Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Rating Petty Officer 1st Class

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Rating Petty Officer 1st Class is an official issue of the United States Navy. Aircrew Survival Equipmentaman is responsible for keeping parachutes, life rafts, personal flight gear, and other aviation survival gear like oxygen converters and regulators in working condition. The Navy Rate you receive will be Petty Officer 1st Class and you will need to cut the rank to make 2nd or 3rd class. This official US Navy rank was established in 1942 as a parachute rigger before the title changing to Aircrew Survival Equipmentman in 1948 while displaying a winged parachute. Has a red on blue finish which indicates less than 12 years of service being regulation size and uniform ready. Can be easily sewed onto any official United States Navy uniforms like service dress blue. Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Rating Petty Officer 1st Class is 100 percent made and finished in the USA