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Ratings in the Royal Navy include trade badges on the right sleeve to indicate a specific job. The information on the left arm is the individual's rate - e.g. a leading rate (commonly called a leading hand). One nickname is "Killick", for the Killick-anchor rate badge.
The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, [8] one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, [9] and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). [10]
From 1911 to 1957 the officer corps even included warrant officers and commissioned warrant officers in the same way as the RN. Although the Royal Marines does not officially use the rank of field marshal, the Captain General Royal Marines, the ceremonial head of the corps, wears a field marshal's rank insignia. [5]
The modern Royal Marines retain a number of distinctive uniform items. These include the green "Lovat" service dress, the dark blue parade dress worn with the white Wolsley pattern helmet (commonly referred to as a "pith helmet") or red & white peaked cap, the scarlet and blue mess dress for officers and non-commissioned officers [21] and the white hot-weather dress of the Band Service.
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From 1941, Army battledress was approved for use by Royal Navy personnel until 1943, when a Navy Blue version of battledress was introduced to be used only by the Royal Navy. Battledress stock from WW2 was still being worn at BRNC Dartmouth by Officers under Training (OUTs – now known as cadets or YOs – Young Officers) until the late 1980s.
The Royal Arms within a wreath is the badge of rank for a conductor, the most senior of all WO1 appointments, confined to the Royal Logistic Corps and held by fewer than twenty people as of 2004. From 1938, there was also a rank of warrant officer class III.
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