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frocking

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 343 words | Copyright

frocking, the term used in the US Navy where an individual has been selected for promotion and is authorized to assume the insignia, title, and seniority of his higher rank in advance of his official promotion date. However, as with an acting rank, he does not receive any increase in pay until the official promotion date.

Tyrone G. Martin

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