With one government ruling the entire world, why would they need all these normal armed forces branches? All they need is a worldwide police force to keep the serfs in line. No country on country wars, just enough police to enforce the worldwide laws. And police forces do not need the elaborate rank...

Here is an idea that would greatly simplify the Army's rank structure and save a lot of money. Since the Army seems to allways refer to ones pay grade instead of using the tradition name of a rank, they could just issue little pins with ones pay grade on it. E-1 thru E-9 for the enlisted, WO-1 thru ...

By law, Specialist ranks are NOT non-commissioned officers. That was the original purpose to establish them: to give higher pay to specialist personnel without increasing the percentage of NCO's. A First Sergeant is and should be an NCO. The Army already has a clumsey enlisted rank structure that ha...

The only way you could tell would be by their Div flashes, if they both have the same flashes-then ask them!. The only way I could see two Maj Gen’s been together would be at the pentagon or a high level staff meeting, say at Corps or Field Army HQ. Or they could be having a drink at the "O&qu...

If nobody noticed you were wearing it... what's the point?

Laurence,
Many, many thanks for the information. This sure helps out a lot!
Best regards,
Lee

Lawrence,
I can't post photos as this is a work place computer & I don't have one at home. However, I can take 35mm pix and snail mail them to you. I still have your mailing address. I'll get this done in the next week or so.

Do any of you know of any good references on post WWII British, Canadian, Australian or New Zealand Navy enlisted trade badges? I have several in my collection that do not appear in any WWII references or current references on this subject. From what I can tell, several of these "non-substantiv...

I'll kick in my 2 cents worth on this one. Chevrons can point up or down. Rockers can point up or down. (See US Navy Chief Petty officers.) The term tie appears in descriptions of American Army rank devices back before the mid 1800's. Army Quartermaster Sergeants began wearing " three chevrons ...