The US Navy was founded in October 1775 with the establishment of the Continental Navy. It was officially established as a permanent branch of the US military in 1798. It is responsible for supporting ...

Sailors across the service had to make a small but noticeable uniform change on Oct. 1: They had to swap out the loops of cloth with their rank insignia from the matching digital green camouflage to ...

Some sailors are concerned that rank tabs will be in short supply as the Oct. 1 deadline approaches for wearing the insignia on their uniforms. The black rank insignia, normally associated with the ...