The badges will recognize proficiency in mariner operations at three different levels of skill and proficiency in ...

The design of the Mariner Badge includes the Transportation Corps’ “winged wheel,” which symbolizes rail transportation.

The Starfleet insignia seen on the chests of every officer ... were meant to indicate different branches of the future military, like merchant marines. Theiss was asked to make costume adjustments ...

The Institute of Heraldry, which oversees insignia for U.S. military branches and government agencies, has 60 days from the day of the announcement to tinker before completing the badge designs.