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!!!
 

 

 

[luvie]

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!
GO TROOPS GO!!!

(Thanks for a great thread. Those ranks must have been a stinker to get together!)

[StarCMC]

Nope. Not.

he he he!

[GW and Twins Pawpaw]

My grandson (age 9) got to meet and speak with a Naval Aviator for several minutes at a wedding reception on Saturday night. I was thrilled beyond description that they had a chance to talk and I surely thanked him for his service!

[txradioguy]

Wow I actually made it onto page 1 :D

[StarCMC]

Good evening Your Honor ~ thank you for the good word.

[luvie]

Beautiful, Mrs. N! God bless you for your love and support of our awesome troops!

[tomkow6]

mine!

[tomkow6]

mine!

[tomkow6]

mine!

[laurenmarlowe]

IRAQ -- Tech. Sgts. Carl Weaver (left) and Jason Graves are deployed supporting the Marine Multinational Force-West's command operations center. They are the first enlisted Airmen to be assigned to the center. They are from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo)

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 18th Fighter Squadron here taxis for a flight Sept. 8. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Strang)

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- First Lieutenant Michael Lewis taxis his A-10 Thunderbolt II for takeoff here Sept. 8. The 355th Fighter Squadron's primary mission includes air-strike control, close-air support, target interdiction, joint-air attack, combat escort and combat search and rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Strang)

[tomkow6]

mine!

[tomkow6]

BRATTLauren!

[tomkow6]

Mernin', TX!

[laurenmarlowe]

ROFL!! WOO HOO!!

[luvie]

.....now let me pick myself up and ((((hug)))) ya!!!! :o)

[StarCMC]

COOL!!!

A couple of years ago I got to meet the Blue Angels and I got their autographs. Hubby laughed at me ~ normally I am too shy to do that kind of thing with famous people, but I was jostling with the best of them and I got all the available autographs that day.

Your grandson made some great memories!! Good for him (and you!!)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

How could I not be supportive as a former military wife.

I know what the Troops and their families have to go through,even if it wasn't during wartime.:)

I love supporting our Troops.

[HopeandGlory]

they're DOWN!!! (sort of!)

Yes, I sure understand that scenario, been there done that . . . ;-)

[luvie]

(((((Connie)))))) Thanks for your wonderful Tribute to our troops! God love you!....I sure do! :o)

[StarCMC]

Good evening (morning?) TX!