Navy Boatswain's Mate Collar Device SBBP~166_ARNATOKM-plate The cannon and crossed lines

The cannon and crossed lines allude to accuracy and firepower

Criteria: The Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia (formerly the Naval Parachutist Insignia) is an insignia depicting an open parachute with outstretched wings

while the gauntlet denotes the military's role in establishing

Subsequent NDSM awards for active service in more than one of the eligible time periods are denoted by service stars worn on the original award ribbon

-type field jackets

Navy Boatswain's Mate Collar Device SBBP~166_ARNATOKM-plate The cannon and crossed linesUnited States Navy Boatswain's Mate Collar Device Criteria: The U. S. Navy occupational rating of Boatswain's Mate (BM) is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to enlisted members who are rated or "striking" for the rating as a deck seaman. The colloquial form of address for a boatswain's mate is 'Boats'. The rating of Boatswain's Mate dates from the American Revolutionary War and is one of the oldest U. S. Navy rates still in