You have endured and excelled in rigorous training to master the combat art of your Profession, having served Honorably to protect and defend the United States of America from its enemies, both foreign and domestic, receive the thanks and appreciation of a grateful Nation.

A. SSBN Deterrent Patrol Insignia. A silver or gold metal pin showing the broad-side view of a "LAFAYETTE" class SSBN proceeding sub-merged, with a POLARIS missile circled by three electron paths, centered in the foreground, and a scroff across the bottom of missile and submarine. Gold or silver stars, with silver given priority, are mounted on the scroll in the order shown on diagram at left to indicate each additional patrol, as follows

(1) Silver pin alone, without stars, one patrol.
(2) Add a gold star for each additional patrol (maximum four gold stars).
(3) Patrol pin with silver star, six patrols.
(4) Add a gold star for each additional patrol (maximum four stars).
(5) in with two silver stars, eleven patrols.
(6) Add a gold star for each additional patrol (maximum four gold stars.
(7) Pin with three silver stars, sixteen patrols.
(8) Add a gold star for each additional patrol (maximum three gold stars).
(9) Gold patrol pin, 20 pa-trols.
(10) Repeat sequence adding gold stars for each additional patrol (maximum four gold stars) and a silver star for each additional five patrols.