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!!!

it was a RIOT! LOL!

free dixie SMOOCH,sw

661 posted on 09/19/2005 2:24:21 PM PDT by stand watie (being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)

To: AZamericonnie

Yeah and my eyes look like that right now too! LOL!

662 posted on 09/19/2005 2:26:03 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

Who was your "teacher"? Someone at KCRS? Man! Darn Pentagon for not letting us stream the radio shows. It would be fun to tune in while writing to you here! :o)

663 posted on 09/19/2005 2:28:12 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

To: bentfeather; All

664 posted on 09/19/2005 2:31:34 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

To: La Enchiladita

665 posted on 09/19/2005 2:32:19 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

666 posted on 09/19/2005 2:35:29 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Plug the Dike ~ Drain the Swamp ~)

To: AZamericonnie

Diana Krall~Besame Mucho

Lovely, thank you.

667 posted on 09/19/2005 2:37:07 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

668 posted on 09/19/2005 2:40:08 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

To: HiJinx; StarCMC

Okay, where's that evil red-eyed cat...?

669 posted on 09/19/2005 2:41:27 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Plug the Dike ~ Drain the Swamp ~)

Nope...it was Mike Lawrence...I learned more from him about radio and how to do it right than I have anyone else.

As for the streaming...sounds like a letter writing campain that needs to be done! LOL!

670 posted on 09/19/2005 2:42:05 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)

Hmmmmmm--maybe we here on the Canteen need to band together and git 'er done! :o) The cheapskates at the Pentagon!

Mike Lawrence--has the morning show around here? Or is it someone from another place? (you can't tell that I am totally ignorant of radio stuff can ya? :o) Naw!)

671 posted on 09/19/2005 2:46:47 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

A little different but still pretty! I do like her voice!

672 posted on 09/19/2005 2:47:14 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

.....how 'bout a green-eyed kitty who sez
LOOK WHAT YOU DID!!!!!! #666...HIJINX

673 posted on 09/19/2005 2:50:57 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

To: AZamericonnie; bentfeather

Good afternoon Ladies! How's every little thing with y'all?

(((hugs)))

674 posted on 09/19/2005 2:53:41 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

To: AZamericonnie; All

~Esteban~Besame Mucho~
Instrumental version.

675 posted on 09/19/2005 2:54:11 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

676 posted on 09/19/2005 2:56:09 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

677 posted on 09/19/2005 2:56:58 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

To: Kathy in Alaska; All

678 posted on 09/19/2005 3:02:21 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

679 posted on 09/19/2005 3:04:12 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

YEah and the Army Broadcasting Service bosses will be here next month...I'll put the bug in their ear too.

Mike Lawrence is part of Mike and Dana on Kicks 99.

He was my boss at KNFM way back when. Great radio guy.

680 posted on 09/19/2005 3:05:12 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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