Original sentence: A similar practice of frocking continues however in all five branches of the U.For the eighty-six years the Marine Corps awarded 121 brevet promotions to 100 Marine Corps officers.Lejeune requested a Marine Corps Brevet Medal be authorized, and after it was approved and created it was given to the last 21 living Marine Corps officers who received brevet promotions.Originally, the Army was the only branch authorized to grant brevets but in 1814 the Marine Corps was granted the same privilage.armed forces
Edited sentence: A similar practice of frocking continues in all five branches of the U.Armed Forces.For the 86 years, the Marine Corps awarded 121 brevet promotions to 100 Marine Corps officers.Lejeune requested that a Marine Corps Brevet Medal be authorized; after it was approved and created, the decoration was given to the last 21 living Marine Corps officers who received brevet promotions.The Army was the only branch authorized to grant brevets until 1814, when the Marine Corps was granted the same privilage