List of Naval Officer Designators
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The following is a partial list of current United States Naval Officer Community Designations:
An officer designator describes their general community or profession.
The final (fourth) digit (X) denotes the whether the officer has a Regular (0), Reserve (5), or Full Time Support (7) commission.
Until recently, all officers entering the U.S. Navy received a Reserve commission. Beginning 01 May 2005 all initial commissions are regular commissions for all new officers instead of reserve commissions. This becomes especially confusing, considering one of the largest commissioning sources in the U.S. is through Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC).
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Fully Qualifed Unrestricted Line (URL) Officers
| 111X | URL Officer qualified in Surface Warfare. |
| 112X | URL Officer qualified in Submarine Warfare. |
| 113X | URL Officer qualified in Special Warfare. |
| 114X | A Special Operation officer by virtue of training in the Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Diving/Salvage, and EOM functional areas. |
| 131X | URL Officer qualified for duty involving piloting heavier-than-air, or heavier and lighter-than air types of aircraft (Naval Aviator). |
| 132X | URL Officer qualified for duty involving heavier-than-air, or heavier and lighter-than-air type aircraft as a Naval Flight Officer. |
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Training Designators For Unrestricted Line Officers
| 116X | URL Officer in training for Surface Warfare qualification. |
| 117X | URL Officer in training for Submarine Warfare qualification. |
| 118X | URL Officer in training for Special Warfare qualification. |
| 119X | URL Officer in training for Special Operations qualification. |
| 137X | URL Officer in training for duty involving flying as a Naval Flight Officer. |
| 139X | URL Officer in training for duty involving flying as a pilot. |
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Restricted Line (RL) Officer Designators
| 120X | An RL Officer specializing in Human Resoureces |
| 140X | An RL Officer specializing in Engineering Duty. |
| 151X | An RL Officer speciallizing in Aerospace Engineering Duty (Engineering). |
| 152X | An RL Officer specializing in Aerospace Engineering Duty (Maintenance). AKA: AMDO and AMO. |
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Special Duty (SD) Officers
| 160X | An SD Officer (Information Professional) |
| 161X | An SD Officer (Cryptology) |
| 162X, 166X, 167X, 169X | An SD Officer (Merchant Marine) |
| 163X | An SD Officer (Intelligence) |
| 164X | An RL Officer in training for qualification as an SD Officer (Cryptology) |
| 165X | An SD Officer (Public Affairs) |
| 1687 | An SD Officer (Reserve Recruiter) |
| 180X | An SD Officer (Oceanography) |
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Staff Corps Designators
| 210X | A Medical Corps Officer |
| 220X | A Dental Corps Officer |
| 230X | A Medical Service Corps Officer |
| 250X | A Judge Advocate General's Corps Officer |
| 290X | A Nurse Corps Officer |
| 310X | A Supply Corps Officer |
| 410X | A Chaplain Corps Officer |
| 510X | A Civil Engineer Corps (Seabee) Officer |
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Limited Duty Officers
| 61XX | Limited Duty Officer (Line) |
| 62XX | Limited Duty Officer (Line) |
| 63XX | Limited Duty Officer (Aerospace Maintenance) |
| 64XX | Limited Duty Officer (Line) |
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