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Some of the Navy rating badges and hash marks I have collected over the years. AR8Jason aka (Kevin) can inform us of the rates and years of service. photo (1) starts with the Navy gray, Marine Corps Green, white, Navy Blue. Kevin can also tell us why the eagle faces right on the gunners mate and left on all others?
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Military Insignia and PinsThe word "pins" is a catch-all used to describe military badges and insigni…
here is a link concerning how the eagle faces: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq78-5.htm
the hash marks represent 4 years of service of each. The 3 gold hashes represent 12 consecutive years of good behavior; 12 consecutive years of good behavior were required to wear the gold.
technically that should be called "Good Conduct" which was issued every 4 years when I was in the Navy. Here's another link about the Good Conduct metal and info about the gold: http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/navy-good-conduct-medal-p-126.html
I seem to recall that the "E" patch is the Battle Efficiency Award, called the Navy Battle "E". I think I had one once upon a time from one of the many deployments during my time in the Navy.
TallCakes, Thanks for the great information.