The U.S. Navy Special Operations Officer embroidered insignia is an original badge manufactured in the U.S.A. in accordance with applicable U.S. Government specifications. The badge is mandatory for wear on uniforms in NWU Type-II Desert camouflage as of October 1, 2019. Background material for an embroidered badge must match the uniform on which the badge is worn.

Due to the nature of the Global War on Terror, the United States Navy made the decision in December, 2007 to redesignate Special Operations Officers as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Officers.

The Special Operations Warfare (SPECOPS) insignia is earned by officers by virtue of training in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Mine Countermeasures (MCM), Operational Diving and Salvage (ODS), and Expendable Ordnance Management (EOM). 

Not to be confused Special Operations Warfare with Special Warfare (i.e. SEALs). Special Operations, in Navy parlance, refers to dive qualified EOD technicians.

Along with the new designation, EOD Officers were given a new breast insignia. The longstanding Special Operations officer breast insignia borrowed elements from both the Surface Warfare and EOD insignias, with the ship and bow wave from the Surface Warfare insignia flanked by the depiction of an ordnance disposal bomb superimposed over crossed lightning bolts on one side and a Mk V diving helmet over two crossed tridents on the other.