Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia / How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries

by Dion Williams

The chevrons and special badges for the different ranks and duties in the various corps, departments and arms of the service are as follows:

Regimental Sergeant Major—Chevron of three stripes and three arcs of a circle below them.

Sergeant Major Senior Grade, Coast Artillery—The same.

Quartermaster Sergeant, Senior Grade—The Quartermaster Corps insignia with a wreath below and a star above it.

Master Hospital Sergeant—The caduceus insignia of the Medical Corps with a wreath below and a star above it.

Master Engineer, Senior Grade—The castle insignia of the Engineer Corps with a wreath below and a star above it.

Master Electrician, Coast Artillery—A design representing forked lightning with a wreath below it and a star above.

Master Electrician, Signal Corps—A wreath with forked lightning at the top and the Signal Corps insignia in the center.

Master Electrician, Quartermaster Corps—A wreath with forked lightning at the top and the Quartermaster Corps insignia in the center.

Band Leader—Chevron of three stripes and two arcs of a circle below them with a trumpet in the center.