How Do You Properly Align Rank Insignia On Marine Uniforms?
• For enlisted Marines, your chevrons will be vertical, with the pointed tip up. Center them horizontally (as if a vertical line bisected the collar). The bottom edge of the insignia (no matter what rank) will be 1/2 inch from the side of the collar on both sides. Thus, a sergeant major’s chevrons will protrude higher up than a PFC, because it is much taller. Officers will also be centered horizontally. Generals’ stars will have a single tip pointing up, centered vertically as well. Colonels will wear their eagles with the wings perpendicular to the deck and looking inboard (matched pair). Lt. Colonels and Majors will wear their oak leaves centered, with the stem pointing downward. Captains, Lieutenants, and warrant officers will wear their bars parallel to the deck.
