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!!!
 

 

 

[StarCMC]

 

 

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Birthday,
Dear ValeriaUSA!

Happy Birthday To You!

 

Big birthday hugs to you!

(Click Mickey to hear Marilyn!)
 

 

[ValerieUSA]

awwwwwwwwww gorsh! Thanks yall.

[StarCMC]

Nope - never saw it! LOL!! Must be a Texas thang!! LOL

[StarCMC]

We are lucky - we have quite an assortment of good stations -- including an excellent conservative talk radio station on FM!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry, Hawaii.....from the New York Giants website..........

Where can I find information regarding cheerleaders?

The Giants do not have a cheerleading squad. We have always felt that the game should be the focus of the day of game presentation.

[txradioguy]

I am sooooooo gonna get you for that.

Hey wanna compare when each team last went to the playoffs?


How about the state championship game?


hehehehehe

[luvie]

Gotta rent it--really good high school football movie--and it is definitely a "Texas Thang"! LOL!

We live, eat, sleep, and breathe football during season. There is nothing like it in the whole country....right tx? Even in MIDLAND! :o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our military men and women, wherever they serve, anywhere in the world and at home.

[ValerieUSA]

My son Garrett, playing a Permian Panther football player in the movie, Friday Night Lights.

[JLO]

Thanks for the ping - as always! I'd post a funny, or 2 or 3, but it may not work. Let me know...JLO No gaurantees.

My last pics are found at JLO - search name.

[StarCMC]

Hey Valerie - tell me if the song linked at Mickey NMouse doesn't work for you and I'll try it again.

[luvie]

Oh, and you're gonna compare those measly (what is it 3..4?) to our 7...count them...7 State Championships?...never mind they were aaaaages ago! LOL! When was the last time the BULLDOGS went to State?heehehehe

I just couldn't resist!

[AZamericonnie]

conservative talk radio station on FM

On FM!!! Wow that's something I've never heard of!

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off BBC wire report that Iran so far and North Korea so far has agree on prinicple and oral agreement NO NUKES

Put your money down how long they keep the promise

[luvie]

Hey! He looks mighty good in that MOJO jacket, Val!! I wish I had known you then--we could have had some fun while you were here! Darn!

[AZamericonnie]

Friday Night Light's was one of the better movies I've seen!

[NYTexan]

Good news bump!

KELLY'S HEROES – Kelly, an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin displaced when hurricane Katrina destroyed her home at the "Marine Life Oceanarium" in Gulfport, Miss., is carefully placed in a temporary saltwater pool facility at the Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Sept. 17, 2005. Kelly has spent the last two and a half weeks in the Gulf of Mexico with seven other dolphins, swept out to sea during Hurricane Katrina. Because these dolphins are from a captive facility, they do not forage for food or necessarily have the survival skills needed to avoid predators or boat traffic. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Gethings

[AZamericonnie]

Whoa...Garret was in the movie...very cool!

[ValerieUSA]

Thank you so much for finding it -- but, I cannot get it to play.

[SevenofNine]

OH YEAH there is beer in heaven think about it what did Jesus do in Cana

He turn water into wine LOL!

It is in bible HELLO