Posted on 09/21/2021 5:51:04 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman unveiled the insignia for the new service’s enlisted ranks Sept. 20, with nods to its Air Force roots and heavy use of deltas and hexagons.
The base design for Specialist 1s features a dark blue hexagon, with a white delta in the middle. “The six-sided border surrounding the insignia represents the USSF as the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces,” the service said in a statement. The hexagon has also appeared in the emblems for the service’s three garrisons.
For grades E-2, E-3, and E-4, the insignia adds horizontal stripes, inspired by a proposal from Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg in 1952 for the Air Force’s insignia, as the service was first developing its own identity separate from the Army. Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is named in his honor.
“We honor his vision with our modern rendition of the classic concept,” the Space Force’s statement reads. “Space Force specialist stripes represent ‘terra firma,’ a solid foundation of skills upon which the Space Force, represented by the Delta, is built.”
For noncommissioned officers, the insignia features traditional chevrons: three for sergeants, four for technical sergeants. It also has the “Delta, Globe, and Orbit,” representing “the totality of our Space Force.”
Senior noncommissioned officers add what the Space Force calls “orbital chevrons” atop a globe. These chevrons represent low-Earth, medium-Earth, and geosynchronous orbits, the service said, with the delta placed above the globe and in orbit to signify the “higher level of responsibility” and “willingness to explore and innovate” of master sergeants, senior master sergeants, and chief master sergeants.
For Towberman’s own rank, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, the new insignia adds back the delta over the globe, as well as a pair of stars and a braid around the Delta, Globe, and Orbit.
Since its founding in December 2019, the Space Force has revealed its emblem, official flag, and service-specific ranks. However, the service is still developing its own uniforms, grooming policies, and PT standards. Officials have said the new uniforms will be revealed by the end of 2021.
Senior Airman vs. Sergeant, circa 1980:
Then the Air Force dropped the Sergeant rank, and put back the Silver Star on all ranks, and E-4 is now just Senior Airman. The first NCO rank is E-5 Staff Sergeant.
According to your chart, there will be a Space Force E-4 designated Specialist 4, and E-5 will be Sergeant, followed by E-6 Technical Sergeant. Staff Sergeant seems to have been eliminated by the Space Force.
No, we cannot. Avast, swab.
Original:
E-1 Airman Basic
E-2 Airman 3rd Class
E-3 Airman 2nd Class
E-4 Airman 1st Class
E-5 Staff Sargeant
E-6 Tech Sargeant
E-7 Master Sargeant
E-8 Senior Master Sargeant
E-9 Chief Master Sargeant
This was until 1968.
Nicely done. I like the heraldry. A good start for our newest armed service (assuming that they will be armed with something besides a keyboard.)
Are they planning a force like starship troopers, or is this people who control military satellites?
ping
Ask any one who had a prefix “US” E-1. aka PVT. No more “US”s around, but there were once Millions of them. They answered the call regardless of what they were doing as a civilian. For most it was a minor interruption, but the experience gained, over weighed it. When you became an E-1 you were about to become a real grown up, and learn to be responsible for your actions. Many of the E-1s were already on that path when they reported for duty. E-1 was once the great leveler. I wonder what it is today? Being a new E-1 with the Star Trek tag? It just isn’t the same. “To infinity and beyond” as they say.
In 1980, I put on Sergeant from Senior Airman. In other words, I got my white star.
I was then a white supremacist among all the airmen.
As an original Space Command 309x0 Space Systems Specialist (1983), I approve. I like that they kept the E-7 thru E-9 upper chevrons and related it to orbit types.
“I just want to know which ranks wear the red shirts.”
All of them. :)
“Then the Air Force dropped the Sergeant rank, and put back the Silver Star on all ranks, and E-4 is now just Senior Airman. “
Army had similar.
Wasn’t that called a “Buck” Sergeant?
Meh...squid.
No Gunnery Sergeant - who’s in charge of the photon torpedoes and phasers?
Actually more reminiscent of the spaceship/cursor in the old Asteroid video game.
“ No Gunnery Sergeant - who’s in charge of the photon torpedoes and phasers?”
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Sulu of course.
He’s Asian, Gay, and Woke…….got it all covered in the new military.
and here are the uniforms...
https://spacenews.com/space-force-unveils-dress-uniforms-for-guardians/
What it looks like to us
What it looks like to the aliens.
"To boldly go where no man , one , don't label me bro...has gone before"
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