 June 2015) Table 8-1, U.S. Army Badges and Tabs: Orders of precedence
  2. ^The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army Badges, Driver and Mechanic Badge, last accessed 17 September 2015
  3. ^U.S. Army Regulation 600–55, The Army Driver and Operator Standardization Program (Selection, Training, Testing, and Licensing)Archived February 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Department of the Army, dated 18 June 2007, last accessed 4 July 2014
  4. ^Driver and Mechanic Badge, 1942-present, U.S. Army Insignia, by William K. Emerson, last accessed 17 September 2015
  5. ^Marksmanship in the U.S. Army: A History of Medals, Shooting Programs, and Training (page 99), hosted by Google Books, author William E. Emerson, dated 2004, last accessed 17 September 2015
  6. ^U.S. Army Pamphlet 670–1: Uniform and Insignia, Guide to the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and InsigniaArchived 2014-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Department of the Army Publications and Forms, dated 1 July 2015, last accessed 17 September 2015
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Combat and Special Skill Badges/Tabs worn on Army Combat Uniform.

Badges of the United States Army are military decorations issued by the United States Department of the Army to soldiers who achieve a variety of qualifications and accomplishments while serving on active and reserve duty in the United States Army.

As described in Army Regulations 670-1 Uniforms and Insignia, badges are categorized into marksmanship, combat and special skill, identification, and foreign.[1] Combat and Special Skill badges are further divided into five groups.[2]

Soldiers are authorized to wear a total of 6 badges from the marksmanship and combat and special skill categories; no more than three can come from the marksmanship category, only one badge from Groups 1 or 2, three from Groups 3 or 4, and two from Group 5.[3] And only two identification badges are authorized over each pocket.

These badges are worn in order of precedence (Group 1 the highest). Marksmanship badges are worn after any special skill badge. Badges within the same group may be worn in any order.[4]

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The 21st century United States Army issues the following military badges (listed below in order of group precedence) which are worn in conjunction with badges of rank and branch insignia.

Combat and Special Skill Badges and Tabs

Group 1

How To Wear Drivers Badge

Group 2

Group 3

  • Army Astronaut Badge(Any Army Aviator, Flight Surgeon, or Aviation Badge with Astronaut Device)

Group 4

  • Space Operations Badge[1]

  • Jungle Expert Tab(worn by USARPAC graduates of JOTC)[2][3]

  • Arctic Tab(worn by USARAK graduates of CWOC/CWLC)[4][5]

  1. ^SMDC-OPZ-FB, Army Space Personnel Development Office (ASPDO) Procedural Guide #1 - Procedures for Awarding the Space Badge to Army Space Cadre Personnel; dated 15 February 2011
  2. ^JOTC graduates first jungle expert class since 1999, Hawaii Army Weekly, dated 4 April 2014, last accessed 1 May 2014
  3. ^Soldiers earn tab and wear BDUs in tough new jungle course, ArmyTimes, dated 5 May 2014, last accessed 9 May 2014
  4. ^Are you Arctic Tough?, www.army.mil, dated 26 November 2014, last accessed 7 May 2016
  5. ^Training for the Colld; NCO Journal, volume 21, number 3, dated March 2012; page 26 (pdf page 8); last accessed 7 May 2016

Group 5

Marksmanship Badges

  • Distinguished International Shooter Badge

  • Distinguished Shooter Badges

  • Interservice Competition Badges

  • Excellence-In-Competition Badges

  • Marksmanship Qualification Badges

Identification Badges

Other Accoutrements

Army National Guard Badges

  • Ram's Head Device (VT NG)[1]

  • Chief's 50 Marksmanship Badge[2]

  • Governor's 20, 12, & 10 Tabs[3][4][5]Samsung galaxy sl i9003 review.

  • Adjutant General's Twenty Combat Badge (MO NG)[4][6]

  1. ^Vermont National Guard Permanent Order 121-01
  2. ^National Guard Regulation 672-3 and Air National Guard Regulation 900-1, National Guard Chief's 50 Marksmanship Badge, dated 1 February 1978, last accessed 26 March 2014
  3. ^Earning the Governor’s Twenty Tab, By CPT Andrew J. Czaplicki, dated 7 August 2014, last accessed 10 January 2015
  4. ^ abTabs and Badges a Measure of Missouri Guardmembers' MarksmanshipArchived March 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Missouri National Guard Public Affairs, by Ann Keyes, last accessed 1 March 2015
  5. ^Top Iowa marksmen train fellow Red Bulls, Afghans at Torkham Gate, Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System, by Staff Sgt Ryan Matson, dated 11 March 2011, last accessed 28 February 2015
  6. ^Tabs and Badges a Measure of Marksmanship, Missouri National Guard, dated 14 December 2010, last accessed 18 May 2014

See also

  • Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry Regiments

References

  1. 'AR670-1, Chapter 29, Section 15'(PDF). United States Army. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  2. 'AR670-1, Chapter 29, Section 17, Paragraph a'(PDF). United States Army. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. 'AR670-1, Chapter 29, Section 17, Paragraph b'(PDF). United States Army. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  4. 'AR670-1, Chapter 29, Section 17, Paragraph b, Part 2'(PDF). United States Army. Retrieved 2011-12-25.

External links

  • Army Regulation 670-1: Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia (PDF file)
  • Army Regulation 600-8-22: Military Awards (PDF file)
  • Army Service Uniform - Ribbons Poster (PDF file)


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