Midshipman Group Armband

On board the Academy Ships and the USS Devastator where there are typically anywhere from ten to one hundred Midshipman Groups, each group is assigned armbands with up to three colors to help differentiate the groups.

Each armband is divided into three sections with the following proportions from the torso to the end of the "arm" 1/6, 1/3 and 1/2. On the two and three color armbands, adjacent colors on the armband must be at least a third of the way around the color wheel. For instance, Blue and Green are not acceptable adjacent colors but Red and Green are.


 * On the single color armbands all sections have the same color.
 * On the regular two color armbands, the 1/6 and 1/3 sections are combined, and by custom a primary color is closer to the torso than a secondary, and either are closer to the torso than a tertiary color. In addition, two colors of the same "class" are not allowed. For instance, with a Red and Green armband, the Red is closest to the midshipman's torso.
 * On the Special two color armbands, the 1/6 and 1/2 sections are the same color. It's rarely used except on board the largest Academy Ships that are at maximum capacity.
 * On the three color armbands, each section is a different color.