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The US Navy has adopted the NWU Type III uniform effective October 2019.
There is a chest rank slide holder in the gig line of the blouse for a rank.
The NEX/Vanguard does not offer Midshipman chest ranks slides for the NWU uniform reflecting 1/C, 2/C etc.
Example: USNA chest rank
The only place that currently has them is the US Naval Academy and they will not sell the chest ranks to non-USNA midshipmen. The company, Sayre, that manufacturers them also will not sell them due to the constraints of their federal contract.
Basically, there is no place for any USMMA or NROTC midshipmen in the USA to purchase a rank for their uniform.
For mids doing their Sea Year project on the USN vessel, this leaves them without a rank.
There is a chest rank slide holder in the gig line of the blouse for a rank.
The NEX/Vanguard does not offer Midshipman chest ranks slides for the NWU uniform reflecting 1/C, 2/C etc.

Example: USNA chest rank
The only place that currently has them is the US Naval Academy and they will not sell the chest ranks to non-USNA midshipmen. The company, Sayre, that manufacturers them also will not sell them due to the constraints of their federal contract.
Basically, there is no place for any USMMA or NROTC midshipmen in the USA to purchase a rank for their uniform.
For mids doing their Sea Year project on the USN vessel, this leaves them without a rank.