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US military ranks explained: What is a butter bar

The US military's rank structure is a complex language of stripes, stars, and titles. In this definitive guide, we decode the ...
General Discharge Official on MSN

The highest US military rank is not what you think

We go beyond the generals and admirals. In part two of our ultimate guide to US military ranks, we explore the mysterious ...
Some sailors are concerned that rank tabs will be in short supply as the Oct. 1 deadline approaches for wearing the insignia on their uniforms. The black rank insignia, normally associated with the ...
The review was triggered by the racial reckoning following George Floyd's death. The Navy's broad internal look to address racism and sexism in its ranks has made recommendations to do more to keep ...
The Navy is halting separations of sailors over "high-year tenure" -- a program that dictates sailors can only serve so long at a certain rank before being involuntarily discharged from the service.
The Navy's Task Force One Navy report looks to STEM training, recruitment, grooming policies as paths to encourage diversity and inclusion. The Navy has released nearly 60 recommendations on ...
Sailors across the service had to make a small but noticeable uniform change on Oct. 1: They had to swap out the loops of cloth with their rank insignia from the matching digital green camouflage to ...