"French long service stripes" Topic
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| Widowson | 07 Nov 2009 9:55 a.m. PST |
Is it one chevron for each four years of service? I know that the stripes are red, or gold for senior nco's, but are they worn on just the left arm, or both arms? Thanks. |
 DeanMoto  | 07 Nov 2009 10:44 a.m. PST |
From what I gather, the first chevron is for 10 yrs of service, the second for "approximately" 20 yrs, and the third for more than 20 to 25 yrs. And they should be on the upper left arm only. Someone else may be able to post a more "exact" reference to the service requirements, but I'm sure it's not for only 4 yrs. Dean |
| vaughan | 08 Nov 2009 2:18 a.m. PST |
According to the Histofig site:
5 years = 1 chevron
15 years = 2 chevrons
20 years = 3 chevrons
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