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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 |
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Hello Doug, welcome to the Forum. Your account is active and open for posts.
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Royal Navy: Royal Navy: OM (Communications)
Also found this comment : "OM(C)s were the predecessor of CIS" COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST
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British Legion/Royal British Legion , Poppy/Remembrance/Commemorative. Poppy and British Legion Wanted Last edited by mike_vee; 12-02-20 at 02:26 PM. |
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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.
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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 |
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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. |
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Torpedo, missile lightning with C beneath if I remember correctly
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Great.
Thank you. |
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I will check stock in my shop on Friday
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