Flag Orders: Sea Org Uniform Series

SEA ORGANIZATION

Uniform Series 9

UNIFORM INSIGNIA

Insignia includes any of the various symbols, pins, badges, emblems, sleeve stripes, etc. which signify one's membership, rank, and accomplishments in the Sea Org.

The individual insignia of the Sea Org are each quite meaningful and are to be worn properly and in good taste.

This issue lays out which insignia may be worn with each of the various authorized Sea Org uniforms.

SPECIAL INSIGNIA

COMMODORE'S FLAG EMBLEM:

A circular emblem consisting of thirteen gold stars surrounding a gold anchor on a blue field. It is worn above the left breast pocket area of every uniform, except Uniform I, Gym Suit ; Uniform J, Specialists ; and Uniform K, Business Civvies.

Signifies that while being worn, the wearer is the senior ranking Officer of the Sea Organization.

COMMODORE'S AWARDS OF HONOR:

These insignia and instructions for how they are worn are covered in FO 3893, Uniform Series 11, COMMODORE'S AWARDS OF HONOR

CAMPAIGN BARS:

A Sea Org Officer or crew member may be awarded a number of campaign bars (service insignia). Each ribbon signifies a job well done and is of value in its own right.

Considering the length of his service, even only one lifetime, more may be earned than might be worn at one time.

Campaign bars are assembled in groups on specially made holders which when full are called a plaque.

They are worn only on dress uniform jackets (Uniform A, Uniform c, Uniform D).

One would place bars of similar significance together (e.g.: areas of command, those earned as a Missionaire, estates evolutions, ship maneuvers and voyages, or technical training).

Depending upon the nature of an event or duty assignment one would pick the one group (or plaque) of campaign bars most appropriate and wear them. The significance of those ribbons which do apply to the nature of duty to hand gets lost when collapsed with many others.

Example: A Missionaire firing on an estates mission could wear his ribbons relating to estates, his ribbon denoting successful mission record and his ribbon displaying his longevity on his Uniform A Dress Blues j acket.

Example: A C/S doing a tech inspection could wear his technical training ribbons as well as those showing his org and longevity.

The only occasions when one would wear all his earned campaign ribbons would be the annual S.O. Day ceremony, the quarterly rank and rating ceremonies, or special events as specifically designated by the International Officer Selection Board.

Placement of Campaign Bars:

Campaign bars are placed as follows:

UNIFORM A Dress Blues -- Worn on the left breast j acket pocket.

UNIFORM C Officer's Dress Whites -- Starting just above the flap of the left breast jacket pocket.

UNIFORM D Ratings' Dress Whites -- Worn on the left breast jacket pocket.

UNIFORM G Ceremonials -- Due to the cut of the j acket, no campaign bars are worn.

RANK INSIGNIA

ETHICS UPSTATS STAR PIHS:

Several Sea Org installations have a star pin indicating ethics upstats. These may be worn on the following:

Uniform A, B, E, F shirt: Worn on the left breast pocket flap, centered between the button and the right edge of the flap.

Uniform H: Centered 1/4 inch above left breast pocket.

Uniform J: Worn on left shirt collar, centered 1/2 inch from collar point.

SLEEVE STRIPES:

Gold sleeve stripes (narrow strips of fabric) are worn to show one's rank on Uniform A and Uniform G dress jackets and on Officer's overcoats by Midshipmen and above.

The sleeve stripes are placed on each sleeve, starting 2 inches from the cuff.

Stars are worn with the sleeve stripes by Right Arm Officers. These are gold, and placed just above the top stripe. (Ref. FO 3898, Right Arm Ranks And Ratings)

See chart attached.

PETTY OFFICER CHEVRONS:

Petty Officers wear silver chevrons denoting their rating, on the left shirt sleeve in Uniform B, Working Blues and Uniform E, Working Whites. They are also worn on the left sleeve of the Uniform A, Dress Blues jacket; Uniform D, Ratings' Dress Whites j acket; and Uniform G, Ceremonials. The chevrons are silver, on a backing matching the color of the shirt or j acket on which they are placed. Petty Officers who have been duly awarded Right Arm status by the International Officer Selection Board wear a silver star above the topmost chevron (enclosed by the arch, for CPOs).

See chart attached.

SHOULDER LOOPS AND BOARDS:

There are two types of shoulder insignia worn to designate rank and rating in the Sea Org.

One is the "soft" shoulder loop consisting of a black fabric tube carrying the gold stripes and symbols designating one's rank. It is worn by passing the epaulette of the shirt or sweater through the loop, then buttoning the epaulette.

The other is the "hard" shoulder board which has stiff black fabric or felt upon which the appropriate gold stripes and/or symbols are placed.

Loops are worn on the following garments:

UNIFORM A DRESS BLUES shirt

UNIFORM B WORKING BLUES shirt

Hard boards are worn on:

UNIFORM C OFFICER'S DRESS WHITES jacket

UNIFORM E WORKING WHITES shirt

Officer's Winter Overcoat

UNIFORM G CEREMONIALS (by Loyal Officers and above only)

Shoulder insignia are not worn with Uniform F, CLO/Service Org Working Blue-Greys.

The shoulder loops and boards of a Right Arm Officer duly designated by Int Officer Selection Board include a gold star. (Ref. FO 3898, RIGHT ARM RANKS AND RATINGS)

See chart attached.

TIE INSIGNIA:

With Uniform F CLO/Service Org Working Blue-Greys the black tie is embroidered with a small sea horse. The color scheme of the sea horse is as follows:

Officers	gold sea horse
Petty Officers	silver sea horse
Able Bodied Seamen	white sea horse
Swampers	black sea horse

The sea horse insignia are embroidered in the center of both the men's tie and the women's cross tie.

BUTTONS :

The buttons placed on jackets and coats indicate one's level of rank or rating as follows:

Officers	gold
Petty Officers	silver
Able Bodied Seamen	white
Swampers	black

BELT BUCKLES :

The buckle of the web belts worn with Uniform A, Dress Blues; Uniform B, Working Blues; Uniform C, Officer's Dress Whites; Uniform D, Ratings ' Dress Whites; and Uniform E, Working Whites is gold colored for Officers, silver colored for Petty Officers and below.

BADGES

ORG PDIS:

These are enamelled metal pins which bear the logo of the corporation one's org is a part of, as well as the name of one's org (usually abbreviated). For example, a CMO Int Officer or crew member wears a Church of Scientology International logo pin with the words COMMODORE'S MESSENGER ORG INTERNATIONAL. This pin is worn with:

Uniform A jacket : Right breast, centered.

Uniform C: Worn centered on right breast, 1/4 inch above pocket.

Uniform D: Centered on right jacket breast.

BLAZER AND SHIRT BADGES FOR UNIFORM F

CLO/SERVICE ORG WORKING BLUE-GREYS:

On the CLO and Service Org blazer a pocket badge is worn. This is a black badge bearing an S. O. symbol on a shield. The color scheme for this badge is as follows:

Officers	gold shield border, gold S.O. symbol, and one's rank embroidered on a gold ribbon beneath the shield.
POs	silver shield border, silver S.O. symbol, and one's rating embroidered on a silver ribbon beneath the shield.
ABs	white shield border, white S.O. symbol, and "AB SEAMAN" embroidered on a white ribbon beneath the shield.

On the lower part of the badge, beneath the rank/rating ribbon, the org name is embroidered in black letters on the appropriate colored field for that org : green for CLOs, red for service orgs, and blue for estates orgs.

The badge is worn on the left breast pocket of the men's and women's blazer.

C/Ses and auditors (Class IV and above) who are on Tech or Qual technical posts may wear an additional tech badge just beneath the org name badge stating their highest permanent technical training level. There is a similar badge for Ethics Specialists and Scientology Magistrates which may be worn in place of the tech badge. These follow the same color pattern as that of the org name section of the pocket badge: green for CLOs, red for service orgs, and blue for estates orgs. In no case may more than one additional patch be worn below the org name patch.

Just above the left breast pocket is placed a rectangular laminated badge stating post title and division name. This badge uses the same color coding as above: green for CLOs, red for service orgs, blue for estates orgs, all with black lettering.

Staff who have not yet achieved the rating of AB or above are not issued a Uniform F blazer and therefore are not issued a pocket badge. They simply wear the rectangular laminated badge of the appropriate color for their org (stating post title and Division name) above the left breast shirt pocket.

BADGES ARD INSIGNIA FOR UNIFORM H JUMP SUIT:

An embroidered S.O. symbol patch is worn on the left breast pocket of the Uniform H jump suit. The patch is shield-shaped with a black background. The pattern is as follows:

Officers	gold shield border, gold S.O. symbol, and one's rank embroidered on a gold ribbon beneath the shield.
POs	silver shield border, silver S.O. symbol, and one's rating embroidered on a silver ribbon beneath the shield.
ABs	white shield border, white S.O. symbol, and "AB SEAMAN" embroidered on a white ribbon beneath the shield.
Swampers	blue shield border and blue S.O. symbol (no ribbon beneath the shield).

Above the left breast pocket is sewn an embroidered patch indicating post title and division.

The baseball style cap worn with Uniform H Jump Suits has an embroidered S.O. symbol badge. This badge is circular and has the following color scheme:

Officers	black, with gold border and S.O. symbol.
POs	black, with silver border and S.O. symbol.
ABs	black, with white border and S.O. symbol.
Swampers	black, with blue border and S.O. symbol.
(For ABs and above the badge also denotes the staff member's rank in lettering of the same color as the border and S.O. symbol.)

Commanders and Captains wear a single row of embroidered. gold leaves on the cap bill. Officers above the rank of Captain wear a double row of gold leaves.

SHIRT BADGES FOR UNIFORM B (WORKING BLUES) AND UNIFORM E (WORKING WHITES):

On working uniform shirts (Uniform B or Uniform E ) just above the left pocket is worn a rectangular laminated badge stating the name of one's org or unit directly above his division or bureau name. For example :

FLAG SERVICE ORG TECHNICAL DIVISION

Management Executives, org Exec Council members, org management network representatives ( FR, LRH Comm, etc. ) and Senior C/Ses have their post title spelled out on the badge in place of the division/bureau name. For example :

The following colors apply :

RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER	blue field, white border, white lettering.
COMMODORE'S MESSENGER ORG	black field, white border, white lettering.
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT	yellow field, white border, white lettering.
FLAG MANAGEMENT LEVEL	white field, green border, green lettering.
FLAG SERVICE ORG/FLAG SHIP SERVICE ORG	white field, red border, red lettering.
FLAG CREW/FLAG SHIP CREW	white field, blue border, blue lettering.
GOLDEN ERA PRODUCTIONS	blue field, yellow border, yellow lettering.

Other colors may from time to time be authorized to distinguish orgs or their crews.

AUDITOR, C/S, AND ETHICS

CLASSIFICATION SHIRT BADGES FOR

UNIFORM B (WORKING BLUES)

AND UNIFORM E (WORKING WHITES):

An embroidered badge showing auditor, C/S, or Ethics Specialist, Scientology Magistrate or other specialized technical or ethics classification may be worn on the left breast pocket of uniform shirts by personnel on active duty using the skills of that training. ( For example, if one is a Class IV auditor but is currently holding the post of Treasury Sec, he does not wear a Class IV auditor badge. ) For Uniform B, this badge has a light blue background (matching the shirt) and for Uniform E, a white background (matching the shirt). Only one such badge may be worn.

S.O. SECURITY BADGE:

This is a metal badge which has the Sea Org symbol and also denotes that those wearing it are Security personnel. It is pinned onto the shirt, directly above the org name badge (which is embroidered j ust above the left breast pocket). (Ref. FO 3883-3, Sea Org Uniform Series 1-3, SPECIALIST UNIFORMS FOR SEA ORG SECURITY PERSONNEL)

The insignia given above and in Attachment # 1 are those which may be worn by the Sea Organization at this time.

Additional items must be authorized by the Sea Org Image Officer and the International Officer Selection Board.

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