Navy Surface Warfare –Dental Corps Badge

Criteria: The Staff Surface Warfare Pins comprise the qualifications which are available to general staff officers in the medical, dental, science, and nursing fields. Awarded to general staff officers undergoing an abbreviated amount of general surface warfare training and also qualifying in field specific training and instruction. The Staff Surface Warfare Pins are voluntary and an officer does not need to receive the badge to advance in a given staff career field. The Staff Surface Warfare Pins are most often granted to staff personnel permanently assigned to afloat naval commands, such as the medical department onboard an aircraft carrier.