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!!!
 

 

 

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks for the skinny.....sorta. Of course, you know I'm going to have to run out and buy another TV and some cable tomorrow.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Welcome to the Canteen.

Thank You for your service to our county.

[luvie]

LOL!!! You did a pretty good job of it!

[NYTexan]

Great evenin' Val!

Know yer birthday is this month!

Have we missed it, or is it up comming?

Fess up now!

[AZamericonnie]

Sure! Coming up....

[ValerieUSA]

When was the last time Bethy has been around here?

Hi all *waving*

[txradioguy]

I officially played one game for MHS.

I was a trainer/manager the rest of the time.

[ValerieUSA]

Howdy -- yeah, my birthday was the 4th... but the numbers are getting big for me to get all excited about it anymore. Yikes!

[Kathy in Alaska]

He's cute, isn't he? I wonder how many of the pets will be able to get back to their owners...very sad.

[SevenofNine]

YEAH I seen that my fav skit is Trimpuh the insult dog I did see canada one LOL!

How canucks weren't amused with Trimpuh HELLO dog is puppet HELLO

Well report from UK Telegraph Albertsons Cali grocery company going buy out by Brit company Tesco

[luvie]

Good decision! LOL!

You could get killed out there on the field, especially around this area!

Glad it wasn't for Lee! Blech!

[ValerieUSA]

We have forecasts for the temps in the high 90s all this coming week - and had them last week. I want some nice cool (80s) fall weather soon!

[NYTexan]

She made us all aware she's safe and sound just some 5 days ago. We all had a nice chat!

How are you?

[JLO]

Coast Guard did it all! Kudos!

[luvie]

Hey, Val! *waving back* She was here on the Friday thread!

You didn't let us do a birthday party for you!!!???

VAL'S BIRTHDAY WAS ON SEPTEMBER 4TH!!!!!
HOPE IT WAS HAPPY!!!!

[AZamericonnie]

Sorry Star...can't find the "Fat man in the bathtub"! LOL

Little Feet~Feet's Don't Fail Me Now

[trussell]

Of course, when I said we made friends quickly...I meant the dog and I! He really enjoyed the treats!!! :)

The dogs owner was really nice too...but she didn't want to let her dog loose so he could explore and so Trixie could check him out! (over protective mommy, I guess!)

[luvie]

Oh--all the temp guages around here had us at between 102 and 106 today! I am soooooooo over summer! :o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks. The Canteen is here 24/7/365 for the very purpose of supporting and honoring our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies.

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Val. Good to see you!