32 C.F.R. § 578.97 Marksmanship Qualification Badge.
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(a) Eligibility criteria. A basic marksmanship qualification badge is awarded to indicate the degree in which an individual, military or civilian, has qualified in a prescribed record course and an appropriate bar is furnished to denote each weapon with which he or she qualified. Each bar will be attached to the basic badge that indicates the qualification last attained with the respective weapon. Basic qualification badges are of three classes. Expert, sharpshooter, and marksman. The only weapons for which component bars are authorized are listed in Table 10. Basic marksmanship qualification badges are awarded to U.S. military and civilian personnel, and to foreign military personnel who qualify as prescribed. (b) Approval authority—(1) To military personnel. Any commander in the rank or position of lieutenant colonel or higher may make awards to members of the Armed Forces of the United States; Camp/Post Commanders, Professors of Military Science, Directors of Army Instruction/Senior Army Instructors (DAI/SAI) or Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)/ Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) units may make awards to members of the ROTC/JROTC. (2) To civilian personnel. Installation commanders may make the authorization for civilian guards to wear marksmanship badges. Civilian guards will procure badges at their own expense. (c) Description—(1) Expert. A white metal (silver, nickel and rhodium), 1.17 inches in height, a cross patee with the representation of a target placed on the center thereof and enclosed by a wreath; (2) Sharpshooter. A white metal (silver, nickel, and rhodium), 1 inch in height, a cross patee with the representation of a target placed on the center thereof; (3) Marksman. A white metal (silver, nickel, and rhodium), 1 inch in height, a cross patee. (d) Component bars. Weapons for which component bars are authorized are provided in Table 10 below.
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PART 578—DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES
General
§ 578.97 Marksmanship Qualification Badge.
Table 10._Weapons for Which Component Bars Are Authorized------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weapon Inscription------------------------------------------------------------------------Rifle..................................... Rifle.Pistol.................................... Pistol.Antiaircraft artillery.................... AA Artillery.Automatic rifle........................... Auto Rifle.Machinegun................................ Machinegun.Field Artillery........................... Field Arty.Tank Weapons.............................. Tank Weapons.Flamethrower.............................. Flamethrower.Submachine Gun............................ Submachine Gun.Rocket Launcher........................... Rocket Launcher.Grenade................................... Grenade.Carbine................................... Carbine.Recoilless rifle.......................... Recoilless rifle.Mortar.................................... Mortar.Bayonet................................... Bayonet.Rifle, small bore......................... Small bore rifle.Pistol, small bore........................ Small bore pistol.Missile................................... Missile.Aeroweapons............................... Aeroweapons.------------------------------------------------------------------------
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