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BOP

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stgislander said:
Remind me of the significance of the red chevrons? A few NJP's under their belts?
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From wiki:
In the United States Navy prior to June 2019, enlisted Sailors in pay grades E-4 to E-9 were authorized to wear golden rate insignia instead of red if they met the requirements for good conduct service. Those Sailors in paygrades E-4 to E-6 who had met good conduct service requirements were also authorized to wear collar insignia and cap devices with gold chevrons on their service uniforms. On 1 June 2019, golden rate insignia began to be worn by all Sailors with 12 years of service or more, regardless of disciplinary history.
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I think there was a movement afoot to do away with either the gold stripes or the red stripes in a kind of "everybody gets a trophy" type thing. More along the lines of schools that did away with honor stoles (which were by and large gold) because it made the non-achievers "feel bad about themselves," or something.

As far as the Chief is concerned, he's got at least 8 years in, but less than 12, so maybe it's time-in-grade, rather than a minor indiscretion in his jacket.

I say "minor," because I know after I got out, almost anything could get you booted out of the Navy. They did so freely, and with abandon. I don't know if they're still in that mode, or it's just being conservative that can get you drummed out. I'm kidding. Mostly.
 
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BOP said:
From wiki:


I think there was a movement afoot to do away with either the gold stripes or the red stripes in a kind of "everybody gets a trophy" type thing. More along the lines of schools that did away with honor stoles (which were by and large gold) because it made the non-achievers "feel bad about themselves," or something.

As far as the Chief is concerned, he's got at least 8 years in, but less than 12, so maybe it's time-in-grade, rather than a minor indiscretion in his jacket.

I say "minor," because I know after I got out, almost anything could get you booted out of the Navy. They did so freely, and with abandon. I don't know if they're still in that mode, or it's just being conservative that can get you drummed out. I'm kidding. Mostly.
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USCG was easy in the 80's. E-6 and below... red. E-7 and above... gold. I had heard stories of 'slick arm' Chiefs, but never met any. Supposedly they were in the electronics ratings.
 
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What ever happened to that massive Political Cartoons thread?

There were some pretty good memes in there. I knew I should have grabbed some while I had the chance.
 
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