Talk:United States Navy officer rank insignia

message: Shouldn't midshipman be listed on this page? —msh210 17:26, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Midshipman 

message: The collar devices depicted on this page are incorrect.  The Navy and Marine Corps use the "soft" edged collar devices.  I would change them but am not familiar enough with HTML to try it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jsm0969 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collar devices 

message: I dispute the claim that the rank "Admiral of the Navy" is higher than "Fleet Admiral". It was an earlier five-star rank replaced by fleet admiral. The two ranks have never been authorised at the same time, and an admiral of the Navy only ever outranked four-star admirals.
I have edited the page accordingly. The claim ought not to be restored unless someone cites a regulation or Congressional authorisation that an Admiral of teh Navy outranks a Fleet Admiral. Establishing that Dewey had seniority over the fleet admirals of WWII by virtue of time-in-grade would not be sufficient.Agemegos (talk) 06:54, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Admiral of the Navy 

message: This article needs more work. The section showing the stripes officers wear on their shoulder boards and sleeves should include the width of the stripes, which I believe are 1/4-inch 1/2-inch and 2-inch (for admirals).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomasionus (talk • contribs) 07:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Width of Insignia Stripes 

message: It strikes me that the ranks are ordered backwards on this page. Even the highest ranking officer gets there by progressing through the ranks, and it seems to me that the obvious order in which to display them is in the order the ranks occur. As it is shown here, it smacks of elitism...to me. Taquito1 (talk) 13:39, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Read the comment, thought about it, don't have a problem with the order.  And from the looks of the other services' articles, some are each way. (ArmyNavyAir ForceCoast GuardMarine Corps).  To have overall consistency within WP, maybe start a discussion over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history, as there will be many articles and templates affected. — MrDolomite • Talk 16:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  High-to-Low Order of Ranks 

message: The Nato codes listed are actually the Pay grades. It should be OF-1 for both Ensign and Lieutenant, Junior Grade and work on up to OF-10 for Fleet Admiral.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.176.72.36 (talk) 01:22, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  NATO Codes 

message: I saw this image (:File:Dean Bradford and Princess Anne.jpg), which shows Princess Anne and a man wearing a Captain's uniform, but with a non-line officer insignia.  The Captain is identified as the "Master" (not Captain) of a non-combat USNS ship.  His insignia looks like an anchor (it is a little hard to see, but it is clearly not a star).   Can someone tell me what his officer insignia means?  Thanks  --rogerd (talk) 18:08, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That man is not a US Navy officer, he is a civilian merchant mariner contracted by the US Navy under the Military Sealift Command (equivalent to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in the United Kingdom). I am not sure of the exact ranks or rank insignia system that they use but it mirrors the US Navy in style. Cfagan1987 (talk) 23:32, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  other officer insignia 

message: Any chance this could be added in the future? I once came across an excellent website that had amazing computer drawn illustrations of historical US Navy uniforms and rank insignia. It covered EVERYTHING, all branches, all uniform versions, etc. Sadly the website is now long gone. The US Navy has gone through some very significant changes in terms of ranks and their corresponding insignia over the years and I think it would be worthy of being added to this page. Cfagan1987 (talk) 23:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  historical ranks & rank insignia 

message: Don't go on an officer page, reverted --SalemMan (talk) 02:32, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enlisted Ranks 

message: "In the United States Navy, officers have various ranks, called rates in the USN." Not so. "Rank" is what officers have; "rate" is what enlisted men have. This statement is incorrect. I am correcting it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Altgeld (talk • contribs) 23:17, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  First paragraph 

message: "Enlisted servicemembers have a rate as well as a rank." I don't think that's true, is it? I thought enlisted men had a rating and a rate (which is pretty confusing) but no rank. Kendall-K1 (talk) 19:44, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rank, rating, rate 

message: It is incorrect to depict the stars as pointing up on all of the insignia post 1869, as the star has consistently been pointed down on all USN ranks. See the cuffs on the 2nd-most recent CNO, the star points down towards the wrist, rather than up towards the shoulder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations#/media/File:Admiral_John_M._Richardson_(CNO)_150917-N-AT895-703_(26207156950).jpg 138.234.218.121 (talk) 21:09, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orientation of star on post 1869 ranks in timeline section