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

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[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!

 

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As such we attempt to keep it MOSTLY apolitical. 
Thanks for playing and have a nice day!  LOL!!!
 

 

 

[tomkow6]

 Hi, GW and Twins Pawpaw!

Welcome to the Canteen!

 

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[StarCMC]

(Thank you!!)

[luvie]

Me, too......me too! It makes us proud to know we live in a country where the troops are doing all the right things and we just gotta love 'em!

(((hugs)))

How are you tonight?

[Clint N. Suhks]

Mine too...Army MD, 1939-1946

[tomkow6]

 Hi, Clint N. Suhks!

Welcome to the Canteen!

 

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[StarCMC]

I just realized that I unintentionally left out credit for where I found this information... It can be found here, at DefenseLink.com.

[tomkow6]

Wanna know what the CUBBIES did today???

[StarCMC]

LOL -- it's sort of a two steps forward and three steps back. It's amazing how many times a kid needs to use the restroom after they're put to bed!

[luvie]

Thanks Hope for always reminding us of how great our country is--that it's pledge is the most positive statement in the world!

[StarCMC]

ROFL -- both your FReepername and you tagline made me laugh!!

Very cool about your post!!

[StarCMC]

I have to tell you what our pastor said from the pulpit today. Something about the Redbirds playing the Little Bears. ROFL!!!

[tomkow6]

Da BEARS win!

Da CUBS win!

Da Cheeseheads lose!

Life is good!

[Michael Goldsberry]

"Army MD, 1939-1946"

My Grand-Pa' started his Navy life as an E-1 Yeoman and made O-5.

Ma' can fill us in on the details.

[StarCMC]

The other thing funny that happened at church... pastor was going to use one of those portable defibrolators for a visual prop to help make a point. So he opens it up and it starts giving verbal instructions for it's use. The second instruction was "Remove all clothing from the chest" and he said "Well, I think you get the idea." Then a couple minutes later he was going to show us how the instructions for use were written inside the cover...and he reopened the lid only to be told "Remove all clothing from the chest" once again. The whole church was howling!!

[luvie]

"For Home and Family".....that's America!

[DilJective]

StarCMC,

good post, however I must add my two cents. NCOs are Officers- they just are not commissioned by the President. NCOs derive their authority from the Commissioned Officers; Officers derive their authority from the President; Warrant Officers derive their authority from Congress. Warrant Officers are only commissioned when they reach Chief Warrant Officer 2, as Wobbly-Ones (which they are affectionately called in the Army) are not commissioned, just like Noncommissioned Officers (Sergeant through Command Sergeant Major).

Often soldiers don't even realize these facts.

[GoldStarBrother]

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[tomkow6]

I went to Mass this AM & noticed that our new German Pope has made a few changes....

[SevenofNine]

HA HA I just cruise to Kydto news wire German currency is all down in all Asian market from Nikkiei to Taiwan market to Hong Kong LOL!

And BBC wire reporting that Agharns are start count those votes on landmark election still Bush fault because DU said so LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]