Help needed - RN OM(C) 2
 

Good evening,

I recently purchased a pair of Gulf War medals, OSM and Iraq medal named to a RN sailor.

His rate is OM(C)2.

The medals were issued around 2005. I cannot find what this rate is.

Is it a defunct rating? Does anyone know what this badge would look like?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Doug

Hello Doug, welcome to the Forum. Your account is active and open for posts.

Royal Navy: Royal Navy: OM (Communications)

Also found this comment :
"OM(C)s were the predecessor of CIS"

COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST

The OM bit stands for Operator/Maintainer. Previously there would have been one rating who operated equipment and another that maintained it. In order to save costs these two roles were combined in the mid-1990s. That meant that one rating would be responsible for both using equipment and fixing/maintaining it. These changes didn't only apply to communications.

Pete

Thank you all for the replies.

Does anyone have a picture of what the old OM(C) Operator/Maintainer (Communications) rating badge looked like?

Is it the same as the CIS rating badge without the letters CIS?

Any further help is much appreciated.

Doug

Hello gents.

Bill, thank you for the welcome.

Thank you are for your informative replies.

Does anyone have a picture of the old OM(C) 2 rating badge?

Regards.

Torpedo, missile lightning with C beneath if I remember correctly

Great.

Thank you.

I will check stock in my shop on Friday