Assignment patch
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An assignment patch is a badge or emblem worn as part of one's uniform, to distinguish one's mission or posting. Mission patches were first used by NASA's Gemini 5 crew in 1965, and new patches were created for subsequent missions.
By the 22nd century, with longer-term interstellar missions, these patches came to be identified with a ship, rather than any single mission that ship carried out. Earth Starfleet assignment patches were worn on the left sleeve of the standard duty uniform. (ENT episode: "Broken Bow", et.al.)
By the 23rd century, these patches became smaller and more stylized, and also were moved to the left breast of the uniform tunic. (TOS episodes: "The Cage", "Where No Man Has Gone Before", et.al.)
By the 2270s, assignment patches were phased out, in favor of a metallic pin of a single design, formerly used as the assignment patch of the USS Enterprise, now used to represent all of Federation Starfleet. (TOS movie: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, et.al.)
[edit] 22nd century patches
[edit] 23rd century patches
[edit] External link
- Mission patch article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Assignment patch article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
