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!!!

681 posted on 09/19/2005 3:06:27 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)

That's kinda who I thought it was, but I haven't listened to them much and couldn't remember Dana's name. My bad! I mostly just listen to talk radio....big surprise there, huh?

Great that they will be there--tell 'em that "lots" of people would like to hear it! :o)

682 posted on 09/19/2005 3:09:03 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

To: La Enchiladita

That's a great Woohoo! :)

683 posted on 09/19/2005 3:10:46 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: WestVirginiaRebel

Chris Isaak~Besame Mucho

Gorgeous, thank you.

684 posted on 09/19/2005 3:11:11 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

(((Luv)))
How are you? Did you have a good day? :)

685 posted on 09/19/2005 3:13:21 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Hey, girlie! How are you this afternoon? Wha'cha been doin'?

686 posted on 09/19/2005 3:13:48 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

Good Evening Bentfeather! :)

687 posted on 09/19/2005 3:14:06 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

LOL! Ya beat me by about 26 seconds!

688 posted on 09/19/2005 3:14:58 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

dancing with dems
for inclusion
conclusion... dissed again

689 posted on 09/19/2005 3:15:28 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

690 posted on 09/19/2005 3:15:33 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)

I just spent 3 hours cleaning this computer room. Ah, it's so nice to Freep in a clean room. I have to throw that junk mail out right away or it really piles up. I moved the furniture around too. Put up some new pictures.

691 posted on 09/19/2005 3:16:32 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Good evening to you, GBU!

692 posted on 09/19/2005 3:16:57 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (;-))

693 posted on 09/19/2005 3:17:18 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Come on everyone here, at the same time try for 700!
On you mark! Get Set!

694 posted on 09/19/2005 3:18:11 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Dang it GB--you're makin' me look bad! LOL!

I need to do that kind of cleaning in every room in my house! But when there is a choice of cleaning or FReeping--guess which wins! :o)

Hope you don't get a backache from moving all that furniture!

695 posted on 09/19/2005 3:19:00 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)

696 posted on 09/19/2005 3:19:42 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

697 posted on 09/19/2005 3:19:48 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

698 posted on 09/19/2005 3:19:59 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

699 posted on 09/19/2005 3:20:01 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

700 posted on 09/19/2005 3:20:01 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

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