The executive curl, or the "Elliot's Eye", is the name given to the ring above a naval officer's gold lace or braid insignia. It originated with the Royal...
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Look up curl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Curl or CURL may refer to: Curl (mathematics), a vector operator that shows a vector field's rate of rotation...
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it kept with Royal Navy traditions and adopted sleeve braid with an executive curl for rank insignia. "Wavy" sleeve braid was adopted for the Royal Canadian...
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these were applied to all blue uniforms. Also, for the first time, the executive curl made its definitive appearance in the regulations. On 16 April 1861...
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of two medium gold braid stripes, the uppermost stripe featuring an executive curl in many Commonwealth of Nations; or three stripes of equal or unequal...
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on top due to the lack of an executive curl; the Royal Canadian Navy followed this pattern before the addition of the curl in 2010. Acting sub-lieutenant...
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international navies, which are worn on the cuff in the full dress with the executive curl. The following are rank insignia of commissioned officers of the People's...
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adjusted—exterior epaulettes were removed, reverting to the sleeve ring and executive curl-rank insignia used by most navies. commodores' uniforms display a broad...
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officers would wear the straight stripes of lace but with an 'R' in the executive curl while ratings would be distinguished by 'RNR' and 'RNVR' cap tallies...
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and insignia of the RN. RCN officers wore gold stripes with the naval executive curl above to denote rank. Also similar to that of the Royal Navy, the patterns...
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Curl was sold to outdoor specialist company Kathmandu. On 16 August 2021, Rip Curl appointed Brooke Farris as the chief executive officer. Rip Curl is...
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Navy marks centennial by reinstating 'executive curl' "Navy marks centennial by reinstating 'executive curl' | CTV News". 2 May 2010. Archived from...
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2010, above it a narrower strip of gold braid embellished with the executive curl. On the visor of the service cap are two rows of gold oak leaves.[citation...
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servants. The rank insignia features four rings of gold braid with an executive curl in the upper ring. When in mess dress or mess undress, officers of the...
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grade and basic salary scale. In addition the MCG does not use the executive curl but instead, the badge of the MCG. RELA Corps ranks are equal to Army...
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naval insignia, the RAF lieutenant general insignia did not have an executive curl. United Kingdom portal British and U.S. military ranks compared British...
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structure similar to that of France - with the addition of the use of the executive curl by naval officers in all shoulder or sleeve insignia marks. The rank...
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removing exterior epaulettes and reverting to the sleeve-ring and executive curl rank insignia used by a majority of navies throughout the world. This...
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"square rig" for other ranks was not re-introduced. In addition, the executive curl on officers' rank insignia was omitted and the rank insignia of other...
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insignia for a lieutenant(N) is two ½-inch (13 mm) stripes with the executive curl on the top stripe, worn on the cuffs of the service dress jacket, and...
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international navies, which are worn on the cuff in the full dress with the executive curl. The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel...
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wear, since the 2010s, Western style sleeve insignia featuring the executive curl. Sea Guard vessels bear the Морська охорона inscription on their boards...
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below two standard size gold braids, the superior one includes the executive curl. On tropical white mess dress and tropical white service dress tunic:...
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the crew and their function. Some companies and some countries use an executive curl similar to that of the Royal Navy. In the United States, and in numerous...
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and junior to a rear admiral (major general). A wide gold band with executive curl is displayed on each sleeve of the service dress and mess dress. Shoulder...
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by the three branches of the pre-unification era. The navy added the executive curl to their gold bars and reintroduced naval sleeve insignia for flag officers...
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followed the British pattern. As part of the Canadian Naval Centennial the executive curl pattern (shown only in the dress uniform tunic picture below) of naval...
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rank or status. Both cuff insignias were used in uniforms with the executive curl. As discrimination criteria to specific appointments or assignments...
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diamond used by some British merchant shipping companies, rather than the executive curl used by the RN. The rank of commodore is the most senior in the RFA...
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flags and ensigns, as well as in the navy officer rank insignia. The executive curl (La coca) was replaced by a golden five-pointed star and the royal crown...
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