U.S. Navy Good Conduct Variation
In the United States Navy, enlisted members in pay grades E-4 to E-9 are authorized to wear gold rate insignia instead of red if the individual meets the requirements for good conduct service. Personnel E-4 to E-6 who have met good conduct service requirements are also authorized to wear collar insignia and cap devices with gold chevrons on their service uniforms.
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“Give me the eye to see a navy in an acorn. What is there of the divine in a load of bricks? What of the divine in a barber’s shop or a privy? Much, all.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—G.C. (Georg Christoph)