COMDTINST M1200.1A governs military qualifications, certificates, and insignia, including eligibility, entitlement, wear, and award authority.
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The publication covers command afloat and ashore, boat operations, aviation, medical qualifications, and legal qualifications. It establishes eligibility, certification, temporary and permanent entitlement, presentation, and wearing requirements for insignia.
Applies to: It is intended to provide operational guidance for Coast Guard personnel and is not intended to nor does it impose legally-binding requirements on any party outside the Coast Guard.
Only officers below Flag rank are authorized to wear the Command at Sea device and the Command Ashore device. (paragraph 2)
Insignia must be worn as prescribed in Reference (a), Uniform Regulations, COMDTINST M1020.6 (series). (paragraph 1)
Only the Commandant may designate Coast Guard astronauts. (paragraph 2)
A suspending authority will suspend from flying status any officer who has professed in writing a fear of flying or who has been found so disposed by examination by a military flight surgeon. (paragraph 1)