Talk:Badges of the United States Navy

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[edit] Total Rewrite

I completely rewritten the entire article. My goal was to make this more of an encyclopedic article, rather than just an image gallery. In the old version, it contained no info and a lot of red links. Now we have summarized info, and links toward more detailed articles of each badge and insignia. This way we are not obligated to create an article for each individual badge and insignia (just add a "main article" link when you feel like making a detailed article) and we are spared the eye-sore of the red links. Tell me what you think in this talk page. - Jigen III (talk) 11:39, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Navy Rescue Swimmer?

I'm a bit confused ... when I was a USCG aircrew candidate (1987-1988), all the ASMs (now ASTs) went to NAS Pensacola, FL, for rescue swimmer training and certification. In fact, the AvTechTraCen "rescue swimmer" school was a prepatory program prior to undergoing the very rigorous training in FL. (In those years, a trainee drowned, and it sent shudders through the the USCG aviation community. ASMs knew full well just how strenuous the training was.)

So ... why no Navy rescue swimmer badge listed here? Oversight? -- David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 21:15, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Rescue swimmers dont get a special badge. They are qualed as Air Crew and therefore recieve the gold AC badge. RS is just another qual that falls under aircrew. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wedge donovan (talk • contribs).

Coast Guard aircrew rescue swimmers have a separate badge. I guess that's a "Coastie thing." Thanks, David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 03:01, 21 December 2006 (UTC)