where do service stripes go on dress blues
Service stripe Navy service stripes come in three colors and they are red, yellow, and black. They are 7 inches long and 3/8 inch wide for male chief petty officers; male sailors from rates seaman recruit to petty officer first class wear service stripes 5-1/4 inches long and 3/8 inch wide. Female navy sailors wear service stripes 5-1/4 inches long and 1/4 inch wide.[5] They are worn two inches above the left sleeve cuff on jackets, and 1-1/2 inch above the cuff on service dress blue jumpers and the new summer white jumpers. On the old-style summer white jumpers they are worn two inches above the cuff. Multiple navy service stripes are worn 1/4 inch apart from each other.
Gunnery sergeant The rank of gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps was established by the Navy personnel act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. L., 1009) reflecting the duties of Marines in ship's detachments. The original insignia was three chevrons point up with three straight "ties" with an insignia of a bursting bomb over a crossed rifle and naval gun. From 1904 to 1929 the insignia went to three stripes only over a bursting bomb on top of crossed rifles. In 1929, like the rank of first sergeant, two "rockers" were added beneath the stripes with the same insignia in the middle. In 1937 the middle insignia was dropped. The rank was replaced by technical sergeant in 1946 until restored in 1959, when the crossed rifles insignia were added to Marine chevrons.[6]