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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
America’s newest military branch continues to pay homage to “Star Trek” with its enlisted rank insignia, which look unmistakably like something that series creator Gene Roddenberry would have come up ...
The Space Force is surveying its members about the rank insignia designs they'd like to affix to their shirt and jacket sleeves. Mock-ups of enlisted rank insignias from E-2 to E-9 have surfaced on ...
The military issued a stand-down order after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6. The Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol left a lasting impression on the nation’s conscience, but perhaps no more so than at the ...