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Navy considers crotch-level rank insignia in effort to avoid awkward chest gaze

The service may soon field crotch-level rank tabs to solve the problem of the “awkward chest gaze."

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Feb 22, 2021
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By Bull Winkle

MILLINGTON, Tenn. — In the same spirit of innovation that developed the aircraft carrier and nuclear submarines, the Navy may soon field crotch-level rank tabs to solve the problem of the “awkward chest gaze,” sources confirmed today.

Navy officials began to consider the change soon after realizing that rank tabs in the center of a Navy wor…

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