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All you Sailors, can you help identify this patch?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cowbaby" data-source="post: 4018893" data-attributes="member: 46875"><p>Here is my rating badge the day I got out. I was an MT2 Petty Officer Second Class E-5.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]369592[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>That is an old patch before my time but I think they are for designating apprentices back around WWII like the other guys show,</p><p>Today apprentices are designated by just diagonal hash marks without chevrons or the crow as they have not specialized in a rating yet and are still free to chose.</p><p>Today you have to reach E-4 PO third class to receive your crow like the young lady Bosun Petty Officer above. </p><p>There is an old naval tradition involved in finally receiving your crow called tacking on your crow so it won't fly off as it took a while to get. That means everyone you pass is going to slug that thing as hard as they can when they pass you. That doesn't sound to bad until about the 3rd day and your arm is bruised up pretty good and some jerkwad just notices it. Will about make you fall to your knees. I think they called stuff like that Hazing now. I came up through the ranks back when the military was still fairly hardcore when guys just about like Gunny Hartman ran the place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowbaby, post: 4018893, member: 46875"] Here is my rating badge the day I got out. I was an MT2 Petty Officer Second Class E-5. [ATTACH type="full" alt="big-u-navy-dress-blue-uniform-rating-badge-mt-1st-class-po-male-red-chevrons-63605.png"]369592[/ATTACH] That is an old patch before my time but I think they are for designating apprentices back around WWII like the other guys show, Today apprentices are designated by just diagonal hash marks without chevrons or the crow as they have not specialized in a rating yet and are still free to chose. Today you have to reach E-4 PO third class to receive your crow like the young lady Bosun Petty Officer above. There is an old naval tradition involved in finally receiving your crow called tacking on your crow so it won't fly off as it took a while to get. That means everyone you pass is going to slug that thing as hard as they can when they pass you. That doesn't sound to bad until about the 3rd day and your arm is bruised up pretty good and some jerkwad just notices it. Will about make you fall to your knees. I think they called stuff like that Hazing now. I came up through the ranks back when the military was still fairly hardcore when guys just about like Gunny Hartman ran the place. [/QUOTE]
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