Officer Speciality Devices
Navy officers serve either as a line officer or as a staff corps officer. Regular line officers wear an embroidered gold star above their rank of the Navy service dress uniform while staff corps officers and chief warrant officers wear unique specialty devices.
| Type | Line officer | Medical Corps | Dental Corps | Nurse Corps | Medical Service Corps |
Judge Advocate General's Corps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insignia | ||||||
| Designator1 | 1XXX | 210X | 220X | 290X | 230X | 250X |
| Chaplain Corps (Christian Faith) |
Chaplain Corps (Jewish Faith) |
Chaplain Corps (Muslim Faith) |
Chaplain Corps (Buddhist Faith) |
Supply Corps | Civil Engineer Corps |
Law Community (Limited Duty Officer) |
| 410X | 410X | 410X | 410X | 310X | 510X | 655X |
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