page_title: Awards and decorations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
section_title: Command insignia
hierarchical_section_title: Awards and decorations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / NOAA Corps Insignia / Command insignia
caption_attribution_description: English: NOAA Small Craft Command insignia
context_page_description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, one of the eight uniformed services of the United States, has the authority to issue various awards and commendations to its members. These include individual honor awards, unit honor awards, service awards, training ribbons and qualification insignia. NOAA Corps awards and decorations include:
context_section_description: There are three NOAA Command insignia: NOAA Command-at-Sea, NOAA Small-Craft-Command, and NOAA Chief-of-Party.
  NOAA Command-at-Sea Insignia is a gold-colored pin consisting of a triangle superimposed on anchor flukes and an unfurled commissioning pennant showing six triangles.  The NOAA Command-at-Sea insignia is authorized for incumbents serving under orders designating them in command of Class 1 through Class 5 NOAA commissioned vessels.  A NOAA Corps officer who previously successfully held command (but is not currently in command) of a NOAA commissioned vessel for at least six months during which the vessel was engaged for at least four months in operations at sea, is authorized to wear the Command-at-Sea insignia.
  NOAA Small-Craft-Command Insignia is a bronze-colored insignia, of the same design and sizes as the Command-at-Sea insignia.  NOAA Corps officers not qualifying for the Command-at-Sea insignia but serving under orders designating them as officer-in-charge or in command of NOAA vessels, greater than 50 feet in length up through Class 6, may wear the Small-Craft-Command insignia.  An officer must have been in charge of or held command for at least six months during which the vessel spent four months in field operations, may wear the Small-Craft-Command insignia.  This insignia is not worn when the Command-at-Sea insignia is authorized.
  NOAA Chief-of-Party Insignia is a gold-colored pin consisting of a raised equilateral triangle.  NOAA Chief-of-Party Insignia is authorized for incumbents serving in assignments designating them as Chief-of-Party or equivalent.  A NOAA Corps officer who has previously served in an assignment as Chief-of-Party, or equivalent, for at least six months during which the unit was engaged for at least four months in field operations may wear the Chief-of-Party insignia.
  For each of the three Command insignia, eligibility to wear them is not attained by a NOAA Corps officer being temporarily or acting in command due to absence, illness or transfer of the designated commanding officer, for periods of less than six continuous months.
  An incumbent officer wears insignia centered 1/4 inch above the right breast pocket or pocket flap.  When a name tag or ribbon bars are worn on the right breast, the insignia is centered 1/4 inch above them.  On the men's Service Dress Blue coat, the insignia is positioned on the right breast as though there were a pocket.  On Formal Dress and Dinner Dress Jacket (Blue or White), men wear the insignia centered on the right lapel, 3 inches below the notch; women wear the insignia centered on the right lapel, down one third the distance between the shoulder seam and the coat hem.
  A post tour officer wears insignia on the left breast 1/4 inch below the top of the pocket/flap.  Only one post-tour command insignia may be worn; the choice of insignia is at the individual's discretion.  When wearing two qualification insignia, the command insignia is worn 1/4 inch below the secondary insignia, or on uniforms with pocket flaps, 1/4 inch below the flap.
caption: NOAA Small-Craft-Command insignia
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