hhbooker2 Posted April 2, 2008 Share #1 Posted April 2, 2008 "GREETINGS & SALUTATIONS!" Used to serve as a Chief Draftsman-Illustrator in the Baltimore Brigade of the Maryland Naval Militia in the early 1970s while resding in Washington, D.C., would take a Greyhound or a Trailways Bus to go to Baltimore and back for drill. We used the same ranks and rates as that of the United States Navy except for the change on the cap badges showing instead of the U.S. shield the coat-of-arms of Lords Baltimore and Calvert and of course we wore brown shoes instead of black with suntans (khakis). This is a khaki cloth background with silverwire embroidery with almost-black chevrons for summer wear for DM. Sarge Booker of Tujunga, California ([email protected]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted April 2, 2008 Obverse view of DM rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted April 2, 2008 Here is a khaki CPO DM rate in issued dark indigi blue chevrons, eagle, and specialty mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted April 3, 2008 DM CPO variation in khaki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted April 3, 2008 Share #5 Posted April 3, 2008 HH, those are some great looking rates. Perhaps this is an ignorant question, but what exactly did you draft? And I'm guessing you are an old school ink & mylar guy? Those were the days! thanks for sharing the rates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted April 3, 2008 HH, those are some great looking rates. Perhaps this is an ignorant question, but what exactly did you draft? And I'm guessing you are an old school ink & mylar guy? Those were the days! thanks for sharing the rates! MEATCAN: Draft Draught Beer? Yes, I am an old "meat & potatoes" man from old school of India ink, velumpaper, and mylar recycled, nothing went to waste! Here are rates for women and men, women's rates were smaller and looked like those worn by men. I drafted anything I was asked to do so on and lettered signs as well, anything in graphic art and lettering. I used to paint signs for 50%, and then 25% going rate, still made loads of money, believe it or not? Many of my fellow signpainters spent theirs of race horses (and dogs), alcohol, etc.! Sarge Booker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted April 3, 2008 Reverse side of above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted April 3, 2008 Here is a nice issue white CPO rate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted April 3, 2008 More white DM rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted April 3, 2008 Here is a DM rate inside of a GEMSCO wrapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #11 Posted April 4, 2008 Same rate as above, but without the wrapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #12 Posted April 4, 2008 Reverse of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #13 Posted April 4, 2008 Navy blue DM stryker specialty mark, obverse and reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted April 4, 2008 Share #14 Posted April 4, 2008 Sarge, Here is a bit of additional info about this rate that appeared in the Oct.-Dec. 2006 ASMIC Trading Post (page 50). Effective 1 July 2006, Illustrator-Draftsman, Journalist, Lithographer and Photographers Mate were combined to create "Mass Communications Specialist", rating which got a new speciality mark. I don't have an image of the new mark to post but perhaps some of our other forum members do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpcsdan Posted April 4, 2008 Share #15 Posted April 4, 2008 Sarge,Here is a bit of additional info about this rate that appeared in the Oct.-Dec. 2006 ASMIC Trading Post (page 50). Effective 1 July 2006, Illustrator-Draftsman, Journalist, Lithographer and Photographers Mate were combined to create "Mass Communications Specialist", rating which got a new speciality mark. I don't have an image of the new mark to post but perhaps some of our other forum members do. Here it is in paygrade E-3 and cap device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted April 4, 2008 Share #16 Posted April 4, 2008 Thanks for posting that spec. mark dpcsdan. It kinda has that "Buck Rogers" look to it. I wonder what the troops are going to nickname that symbol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #17 Posted April 4, 2008 Thanks for posting that spec. mark dpcsdan. It kinda has that "Buck Rogers" look to it. I wonder what the troops are going to nickname that symbol? DAN and LEE: What a shame to see the loss of the DM specialty mark for something that looks like electronics? The number of specialty marks once used and those still in use numbers over one hundred, I'll wager? Thanks for showing the new specialty mark, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #18 Posted April 4, 2008 Reverse side of white DM stryler specialty mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #19 Posted April 4, 2008 Drafts-Illustrator Apprentice for winter uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #20 Posted April 4, 2008 Revedrse of the winter issue Draftsman-Illustrator Apprentice rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share #21 Posted April 4, 2008 Emergency Service Rating of letter "X" in centre of open lozenge for Draftsman-Illustrator suring WW2. Obverse view of white cotton rate. Sarge Booker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share #22 Posted April 5, 2008 Reverse of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share #23 Posted April 5, 2008 DM1 white rate in VANGUARD plastic bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share #24 Posted April 6, 2008 GEMSCO wrapper with DM rate inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share #25 Posted April 6, 2008 GENSCO wraqpper on DN rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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