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

Daffy Duck

[StarCMC]

 

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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!!!
 

 

 

[mylife]

Oh... the heck with NY strip...use ribeye

[laurenmarlowe]

ONE O TWO when I got in my car here this evening. Sheesh is right! Enough!

[AZamericonnie]

I wanted to wait but the oven was just getting too bad! It's only 8:47 now....it has been getting into the mid to high 70's at night. That makes alot of difference!

[StarCMC]

ROFL!! I guess so!!! That's what made the officer ranks so confusing for me!

[mylife]

Im ready for cider and pumpkins and such

[luvie]

ROFL!!!!!!!!! That looks VERY familiar!!! Trust me, it's good, too! And not a wimpy Yankee burger! ;o)

....but ya need these to make it perfect! Just what I had for dinner!

[SevenofNine]

TOMKOWWW you are so going to hell for that LOLOL!

Rack itttt ROFL I find that very wrong but very funny HA HA

BTW there is report that probably reason why Germans can't make up their mind according to UK Times in Monday runs it start of October fest weekend you know Beer festival

Now if you see the Pope wearing Cubs cap
Tell me LOL!

[trussell]

Sounds like a full day!

We had church this morning, then Cody had a program he had to participate in for church tonight...it sure was cute!!

In between, I had to meet a doggie and his owner that I may be babysitting (the dog, not the owner) in December. He was a really nice little dog...seemed to get along with my dog and the kids!

[mylife]

mid 70s is pretty good for evening in your neck of the woods

[luvie]

Okay---you make that and I am sooooooo there! Yummy sounding!

[mylife]

Simple food is really great stuff isnt it?

[Colonel_Flagg]

Just me, sadly. Traveled alone, which isn't fun. When you start seeing double on the road it's time to pull over. :)

[trussell]

Sorry to hear you had a long day of traveling...did you enjoy the rest of the trip?

I missed our dances!! :)

[luvie]

Yeah--we noticed one thermometer on a bank that said 102 and another that said 106--so the average is.......WAY TOO FREAKIN' HOT! THAT'S WHAT!!!

Okay........breathe........in..out..in..out....:o)

It's September already!

[SevenofNine]

COME THINK OF IT Tomkow if Da Bears or Cubs keep playing like this we going send you for a bath LOL!

[luvie]

Yep, it is! And you're right about the rib-eye. NY strip isn't near as tender! Dang--I'm hungry again and it's too late to eat!

[AZamericonnie]

Heard a new song today....wanted to share!

Little Big Town~Boondocks

[StarCMC]

TOMKOWWW you are so going to hell for that

LOL -- Seven, have you ever seen Conan O'Brien do that little song "I'm gonna go to hell when I die!" whenever he does something like that?? ROFLMAO!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Take me home: A cat peers through a chicken-wire cage at a temporary animal shelter on the LSU-Shreveport campus. Shelter organizers have requested an extension from the university while they try to find a new location for the hurricane-displaced pets.

[StarCMC]

We are dogsitting right now for my brother's dog. He's a cutie and the kids love having him around. He'll probably sleep for a week when he goes home! LOL