Rating badges, collar devices and rank tabs at the NEX Orlando. (U.S. Navy Reserve photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Word) Sailors across the service had to make a small but ...

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 ...

The United States Navy is the largest in the world. Like other branches of the military, it is highly organized by a vast hierarchical structure. Even for military personnel in other branches of the ...

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 ...