Your Military Rank: What Does It Mean in the Civilian Workforce Not everyone you encounter will appreciate the commitment, work and sacrifice of military duty and why rank matters.
General Known as Last Soldier in Afghanistan Gets Promotion Approved After Republican Ends Delay A promotion for the general who became known as the last U.S. soldier out of Afghanistan was approved by the Senate after a...
Enlisted Navy Rates Unlike other branches of the U.S. military, enlisted Navy ranks are organized according to rates.
Army Ranks For Enlisted Personnel The U.S. Army has 13 enlisted ranks, from private up to sergeant major.
'I'm Still in the Fight’: Top Marine General Makes First Video Appearance Since Cardiac Arrest In a video address to Marines posted on Instagram, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith assured them that he is...
Majority of Retired 4-Star Officers Got Jobs in Defense Industry, New Report Says More than 80% of the highest-ranking military officers who left the service over the past five years moved into jobs working...
Major General Convicted of Forcible Kissing to Retire as Colonel An Air Force two-star general who was convicted of abusive sexual contact in a court-martial last year will retire as a...
Some Marines Will Have to Wait Longer to Pick up Rank A new change to Marine Corps policy will require some Marines to wait longer before they are eligible for promotion.
How the First Black Four-Star General Realized His American Dream From being a Tuskegee Airman to the first Black four-star general, Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. realized an American dream...
The Space Force Finally Has Its Own Rank Insignia The design borrows heavily from the Air Force, with a white and blue color scheme and stripes as an homage to Gen. Hoyt...
Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two...
Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to...
Commander of Greenland Base Who Broke with Vance Fired Shortly After Military.com Report Defense officials moved quickly to fire a Space Force commander in charge of a Greenland military base after a Military.com...
A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...
Trump's Unusual Pick for Joint Chiefs Chairman Approved by Senate in Overnight Vote Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who President Donald Trump plucked out of retirement to replace the Black general he fired as chairman of...
