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.
In areas observing Commonwealth of Nations or United States doctrine, chevrons are used as an insignia of enlisted or NCO rank by military forces and by police.One chevron usually designates a lance corporal, two a corporal, and three a sergeant.n the Commonwealth, the correct terminology for rank chevrons includes the number of stripes, called bars, therefore, the sergeants' insignia is properly termed a 3-bar chevron. Canadian and Australian Forces often refer to chevrons as hooks. In the Dutch armed forces they are nicknamed bananas.