FReeper Canteen ~ Military Ranks ~ Officers ~ Sept. 19, 2005

Daffy Duck

[StarCMC]

 

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~ MILITARY SHORT SPEAK ~

Military Rank - Part 2
Officers Ranks

           

Today we're taking a side trip in the Short Speak journey to learn more about the different military ranks.  Hopefully you're not as confused about it as I am! 

Officer ranks in the United States military consist of commissioned officers and warrant officers. The commissioned ranks are the highest in the military. These officers hold presidential commissions and are confirmed at their ranks by the Senate. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps officers are called company grade officers in the pay grades of O-1 to O-3, field grade officers in pay grades O-4 to O-6 and general officers in pay grades O-7 and higher. The equivalent officer groupings in the Navy are called junior grade, mid-grade and flag.

Warrant officers hold warrants from their service secretary and are specialists and experts in certain military technologies or capabilities. The lowest ranking warrant officers serve under a warrant, but they receive commissions from the president upon promotion to chief warrant officer 2. These commissioned warrant officers are direct representatives of the president of the United States. They derive their authority from the same source as commissioned officers but remain specialists, in contrast to commissioned officers, who are generalists. There are no warrant officers in the Air Force.

Naval officers wear distinctively different rank devices depending upon the uniform they're wearing. The three basic uniforms and rank devices used are: khakis, collar insignia pins; whites, stripes on shoulder boards; and blues, stripes sewn on the lower coat sleeves.

 

	Army	Navy & Coast Guard	Marines	Air Force
W1	Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)	USN Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)	Warrant Officer 1 (WO)	No Warrant
W2	Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)	USN Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2)   USCG	Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2)	No Warrant
W3	Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)	USN Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CWO3)   USCG	Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CWO3)	No Warrant
W4	Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4)	USN Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO4)   USCG	Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO4)	No Warrant
W5	Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5)	USN Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CWO5)	Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CWO5)	No Warrant

 

	Army	Navy & Coast Guard	Marines	Air Force
O1	Second Lieutenant (2LT)	Ensign (ENS)	Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt.)	Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt.)
O2	First Lieutenant (1LT)	Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG)	First Lieutenant (1st Lt.)	First Lieutenant (1st Lt.)
O3	Captain (CPT)	Lieutenant (LT)	Captain (Capt.)	Captain (Capt.)
O4	Major (MAJ)	Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)	Major (Maj.)	Major (Maj.)
O5	Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)	Commander (CDR)	Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.)	Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.)
O6	Colonel (COL)	Captain (CAPT)	Colonel (Col.)	Colonel (Col.)
O7	Brigadier General (BG)	Rear Admiral Lower Half (RADM (LH))	Brigadier General (Brig. Gen.)	Brigadier General (Brig. Gen.)
O8	Major General (MG)	Rear Admiral Upper Half (RADM (UH))	Major General (Maj. Gen.)	Major General (Maj. Gen.)
O9	Lieutenant General (LTG)	Vice Admiral (VADM)	Lieutenant General (Lt. Gen.)	Lieutenant General (Lt. Gen.)
O10	General (GEN) Army Chief of Staff	Admiral (ADM) Chief of Naval Operations   Adm. Vern Clark and Commandant of the Coast Guard   Adm. Thomas H. Collins	General (Gen.) Commandant of the Marine Corps   Gen. Michael W. Hagee	General (Gen.) Air Force Chief of Staff   Gen. John P. Jumper retiring Nov. 1, 2005
	General of the Army (reserved for wartime only)	Fleet Admiral (reserved for wartime only)		General of the Air Force (reserved for wartime only)

A note to my heroes

Regardless of what rank you are;
whether enlisted or officer;
Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine or Coast Guardsman;
Hear this:
I appreciate you and everything you have done for me from the
bottom of my heart.  You make me SO proud to be an American.
God bless you all!

 

If you have a suggestion for a Field Trip - maybe a place where YOU have been stationed and would like to re-visit - PLEASE Freepmail it to starcmc!!  Thanks!

 

  

 

Please remember: the Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops.
As such we attempt to keep it MOSTLY apolitical. 
Thanks for playing and have a nice day!  LOL!!!
 

 

 

[luvie]

Hey--I solved my cooking dilemma...wha'd'ya think?

[mylife]

Imagine the pics that arent public domain

[GoldStarBrother]

Canteen Music Requests!
Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)
 

If you would like to be added/removed from the Canteen Music Ping List, please FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska

Artist/Title: 
Canned Heat~On The Road Again
 

Artist/Title: 
Bob Wills~Yellow RoseOf Texas
 

Artist/Song Title:
Bonnie Raitt~Something to talk About
 

Suitable For Ma and Kids:  Yes

Sidenote:  Great Tunes All
 

*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests made on the thread. Thank you! ***

 

[AZamericonnie]

Luv you too Luv! I trust you had a relaxing day?

[luvie]

I'm havin' a great evening hangin' out with my friends! Did ya get to BBQ today?

Better do it--you'll be hooked!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ms feather, for the Canteen Blessing for the Troops.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

Good idea,now if I could only teach my cat to do that.LOL.

[mylife]

Bonnie Raitt...A great unsung Blues legend

[luvie]

Sweetie--you are not butting in! LOL!

The thought did occur to me, too! I was playing around with it with someone else and he was describing how to get to his house..."just up from the red car..." etc! It is more fun!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[StarCMC]

ROFL!!!

[trussell]

Howdy Handsome!!
How are you tonight?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Our National Anthem

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[StarCMC]

No kidding. Makes "24" almost believable.

[luvie]

I had a very good day. Not that relaxing--Sundays are usually too full to be relaxing, but nice.

Is is cooling off at all there? It's still 86 degrees here. WHERE'S FALL!!!!!

[StarCMC]

YOu're on a roll, bro!!

[NYTexan]

Who's the trainer? Chancie needs to develop some cookimg skills too! LMAO!

[mylife]

No I never did get to BBQ

I wonder how GBU's Steak poviere was last night?

I really wanted to do Lamb with a peppercorn/rosemary sauce.

Looks like sammitches tomorow for me :(

[StarCMC]

Hey Sweet-T!!

[AZamericonnie]

WooHoo! Love the Boston! Thanks Bro! *hugs*