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- Mah Jongg Tile Set Description
-
- Tile Set Name: ARMY.TIL
- Subject: Army Ranks
- Created by: Jeff Richardson
-
- Description:
-
- The First 15 tiles represent rank and insignia of commissioned
- officers and warrant officers of the United States Army. The
- insignia are worn on the shoulder straps or the Army uniform or
- on the collar of the uniform shirt. These insignia are sometimes
- worn on the helmet or field hat during times of war or for field
- dress.
-
- 1) General of the Army - Five five-pointed silver stars, all
- connected. Not shown is the gold shield on the Army which
- is usually above the five stars.
-
- 2) General - Four five-pointed silver stars in a line.
-
- 3) Lieutenant General - Three five-pointed silver stars in a line.
-
- 4) Major General - Two five-pointed silver stars in a line.
-
- 5) Brigadier General - One five-pointed silver star.
-
- 6) Colonel - A silver American Eagle facing left, with wings
- spread, gripping arrows and laurel leaves. There is an
- American shield on its breast.
-
- 7) Lieutenant Colonel - A sculptured silver oak leaf.
-
- 8) Major - A sculptured gold oak leaf.
-
- 9) Captain - Two joined bars of silver, 1 inch by 1/4 inch.
-
- 10) First Lieutenant - One bar of silver, 1 inch by 1/4 inch.
-
- 11) Second Lieutenant - One bar of gold, 1 inch by 1/4 inch.
-
- 12) Chief Warrant Officer, W-4 - One bar of red enamel, broken by
- two crosswise bars of silver, and framed in silver.
-
- 13) Chief Warrant Officer, W-3 - One bar of red enamel, broken by
- one crosswise bar of silver, and framer in silver.
-
- 14) Chief Warrant Officer, W-2 - One bar of red enamel, broken by
- two crosswise bars of gold, and framed in gold.
-
- 15) Warrant Officer, W-1 - One bar of red enamel, broken by one
- crosswise bar of gold, and framer in gold.
-
- The next 10 tiles are insignia of grade for enlisted men of the
- United States Army. The chevrons, arcs, lozenges, and other designs
- are in gold on an army green or are in dark blue on a white cloth
- for the dress uniform of the Army.
-
- 16) Sergeant Major - Three chevrons above, and three arcs below
- with a five-pointed star completely encircled by a wreath of
- laurel in the center.
-
- 17) Chief Master Sergeant - Three chevrons above, and three arcs
- below, with a five-pointed star in the center between them.
-
- 18) First Sergeant - Three chevrons above, and three arcs below,
- with a lozenge or open diamond shape, in the center between them.
-
- 19) Master Sergeant - Three chevrons above and three arcs below.
-
- 20) Sergeant First Class - Three chevrons above and two arcs below.
-
- 21) Staff Sergeant - Three chevrons above and one arc below.
-
- 22) Sergeant - Three chevrons, points up.
-
- 23) Corporal - Two chevrons, points up.
-
- 24) Lance Corporal - One chevron, with one arc below.
-
- 25) Private First Class - One chevron, point up.
-
- The next 6 tiles are insignia that are used in the Army to
- designate specialist fields. They all have an American Eagle
- device in gold on an army green or navy blue background. They are
- a good deal smaller than the other insignia of rank.
-
- 26) Specialist Nine - The specialist design, with three arcs above
- and two chevrons below, pointed down. (No longer authorized.)
-
- 27) Specialist Eight - The specialist design, with three arcs above
- and one chevron below, pointed down. (No longer authorized.)
-
- 29) Specialist Seven - The specialist design, with three arcs above.
-
- 30) Specialist Six - The specialist design, with two arcs above.
-
- 31) Specialist Five - The specialist design, with one arc above.
-
- 32) Specialist Four - The specialist design alone.
-
- The next three tiles are special Army service strips, bars, and
- wound chevrons.
-
- 33) Overseas Chevrons, World War I, and Wound Chevron - These are
- worn on the outside sleeve, near the cuff. They are inverted
- chevrons, point down, of gold color on army green. One chevron
- is authorized for each wound or for each six months' service in
- a theater of operations during World War I.
-
- 34) Overseas Service Bars, World War II, and Korean War - These are
- worn in the same manner as the above. Each is a gold bar on army
- green background. The bar is 1 5/16 inch by 3/16 inch. Each
- bar indicates six months' service in a theater of operations.
-
- 35) Army Service Strips - Diagonal stripes in gold on an army green
- background, worn on the outside sleeve in the uniform. Each
- gold strip indicates three years of federal military service,
- and they are worn one above the another.
-
- The wild card tiles are represented by the following:
-
- Wild Card Set One
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnam
-
- Wild Card Set Two
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Marines
-
- All the above information was gathered from Evans E. Kerrigan's
- book "American Badges and Insignia". Copyrighted in 1967 by Evans
- E. Kerrigan, The Viking Press, Inc.