List of United States Navy Enlisted Rates - Uniforms

Uniforms

The rating badge is worn on the left upper sleeve for the dress blues or "crackerjacks", the winter blues or "working blues", the dress whites, and the summer whites or "tropical whites", as well as the Navy pea coat. The background color and material of the patch matches the uniform on which it is worn. On the utility uniform (including the utility shirt and utility jacket), a rate patch, which omits the rating symbol, is worn on the upper left sleeve (see picture). On the coverall and camouflage uniforms, a pair of smaller rate patches are worn on the collar tips; as with the utility uniform, the rating symbol is left off.

Those Petty Officers and above who meet good conduct requirements for twelve consecutive years are authorized to wear the gold variations of their respective rating badges.