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

Hospital Sergeant, First Class—Chevron of three stripes and one arc of a circle below them with a caduceus in the center.

Hospital Sergeant—Chevron of three stripes with a caduceus below them.

Engineer Coast Artillery Corps—A design representing an engine governor with a wreath below it and a star above.

Ordnance Sergeant—Chevron of three bars with one arc below it and the insignia of the Ordnance Corps in the center.

Sergeant Quartermaster Corps—Chevron of three stripes with the insignia of the Quartermaster Corps below them.

Supply Sergeant, Regimental—Chevrons of three stripes with three horizontal bars below them.

Battalion or Squadron Sergeant Major—Chevron of three stripes with two arcs of a circle below them.

Sergeant Major Junior Grade, Coast Artillery—Chevron of three stripes with two arcs of a circle below them.

Supply Sergeant, Battalion—Chevron of three stripes with two horizontal bars below them.

First Sergeant—Chevron of three stripes with a diamond shaped lozenge below them.