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 Navy approved new rank tabs that will better stand out against woodland camouflage after sailors complained about having to stare at each other's chests to discern their shipmates' pay grades.

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 ...

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 front of the NWU Type III blouse showing the proper wear of name tapes, rank and warfare insignia as well as the shoulder patches. (Alan Lessig/Staff) The Navy’s gone green, but for some sailors a ...

120729-N-NU634-038 ARABIAN SEA (July 29, 2012) – Chief Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) (SW) Hernan Senoren, from Oahu, Hawaii, conducts training with Gas Turbine Systems ...

The peacoat is a staple of maritime service as timelessly fashionable as it is warm. If you enlist in the Navy, you can get one from Supply for free; if you’re a civilian, you can head to an Army-Navy ...