FReeper Canteen ~ Military Ranks ~ Officers ~ Sept. 19, 2005

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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

Warrant Officer 1
(WO1)

USN Warrant Officer 1
(WO1)

Warrant Officer 1
(WO)

No Warrant

Chief Warrant Officer 2
(CW2)

USN Chief Warrant Officer 2
(CWO2)

USCG

Chief Warrant Officer 2
(CWO2)

No Warrant

Chief Warrant Officer 3
(CW3)

USN Chief Warrant Officer 3
(CWO3)

USCG

Chief Warrant Officer 3
(CWO3)

No Warrant

Chief Warrant Officer 4
(CW4)

USN Chief Warrant Officer 4
(CWO4)

USCG

Chief Warrant Officer 4
(CWO4)

No Warrant

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!!!

I got your bird, bunky!

601 posted on 09/19/2005 8:09:48 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Going to the End of the Line.......hehehehehehe Tom, you just wait! You're gonna pay.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

God Bless this Marine and all that love him.

Rest in peace Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Starr.

602 posted on 09/19/2005 8:16:39 AM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman

To: Kathy in Alaska

Finished Sunday, made it to 1000 on Saturday, and fading fast.

Sounds like me...I made it to 650 on Saturday, then skipped to 1400, dropped off after about 1650, and only glanced at 2000...

There's just too much going on anymore!! 2 more showings on Sunday, no word yet...except that folks are finding out that houses are getting expensive in our area.

603 posted on 09/19/2005 8:19:10 AM PDT by HiJinx (~ Plug the Dike ~ Drain the Swamp ~)

WHAT! Use electricity! Sure why don't we just go out and kill Bambi!

604 posted on 09/19/2005 8:19:39 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)

605 posted on 09/19/2005 8:23:40 AM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)

To: beachn4fun; Valin

Remember it's always darkest before it turns completly black.

Unless you turn on the light!

Don't forget Wile E. Coyote's Corollary:

The light at the end of the tunnel is an approaching freight train!

606 posted on 09/19/2005 8:25:46 AM PDT by HiJinx (~ Plug the Dike ~ Drain the Swamp ~)

To: AZamericonnie

LOL. That's a good one.

Good morning and (((HUGS))) to you, Sis.

607 posted on 09/19/2005 8:27:37 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte)

To: beachn4fun; All

GM, beachn! SMOOCH!

fwiw, the CURRENT W5 rank insignia has changed 4-5 times in the relatively brief period since it was introduced.

at FIRST (right before i retired) there was NO INSIGNIA - W5 was simply a PAYGRADE.

then for (a little while) there was a SILVER bar with 5 black spots.

THEN a solid BLACK BAR, trimmed with silver edging,

THEN a SOLID SILVER BAR with 5 little outlines of spots.

and MAYBE some OTHER insignia, as well?????

can you say, "we can't make up our minds, children???" "SURE, you can!".

free dixie,sw

608 posted on 09/19/2005 8:57:57 AM PDT by stand watie (being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)

Ah Dr. W.E. Coyote (PHD Acme university) one of the great XXth century philosophers.

609 posted on 09/19/2005 8:59:18 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks, Kathy....means so much to see that each day.:)

610 posted on 09/19/2005 9:28:03 AM PDT by MozartLover ( My son, my soldier, my hero. Protect him, Lord, wherever he goes, and keep him strong.)

My kitty cat says your "kitty-katz" smell bad!

611 posted on 09/19/2005 10:00:18 AM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

612 posted on 09/19/2005 10:07:17 AM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

We're supposed to be having spot showers and T-Storms today, but so far it's partly cloudy with lotsa sun! :o)

613 posted on 09/19/2005 10:08:12 AM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

I guess that's it Jinx...constant repeats of the same new music & too many commercials. Probably wouldn't matter too much....I'd still wind up at KFYI!:)

614 posted on 09/19/2005 10:12:02 AM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

To: AZamericonnie

615 posted on 09/19/2005 10:12:34 AM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)

To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; All

OMGGG Tomkow rack ittt LOL!

I think I go to Frisco more often if there was rollar coaster on Golden Gate bridge LOL!

Well BBC wire reporting that Russia is consider freeze oil prices to help us on after Hurricane Kateria that one of deal Vlad met with Dubya last week

Also Tass news wire report they not sure if Vlad is serious if he is going for thrid term or not they not even sure of KGB Agent

616 posted on 09/19/2005 10:19:45 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("Not everybody in, it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"= Det Lennie Briscoe)

Thanks, PGalt, for helping honor our military men and women, and their families and friends.

617 posted on 09/19/2005 11:10:35 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

To: beachn4fun; Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; acad1228; darkwing104; Arrowhead1952; EHC Southern Pride; ...

In case anyone needs a little Monday stress relief...

618 posted on 09/19/2005 11:11:13 AM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

My pleasure to honor your son as he does his part to keep us free and safe.

Head high, Proud Mom!

619 posted on 09/19/2005 11:20:55 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

Thanks, Jack, for the info.

620 posted on 09/19/2005 11:25:03 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

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