The American military has featured numerous ranks over the years, with some of them being quite strange. A few of […] ...

No — "Specialist" in the U.S. Army is a single enlisted rank (E4), not a graded series that goes up to a "Specialist 5." The historical "Specialist 5" (SP5) ran ...

The Army is considering major uniform changes, including moving rank back to collars, and new options for issued headgear.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ken Falke, a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Navy Special Operations Explosive Ordnance Disposal community, is the founder of four companies, two for-profits and two nonprofits. He is ...

The U.S. Army this week gave its chaplains 90 days to strip the rank from their uniforms in a move that puts a definitive timeline on a directive championed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on defense, strategy, the profession of arms, and aerospace. The recent announcement by ...

Chief petty officers assigned to the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney remove the chief petty officer collar devices of Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Dustin Jack ...

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