From 1988 to 1999 for staff sergeant. Staff sergeant, noncommissioned officer rank, higher than sergeant. The main symbol of the army staff sergeant is that the outer end of the dark green suede epaulettes is decorated with a thick gold bar and three thin bars.

The Regulations on the Service of Soldiers in Active Service of the People's Liberation Army of China stipulates that if a non-commissioned officer is selected as an intermediate non-commissioned officer after three years of active service, he will be promoted to a staff sergeant; If a staff sergeant continues to serve in active service for four years, he will be promoted to a fourth-grade chief sergeant.

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Due to historical reasons from the Second Artillery Corps, the composition of the newly established Rocket Army breastplate basically inherited the shape of the five-pointed star of the Second Artillery Corps missile, but replaced the same Great Wall background shape as the army in the old one with a more domineering and generous flying Xiangyun shape full of ethnic customs.

Behind this substitution, it is not only the aesthetic progress in design, but also the achievement of the Rocket Army's more independent service structure and stronger combat capability.

Do you know that the new badges of China people in China and the Ministry of National Defense-People's Liberation Army actually hide these connotations?