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!!!
 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Have you made that call? LOL! They just don't understand.

[StarCMC]

Damn Kathy - you're sending me to bed crying tonight for sure.

[luvie]

Well--that's gonna change! :o)

Well, I am not conceding anything--but I gotta go so I can stay awake and sell some jewelry tomorrow morning!

I salute you!!!! My West Texas FRiend! ;o)

[txradioguy]

Nite LUV...talk to you in the morning.

[SevenofNine]

This remind me of that Fox show Banazi you know that crazy Japanese show PLACE YOUR BETS NOW

Yeah Iran and NK has agree so far there going be incenstive OH YES there is LOL!

[StarCMC]

Ok Val - this one worked just fine for me!

[luvie]

Whose mornin'? :o)

What's on second......

'Nite!

[SevenofNine]

OH UK Times is reporting that if Angela Merkal didnt' win today there is good possibity Rummy going urge Dubya give up on Germany and withdrawel our forces out of that Country LOLOL!

[trussell]

[StarCMC]

YOu got FReepmail

[Issaquahking]

Thank you for the ping.

More than anything else -

Thank you MARINE CPL. JEFFREY STARR

May that we live our lives to our fullest, to honor you, and to remind us the price of freedom.

Prayers for you and your loved ones,
Rest in peace Marine.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank YOU. And thanks to you too, for your service to America.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks to your Mother's Father for his service to America. And thanks to you too.

[ValerieUSA]

Thank You.. Thank You.. Thank YOU !!

[StarCMC]

YOu're welcome.. You're Welcome.. You're WELCOME!!

He he he!! Hugs and belated Happy Birthday!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Clint, and thanks to your relative for their service to our country.

[JLO]

Thanks, Tonk! A really GOOD funny - Prime Choice is the best! And is a FReeper.

http://www.freerepublic.com/~primechoice/

[BykrBayb]

"His watch alarm goes off every day at 2:30 in the afternoon," his mother said. "We don't know why."

Sometimes the littlest things are the hardest.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, DilJective, and thanks for your two cents. Thanks, also, for your service to our country.