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 ...

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 ...

This article by Alison Buckholtz originally appeared on the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) website. Lauren Hope is a self-described "military history nerd" who never imagined that she ...

Nov. 4 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy's new rank insignia for uniforms will make identification of rank easier and follows requests from personnel, the Navy Personnel Command said. Wearing a slip-on insignia, ...

The creation of battle insignia has long been a tradition of the American armed forces. When a new ship is commissioned into the United States Navy, it is given a name, a hull number and an insignia.

A York County native recently received a special insignia for her efforts in the U.S. Navy. Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Gambrell received the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist Insignia on Tuesday ...