Navy Captain Richard G. Alexander, 45, was one of the most promising young four-stripers in the fleet. Last year the Navy Department rewarded that promise by giving him command of the U.S.S. New ...

The Navy is rescinding its long-standing tradition requiring sailors to have 12 years of blemish-free conduct to rate gold stripes, officials announced Monday. Soon, it won't be so easy to spot ...

“Probably many of the Admirals of the future,” said the Navy’s Chief of the Bureau of ... some of them may even wear the broad stripe of the Admiral’s rank. For next fall’s program ...