The French Navy is a part of the French armed forces and next to the British Royal Navy, the second largest Western European Navy with around 45,000 soldiers and civilians.
Since February 2008, Admiral Pierre-François Forissier has been in command as Commander-in-Chief and Chief of the Naval Command.
The most important bases are Brest on the Atlantic...
The United States Navy (USN, also shortening US Navy) is the United States Navy, thus becoming a combined force of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States. With 323,225 active soldiers and 109,866 reservists, it is the world's largest and most powerful navy in August 2013,...
Of the 25,000 marines, around 19,000 serve in the Navy itself, the others in the other parts of the Bundeswehr, mainly in the military base, the Central Medical Service and the Ministry. About 6,000 soldiers serve on sea-going units. In the Navy, in addition to professional and temporary soldiers, there are also volunteers who perform...
The list of the ranks and remarks specified down refers to that approx. Conditions of 1914.
As is the case for the ranks of the imperial army the ranks of the navy differed likewise at the different shoulder pieces and Tressen at the sleeves. In addition further differences came like the shoulder flaps of the cover...
