Wear and Usage
Sleeve stripes are only worn by enlisted personnel. U.S. Navy sailors and U.S. Army soldiers wear their stripes on the bottom cuff of the left sleeve, whereas Marines wear them at the bottom cuff of both sleeves. Soldiers wear them on the left sleeve and Overseas Service Bars on the right one. Service stripes are only worn on formal uniforms, and are not seen on the more common day-to-day working uniforms.
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