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One of the first jobs some Marines were assigned was acting as sharpshooters from the rigging to defend the ship from boarders and to assist in boarding operations of enemy ships. The officers wear the quatrefoil on the top of their dress covers and this is generally attributed to being a way for those sharpshooters to identify their officers from above. This may not be accurate, according to the current USMC web page on historical significance of their emblems (I looked to find the proper name of the braid that I could not rememebr), but it was what I was taught by GySgt Taylor in History and Traditions classes at Quantico MCB.Weren’t the Marines the first marine snipers?
Your recollection is essentially correct. The quatrefoil is worn on Marine officers' barracks covers to this day, both service dress and blue dress.srothstein wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:50 pmWhat do you mean "now"?
One of the first jobs some Marines were assigned was acting as sharpshooters from the rigging to defend the ship from boarders and to assist in boarding operations of enemy ships. The officers wear the quatrefoil on the top of their dress covers and this is generally attributed to being a way for those sharpshooters to identify their officers from above. This may not be accurate, according to the current USMC web page on historical significance of their emblems (I looked to find the proper name of the braid that I could not rememebr), but it was what I was taught by GySgt Taylor in History and Traditions classes at Quantico MCB.Weren’t the Marines the first marine snipers?