Adams was also presented with a general officer belt, pistol, a one-star flag and the new general rank insignia for his Army Green Service Uniform and headgear. Adams spent the bulk of his remarks ...

Credit: U.S. Space Force As former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter once mused, the current military rank structure “dates back to when Napoleon was invading Europe 200 years ago.” ...

We used the U.S. Department of Defense chart of officer insignia to find equivalencies between ranks for different branches of the military.