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!!!
 

 

 

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off Interfax wire report that gunmen has fire on two South Ossenia republc cops killing 2 so far luckly they kill on one of terrorist COOL rack ittt

Okay Tomkow there is report off Tass news wire that Russia govt want Chicago Musueam give up its collection of Fabrage eggs or face consequnce What they going do send their KGB after them LOL!

I dont think so reason is they don't want Tomkkow sell them Burkas YOU THINK ABOUT THAT LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, Valerie, and sleep well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, your own included.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The little things.....agreed.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Rebel, how are you feeling today? Better, I hope.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I still got a slight cough but nowhere near as bad as it was on Friday.

That's the ting about being sick. When you start to feel better after spending most of the day in bed, you find out you can't get to sleep!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I'll say this about the Russians-when they want to deal with the bad guys they don't mess around. The Russian mob is a huge problem in that part of the world; they make the Italians look like choirboys.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad you are feeling better. You are so right about resting all day and then at bedtime....no way.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Sounds like a Bullwinkle plot-first they steal the eggs, then they go after Moose and Squirrel.

[Kathy in Alaska]

This is GREAT news!! Great picture and story. I'd love to know the whole story about how she was "found". I can just imagine her trying to find a boat that would "take her home". Hopefully all 7 dolphins stayed together.

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning everyone.

[Jet Jaguar]

I sure do miss Alaska...

[Kathy in Alaska]

I came up from California. I would be hard pressed to go back. I visit every Thanksgiving for a couple weeks, but I love it here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Pusterfuss......

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Are you getting a three day weekend like txradioguy? Don't forget to eat dinner.

[Jet Jaguar]

I just ate. Thanks for the reminder. 3day weekend, I wish!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Well, I hope you had a good day at work then, and have a relaxing evening.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning to:
Mojo, Mali, and Angie!
Come on in and set a spell with friends.

[Jet Jaguar]

Nodding, thanks.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I made it to today's thread!