page_title: U.S. military instructor badges
section_title: Coast Guard Company Commander Insignia
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. military instructor badges / Coast Guard Company Commander Insignia
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Coast Guard Company Commander badge.
context_page_description: The U.S. military issues instructor badges to specially training military personnel who are charged with teaching military recruits the skills they need to perform as members of the U.S. Armed Forces or teach continuing education courses for noncommissioned officers and officers in the military. With the exception of the U.S. Army and U.S. Coast Guard, these badges are considered temporary military decorations and must be surrendered upon completion of one's duty as a military instructor. Because of this, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps award Drill Instructor Ribbons as a permanent decoration to recognize service members who have qualified and performed as military instructors.
context_section_description: The United States Coast Guard equivalent of the U.S. Army's Drill Sergeant Identification Badge is known as the Company Commander Insignia, which is a gold badge, similar to other Coast Guard qualification insignia, that's awarded to qualified drill instructors as a permanent decoration/skill badge.  As with Army Drill Sergeants, Coast Guard Company Commanders are responsible for basic military training of Coast Guard recruits.  When Coast Guard Company Commanders are not assigned to instructor positions, they are relied on as experts in drill, ceremony, and physical fitness training.
  The Company Commander Insignia is a permanent decoration and may be worn for the remainder of the Coast Guardsman's military career.
caption: U.S. Coast Guard Company Commander Insignia
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