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  2. United States Navy officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    However, the rank of fleet admiral still remains listed on official rank insignia precedence charts and, if needed, this rank could be reestablished at the discretion of Congress and the President. All five-star officers are, technically, unable to retire from active duty. [5] The last living fleet admiral, Chester W. Nimitz, died in 1966.

  3. Badges of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badge for E-7s and higher (see figure 2) are issued to chiefs holding a command position (e.g. senior enlisted of the entire Navy, of a fleet or task force, of a single ship, etc.). Male incumbents wear it on the left breast pocket, 1/4 inch below medals or secondary breast insignia on dress ...

  4. Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges

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    Non-designated command badges can be found at the unit and command level at pay grades E-7 through E-9. The higher commands are always commandant-designated command positions at the Command, Area, Rating Force, and U.S. Coast Guard level. All commandant-designated command positions are at the Command Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9) pay grade. [2]

  5. Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United ...

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    Command insignia/badges are another form of identification badge used to identify an officer or non-commissioned officer who is/was in command or in-charge of a unit. If the service member performs their leadership duties successfully, the command insignia/badge they wear can become a permanent uniform decoration regardless of their next ...

  6. Command at Sea insignia - Wikipedia

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    The Command at Sea insignia was established in the U.S. Navy in 1960 and is for commissioned officers between the ranks of lieutenant (O-3) and captain (O-6) who are in or have been in command of a commissioned warship or submarine, an operational fleet air unit, or a SEAL command at the O-5 or O-6 level.

  7. Fleet Marine Force insignia - Wikipedia

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    Embroidered FMF badge on a navy corpsman's utility shirt in July 2002 Hospital corpsman Luis Fonseca in June 2012 wearing the FMFEWS on the NSU.. The Fleet Marine Force enlisted warfare specialist device (FMFEWS) is a qualification insignia of the United States Navy earned by enlisted U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the Fleet Marine Force of the U.S. Marine Corps who have successfully completed ...

  8. United States Tenth Fleet - Wikipedia

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    The U.S.Tenth Fleet is a functional formation and a numbered fleet in the United States Navy.It was first created as a global anti-submarine warfare coordinating organization under the singular authority of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (COMINCH), Admiral Ernest J. King, during the Second World War. [1]

  9. VFA-83 - Wikipedia

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    The squadron received the A4D-1 Skyhawk in March 1957 and then in December 1957, was the first fleet squadron to receive the A4D-2 version, which was the first to be equipped with an aerial refueling capability.