United States diver badges
Qualification badges of the uniformed services of the U.S.
United States diver badges
The various diver badges (also known as "diver insignia", "dive badges/insignia," and colloquially known as "dive bubbles") of the uniformed services of the United States are badges awarded to service personnel once they have graduated an appropriate diving course. The badges' origins lie in the cloth patch decoration worn by United States Navy divers on the upper-portion of the enlisted service uniform's left sleeve during the first part of World War II, when the rating insignia was worn on the right sleeve. When enlisted rating insignia were shifted to the left sleeve in late World War II, the patch shifted to the upper right sleeve. The Navy transitioned to a metal breast insignia (with cloth breast insignia for utility and battle uniforms) in the late 1960s, with the other services following suit over the following decades. Currently, the United States Army, United States Navy, and United States Air Force all issue diver insignia and badges denoting varying degrees of qualification...
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