Badges & Insignia

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badges & insignia

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Badges and Insignia of the Coast Guard represent specific qualifications, accomplishments, and assignments to particular positions and are worn by both Officers and Enlisted personnel. Issuance of these badges and insignia falls under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security. Uniform Regulations also authorizes Coast Guard personnel to wear certain identification badges issued by the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, and the Department of the Navy. Conversely, select Coast Guard Aviation & Diving badges and Qualification insignia may be issued to Navy and Marine Corps personnel and worn in accordance with their respective uniform regulations.

The following are the current Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary badges and insignia
authorized for wear on the Coast Guard uniform:
(Alphabetical Order)
(* = may be issued to Navy personnel)
(** = may be issued to Navy and Marine Corps personnel)
(No asterisk indicates issuance is made only to Coast Guard personnel)

● Aircrew**
● Aircrew (Auxiliary)
● Astronaut**
● Aviation Mission Specialist**
● Aviation Rescue Swimmer
● Aviator**
● Aviator (Auxiliary)
● Boat Force Operations
(Advanced)
● Boat Force Operations (Basic)
● Ceremonial Honor Guard
● Coast Guard Academy
Admissions Recruiting
● Coast Guard Band
● Coast Guard Recruiting
● Collateral Duty Chief (Silver)
● Collateral Duty Master Chief
(Silver)
● Collateral Duty Senior Chief
(Silver)
● Command Afloat
● Command Ashore
● Command Chief (Silver)
● Command Master Chief (Area)
● Command Master Chief
(DCMS)
● Command Master Chief (DCO)
● Command Master Chief (Gold)
● Command Master Chief
(Silver)
● Command Senior Chief (Silver)
● Commandant Staff

● Company Commander
● Coxswain
● Cutterman (Auxiliary)
● Cutterman (Enlisted)
● Cutterman (Officer)
● Distinguished International
Shooter**
● Distinguished Marksman
● Distinguished Pistol Shot
● Diving Medical Technician*
● Diving Officer*
● Enlisted Expeditionary
Warfare Specialist*
● Excellence-In-Competition
(Pistol Shot)
● Excellence-In-Competition
(Rifleman)
● First Class Diver**
● Flight Officer
● Flight Surgeon
● Intelligence Professional
● Joint Chiefs of Staff
● Marine Safety Officer
● Maritime Law Enforcement
● Master Chief Petty Officer of
the Coast Guard
● Master Chief Petty Officer of
the Coast Guard (Deputy)
● Master Chief Petty Officer of
the Coast Guard Reserve
● Master Diver**
● National Staff (Auxiliary)

● Officer-In-Charge Afloat
● Officer-In-Charge Ashore
● Operational Auxiliarist
● Personal Watercraft Operator
(Auxiliary)
● Physician Assistant and Nurse
Practioner
● Port Security (Enlisted)
● Port Security
(Law Enforcement)
● Port Security (Officer)
● Presidential Service
● President's Hundred Tab
● Prevention Operations Ashore
● Rating Force Master Chief
● Recreational Boating Safety
(Auxiliary)
● Response Operations Ashore
● Scuba Diver (Enlisted)**
● Scuba Diver (Officer)
● Second Class Diver**
● Secretary of Defense Service
● Secretary of Homeland
Security Service
● Secretary of Transportation
Service
● Special Agent
● Surface Warfare (Enlisted)
● Surface Warfare (Officer)
● Surfman
● Tactical Law Enforcement
● Vice Presidential Service

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Aircrew

Aviation Mission Specialist

Aviation Rescue Swimmer

Aviator

Flight Officer
(No longer awarded but still authorized for wear)

Boat Force Operations

Ceremonial Honor Guard

Command Afloat

Command Ashore

Command Master Chief

Company Commander

Coxswain

Cutterman
(Officer)

Cutterman
(Enlisted)

Cutterman
(Enlisted)
(Same design on both sides; 3-1/2” W x 1-1/8” H)

Master Diver

First Class Diver

Second Class Diver

Scuba Diver

Law Enforcement Detachment
(known as Tactical Law Enforcement badge)

Marine Safety
(renamed in 2023 to Prevention Operations Ashore)

Master Chief Petty Officer of the
Coast Guard

Master Chief Petty Officer of the
Coast Guard Reserve

Officer-In-Charge Afloat

Officer-In-Charge Ashore

Port Security
(Officer)

Port Security
(Enlisted)

Special Agent

Surface Warfare
(Officer)
(NOTE: The Surface Warfare insignia is a badge of the U.S. Navy. The Coast Guard does not issue the Surface Warfare badge. The comparable Coast Guard insignia is the Cutterman Insignia.
Coast Guard personnel who are permanently cross-assigned to afloat Navy commands may qualify for the Surface Warfare badge through the standard Navy qualification system.)

Surface Warfare
(Enlisted)
(NOTE: The Surface Warfare insignia is a badge of the U.S. Navy. The Coast Guard does not issue the Surface Warfare badge. The comparable Coast Guard insignia is the Cutterman Insignia.
Coast Guard personnel who are permanently cross-assigned to afloat Navy commands may qualify for the Surface Warfare badge through the standard Navy qualification system.)