Editing Post-nominal letters (section)

==== Order of post-nominals in the United States ====
{{See also|List of professional designations in the United States}}
In the United States, standard protocol is to list post-nominal letters in the following order:<ref name=US>{{cite web |title=Forms of Address |url= http://www.formsofaddress.info/post_nominals.html |first=Robert |last=Hickey |work=Honor & Respect |publisher=The Protocol School of Washington |access-date=5 March 2012}}</ref>

# Religious institutions
# Theological degrees
# Military decorations
# Academic degrees
# Honorary degrees, honors, decorations
# Professional licenses, certifications and affiliations
# Retired uniformed service.

Active duty services personnel do not use any post-nominals other than, if applicable, Staff Corps affiliation (Navy only) followed by a comma and then their branch of service. Names are bracketed by the appropriate pre-nominal and post-nominal, e.g. LCDR John Q Public, MC, USN.<ref name=US/>