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  2. Military star ranking - Wikipedia

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    Military star ranking is military terminology, used in mainly English speaking countries, to describe general and flag officers. Within NATO's armed forces , the stars are equal to OF-6–10 . [ 1 ]

  3. Vantablack - Wikipedia

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    When light strikes Vantablack, instead of bouncing off, it becomes trapped and continually deflected amongst the tubes, absorbed, and eventually dissipated as heat. [24] CVD Vantablack was an improvement over similar substances developed at the time. Vantablack absorbs up to 99.965% of visible light and can be created at 400 °C (752 °F).

  4. Legislative history of United States four-star officers, 1947 ...

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    The peacetime caps imposed by the Officer Personnel Act would have removed a star from the 3 four-star Army generals commanding field armies in the United States (Mark W. Clark, Thomas T. Handy, and Courtney Hodges) and the 2 four-star Navy admirals other than the chief of naval operations who were not commanding major fleets (Thomas C. Kinkaid ...

  5. Military colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia

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    The flag is surrounded by a black, red, and gold lacework border and edged on three sides by gold fringe. The finial is a gilt bronze openwork spearhead surrounding a black and silver Iron Cross. Below the finial, a streamer is attached with the unit badge at the top and its designation embroidered in gold at the end.

  6. Flag officer - Wikipedia

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    In the United States all flag and general officers must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Each subsequent promotion requires renomination and re-approval. For the Navy, each flag officer assignment is usually limited to a maximum of two years, followed by either reassignment, reassignment and promotion, or retirement. [15]

  7. Major general (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The rank of major general was first established two days later on June 17, 1775, when two major generals were commissioned by Congress. Two more major generals were appointed on June 19. Following the disbanding of the Continental Army at the end of 1783 only one major general, Henry Knox, remained in service until his resignation in June 1784.

  8. United States Army officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    While not currently in use today, special insignia were authorized by Congress for ten general officers who were promoted to the highest ranks in the United States Army: General of the Army, designed as a "five-star" rank, and General of the Armies, considered to be the equivalent of a "six-star" rank. Eight generals were promoted to the rank ...

  9. List of flags by design - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.