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The US military's rank structure is a complex language of stripes, stars, and titles. In this definitive guide, we decode the entire enlisted hierarchy from Private (E1) to Sergeant Major of the Army ...
The review was triggered by the racial reckoning following George Floyd's death. The Navy's broad internal look to address racism and sexism in its ranks has made recommendations to do more to keep ...
This story has been updated. Both the Army and Navy incorrectly classified recruits who received low marks on military entry exams, a move that gave both services more underachieving enlistees than ...