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unknown cloth qualification badge
Can anyone please confirm i.d. of the attached cloth badge? Would the C signify Communications? Is badge obsolete?
Thanks GTB |
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OM(C) Operator maintainer (Comms)
Formally know as
Radio Operators (RO) c.1995 - c.2005 Now known as Communications and information systems (CIS) c.2005 - present |
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I thought the symbol in the centre was for Weapons Branch.
Marc
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I am still looking for British Army cloth Formation, Regimental, Battalion, Company and other Unit sleeve badges, from 1980 onwards. |
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OM(C) Operator maintainer (Comms)
c.1995 weapons branch and all seaman branches amalgamated to form the Operator Maintainer (OM) branch. Jack of all trades, professor of none. They still kept the WE artificers for technical stuff.
so we had OM(C) formerly Radio Operators RO(T), RO(G) OM(MW) formerly Mine Warfare (MW) OM(EW) formerly Electronic Warfare OM(AWT) formerly Radar Plotter (RP) OM(AWW) formerly Gunners Seamen Specialist stayed the same. c.2005 the RN did almost a 180 and segregated Weapon Engineers (WE) from seaman branch. The Engineering branches became Engineering Technicians (ET)(WE)(ME)(AE). This incorporated the artificers and mechanics. Regards Ian Note. I was Royal Navy 1970s On shift tonight with Phil, Royal Navy 1989 - 2013 who supplied most of the information |
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Thank you for explaining that. Your post also explains the gaps in RN Dress Regulations.
Marc
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I am still looking for British Army cloth Formation, Regimental, Battalion, Company and other Unit sleeve badges, from 1980 onwards. |
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