Shoulder mark

Unlike the older uniform designs, there are slip-ons for every rank in the Australian Defence Force.

No shoulder-strap slip-ons are available for enlisted members of the army, whereas the other two services had appropriate slip ons, who have rank patches sewed onto the uniform arms.

"Soft shoulder boards" (shoulder marks) are worn on long sleeve white shirts and on black sweaters worn with Service Khaki or Service Dress Blue uniforms.

Coast Guard officers wear Naval style shoulderboards on all class B uniform shirts.

Service dress uniforms in the U.S. air and land forces also have a different style of shoulder board, a firm material with an underlying longitudinal strap.

On the United States Army Blue Service Uniform, officers wear embroidered rank insignia "shoulder straps" (attentes[citation needed]) mounted lengthwise on the outside shoulder seams.

Rank slides are used by all of the UK Armed Forces, primarily on working dress uniforms.

The most notable exception to this is Kent Police, whose officers display their collar number on the stab vest instead of the rank slides.

Public order officers' shoulder slides are often colour-coded according to their role: The uniform of public sector prison officers and OSG's[clarification needed] in England & Wales feature shoulder slides on their uniform indicating rank, unique identification number and specialist role.

Specialist role identifiers include: The uniform of lord-lieutenant as the head of a lieutenancy area shows many military features.