This article by Alison Buckholtz originally appeared on the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) website. Lauren Hope is a self-described "military history nerd" who never imagined that she ...

One of the first things Soldiers get while at basic training is a “Blue Book” or, as it’s officially known, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Pamphlet 600-4. This book, just big enough to ...

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 military's newest branch -- the Space Force-- unveiled what its rank insignia will look like with a social media post from its highest enlisted official Monday. Chief Master Sergeant of the Space ...

FORT SILL, Oklahoma (Sept. 4, 2019) -- The Army's nomenclature for them is shoulder sleeve insignia, abbreviated as SSI, but nobody ever calls them by their right name. To the hoi polloi, they will ...

More than 800 members of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command came together on June 6 to be photographed as part of a "living insignia," or human re-creation of the subdued patch worn by those in the ...

Many brands craft watches for the various armed forces around the world; these are tools used by pilots, naval experts, and army captains among many, many other enlisted personnel. And Bremont has ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. According to the Department of Defense, each service branch’s symbols are trademarked ...

India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been asked to remove military insignia from his wicketkeeping gloves during the Cricket World Cup. Dhoni is an honorary lieutenant colonel of India’s ...