The Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist Badge is a military badge of the United States Navy which was created in March 1980. The badge is awarded to those members of the Navy’s enlisted force who have acquired specific professional skills, knowledge, and military experience that result in qualification for service in the aviation activities of the Navy. This includes most personnel who are trained flight deck personnel onboard aircraft carriers.
The basic prerequisite for the Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist Badge is that a service member be assigned in a sea-duty status to a deployable naval aviation unit or aviation capable ship. Most service members earning this badge hold an enlisted rating designated in aviation.
Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist Badge is given to the personnel who qualify in Enlisted Aviation
Personal Qualification Standards, also known as PQS.
Those completing the Enlisted Aviation PQS must then pass a written examination and a review board conducted by senior enlisted aviation personnel, normally the rank of Chief Petty Officer or above. Upon passing both the examination and the oral board, the Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist Badge may be presented.