A child with AD/HD [ A.D.D. OR ADHD ] is usually described as having a short attention span and as being distractible. In actuality, distractibility and inattentiveness are not synonymous. Distractibility refers to the short attention span and the ease with which some children can be pulled off-task.
Both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps authorizes service stripes to those service members for every four years of service. In cases where a disciplinary infraction has occurred, the service member is not denied a service stripe but simply is authorized the standard red stripe design.
They represent, years in service and combat. The left sleeve is service years and the right sleeve indicates combat. One stripe 3 years, 2 stripes 6 years and so on. I believe the combat stripes is every 6 month's in a combat zone. We wear the Class A or the new ASU only for special occasions.