Understanding military ranks can be tricky, especially when it comes to knowing the military ranks in order. Some of the military services -- the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps-- have their own ...

America’s newest military branch continues to pay homage to “Star Trek” with its enlisted rank insignia, which look unmistakably like something that series creator Gene Roddenberry would have come up ...

The Space Force has confirmed that it is actively asking its members to weigh in on their rank designs. The news comes after an infographic began making the rounds on social media showing what ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated Dec. 11 at 11:20 a.m. to include the number of affected airmen. The Air Force will soon raise the cap on the number of years most enlisted airmen are allowed to ...

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif. -- The rank ladder in the Marine Corps is normally a linear path. Every now and then, someone mixes it up and becomes warrant officer or receives a full ...

At a leadership conference last month, Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey suggested adding two new pay grades — E-10 and E-11 — to the enlisted ranks in order to bump up pay for sergeants major who ...

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama declared that his defense secretary nominee, Chuck Hagel, would be the first former enlisted man to lead the Pentagon, he seemed to overlook four previous ...

An Enid woman recently became the first African-American female to attain the highest enlisted rank in the Oklahoma Army National Guard, according to an Oklahoma Military Department press release. In ...

FILE - A sailor attends a free hiring event held for service members, veterans and military spouses at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Military & Family Support Center, June 22, 2017. (MCS3 Justin ...

George W. Dunaway, 85, the second of only 13 men to hold the position of sergeant major of the Army, the highest enlisted rank in the service, died Wednesday at a medical center in Las Vegas after a ...