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!!!

Radix,

What do you give hard tests to blondes?? I failed. The giraffe's neck was broken and the elephant got stuck... so the door would not close, massive melt down.

Result: now I have to clean the kitchen.

641 posted on 09/19/2005 1:19:25 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

642 posted on 09/19/2005 1:19:40 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)

643 posted on 09/19/2005 1:21:30 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)

Morning Tom! I'm on my 4th cup of coffee does it sho? Cause when I've had that much caffiene in the morning I get very talkative...

644 posted on 09/19/2005 1:21:38 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

645 posted on 09/19/2005 1:23:03 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)

Just about time for me to head home......

646 posted on 09/19/2005 1:24:16 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)

647 posted on 09/19/2005 1:24:54 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

648 posted on 09/19/2005 1:27:20 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

649 posted on 09/19/2005 1:27:29 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

650 posted on 09/19/2005 1:27:34 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

651 posted on 09/19/2005 1:36:07 PM PDT by La Enchiladita ( Things just ain't the same, ev'ry time the hunter gets captured by the game.)

To: La Enchiladita

Thanks you and good morning to you!

652 posted on 09/19/2005 1:39:35 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

653 posted on 09/19/2005 1:43:40 PM PDT by La Enchiladita ( Things just ain't the same, ev'ry time the hunter gets captured by the game.)

To: AZamericonnie

654 posted on 09/19/2005 1:53:29 PM PDT by E.G.C.

To: La Enchiladita

Ahhhhhhh--that was so refreshing, to go for a walk in a cool green forest. Thank you. It's "only" 93 today but still feels mighty warm!

Next summer I'll trade with you. You come here when it's 106 and I'll go to coastal CA where it's mid-80's max! Okay? :o)

655 posted on 09/19/2005 1:54:54 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

Hi! How is your Tuesday morning going so far!? (((hugs)))

656 posted on 09/19/2005 1:56:36 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

Not bad...working on about 5 cups of ciffee now...I'm feeling REALLY good!

657 posted on 09/19/2005 2:10:48 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

Whoa!!!! You must be swinging from the light fixtures with that much coffee under your belt that early!...and I can tell when "coffee" becomes "ciffee" you've had enough! :o)

Say--did your Globetrotter piece air today?--I was gonna listen at 5pm if it did.

How's the morning show going? Do you play music, do the news, what?

658 posted on 09/19/2005 2:20:01 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

Morning TX! Dat's alotta Coffee! *Hugs*

659 posted on 09/19/2005 2:20:07 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

I odn't know if it did or not....I don't think it did...I'll go take a peek at the runsheet for today (Tues) in a sec.

Morning show is good...I had a good teacher way back when...play music...news...Paul Harvey...the works.

660 posted on 09/19/2005 2:23:36 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

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