Rank titles are sometimes modified due to a particular assignment, branch or status:
The ranks of servicemen assigned to a "guards" unit or formation are preceded by the word "guards";
The ranks of servicemen in the legal, medical and veterinary branches are followed by "of justice", "of the medical service", and "of the veterinary service", respectively;
The ranks of servicemen in the reserve or retired are followed by "of the reserve" or "in retirement", respectively.
On 11 March 2010, Law No.2010-293 of the President of Russia introduced a new set of rank insignia. Privates, airmen and seamen now wear plain shoulder epaulettes. Senior NCOs had their chevrons replaced by plain bars (small horizontal bars for corporals and sergeants increasing in number with seniority, large horizontal bars for staff sergeants, and vertical bars for master sergeants). These rank badges mirror the insignia of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Army in the 1970s. Warrant officers and officers received new shoulder rank epaulettes and all general officer insignia now reflect service affiliation in the duty dress uniform. The parade dress gold epaulettes have been retained. The insignia for a marshal of the Russian Federation retained the coat of arms of Russia and the marshal's star.
Rank and insignia reform (2013)
In 2013, the insignia of an army general now include the marshal's star, surmounted by a red star in a wreath.[citation needed] In Spring 2013, the warrant officer ranks, which had been removed as a result of the 2008 Russian military reform, were reinstated.[5]
Insignia reform (2020)
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^The rank of marshal of the Russian Federation, the highest in the Russian Army, is not presently held by anyone in the modern armed forces of the Russian Federation. The only officer to hold the rank is the former Minister of DefenseIgor Sergeyev, who was elevated from commander (army general) of the Strategic Rocket Forces. As it stands, marshal of the Russian Federation should be considered an honorary title equivalent to a field marshal, marshal or five-star general in other countries, created in the event of a major war or as the result of extreme military accomplishment (see marshal of the Soviet Union).[citation needed]
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