Identification badges of the Uniform Services of the United States
# Identification badges of the Uniform Services of the United States

Identification badges of the Uniformed Services of the United States are insignia worn by service members conducting special duties, many of which can be awarded as permanent decorations if those duties are performed successfully. There are a few identification badges that are awarded to all services (such as the Presidential Service Badge), others are specific to a uniform service (such as the U.S. Army's Drill Sergeant Identification Badge). The Office of the President and Vice President and department/service headquarters badges are permanent decorations for those who successfully serve in those assignments. Some of the service level identification badges can be permanent decorations and others are only worn by a service member while performing specific duties, such as the Military Police Badge.

Command insignia/badges are another form of identification badge used to identify an officer or non-commissioned officer who is/was in command or in-charge of a unit. If the service member performs their leadership duties successfully, the command insignia/badge they wear can become a permanent uniform decoration regardless of their next assignment.

The following is a list of identification badges currently in use by the uniformed services:

## Executive Branch

* Presidential Service Badge
* Vice Presidential Service Badge

## Department of Defense

* Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge
* Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
* National Guard Bureau Organizational Badge

### U.S. Army

* Army Staff Identification Badge
* Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge
* Military Horseman Identification Badge
* Master Gunner Identification Badge
* Drill Sergeant Identification Badge
* Instructor Identification Badges
* Recruiter Badges
* National Guard Recruiter & Retention Badges
* Career Counselor Badge
* Combat Service Identification Badges
* Inspector General Identification Badge
* Military Police Identification Badge
* Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent Badge
* Counterintelligence Special Agent Badge

### U.S. Air Force

* Headquarters Air Force Badge
* Air Education and Training Command Instructor Badges
* Professional Military Education Badge
* Permanent Professor Air Force Academy Badge
* Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Instructor Badge
* Recruiting Service Badges
* Reserve Command Recruiting Service Badges
* Air National Guard Recruiter Badges
* Honor Guard Badge
* Base Honor Guard Badge
* Commander's Insignia
* Fire Protection Badges
* Inspector General Badge
* Security Forces Badge
* Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Badge
* Department of the Air Force Law Enforcement Badges

### U.S. Space Force

* Commander's Insignia
* Space Staff Badge
* Lapel Insignia

### U.S. Navy

* Recruiting Command Badges
* Recruit Division Commander Badges
* Career Counselor Badge
* Command at Sea and Command Ashore/Project Manager Insignia
* Small Craft Officer/Petty Officer in Charge Insignia
* Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
* Law Enforcement Badges
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service Badge

### U.S. Marine Corps

* Military Police Badge
* Military Police Corrections Badge
* Criminal Investigation Division Agent Badge
* Marine Corps Counterintelligence Agent Badge

## Department of Homeland Security

* Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security Identification Badge

### U.S. Coast Guard

* Commandant Staff Badge
* Auxiliary National Staff Badge
* Recruiting Badges
* Academy Admissions Recruiting Badge
* Honor Guard Badge
* Band Badge
* Command Afloat Pin
* Command Ashore Pin
* Officer-in-Charge Afloat Pin
* Officer-in-Charge Ashore Pin
* Auxiliary Operations Device
* Commandant-designated Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
* Non-designated Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
* Port Security Law Enforcement Badge
* Special Agent Badge
* U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Past Officer Badge

## Department of Health and Human Services

* Department of Health and Human Services Identification Badge

### U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

* Assistant Secretary for Health / Principal Deputy Secretary for Health Officer-in-Charge Badge
* Surgeon General Badge
* Deputy Surgeon General Badge
* Officer-in-Charge Badge
* Chief Professional Officer Badge
* Recruiter Badges
* Music Ensemble Badge

## Department of Commerce

### U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps

* Command-at-Sea insignia
* Small-Craft-Command Insignia
* Chief-of-Party insignia
