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

Posted on 09/18/2005 6:59:54 PM PDT by StarCMC

 
For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.
 

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!

~ MILITARY SHORT SPEAK ~

Military Rank - Part 2
Officers Ranks

ArmyPatch small   NavySeal small   Air Force Seal   Marines Seal small   Coast Guard Seal small (better)

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)

undefined

USN Chief Warrant Officer 2
(CWO2)

undefined

 

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)

undefined

No Warrant

 

W4 Chief Warrant Officer 4
(CW4)

USN Chief Warrant Officer 4
(CWO4)

 

USCG

Chief Warrant Officer 4
(CWO4)

undefined

No Warrant

 

W5 Chief Warrant Officer 5
(CW5)

undefined

USN Chief Warrant Officer 5
(CWO5)

Chief Warrant Officer 5
(CWO5)

undefined

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)

undefined

Lieutenant Junior Grade
(LTJG)

First Lieutenant
(1st Lt.)

undefined

First Lieutenant
(1st Lt.)

undefined

O3 Captain
(CPT)

undefined

Lieutenant
(LT)

Captain
(Capt.)

undefined

Captain
(Capt.)

undefined

O4 Major
(MAJ)

Lieutenant Commander
(LCDR)

Major
(Maj.)

Major
(Maj.)

O5 Lieutenant Colonel
(LTC)

Commander
(CDR)

undefined

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))

undefined

Brigadier General
(Brig. Gen.)

Brigadier General
(Brig. Gen.)

O8 Major General
(MG)

Rear Admiral Upper Half
(RADM (UH))

undefined

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!!!
 

 

 



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To: GW and Twins Pawpaw

 Hi, GW and Twins Pawpaw!

Welcome to the Canteen!

 

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

61 posted on 09/18/2005 7:35:35 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: Admin Moderator

(Thank you!!)


62 posted on 09/18/2005 7:35:42 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: Mrs.Nooseman

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?


63 posted on 09/18/2005 7:35:45 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)
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To: Leapfrog

Mine too...Army MD, 1939-1946


64 posted on 09/18/2005 7:36:03 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

 Hi, Clint N. Suhks!

Welcome to the Canteen!

 

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

65 posted on 09/18/2005 7:37:49 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: All
I just realized that I unintentionally left out credit for where I found this information... It can be found here, at DefenseLink.com.
66 posted on 09/18/2005 7:38:59 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: txradioguy; StarCMC

Wanna know what the CUBBIES did today???


67 posted on 09/18/2005 7:39:37 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: HopeandGlory

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!


68 posted on 09/18/2005 7:40:18 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: HopeandGlory

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


69 posted on 09/18/2005 7:40:54 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

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

Very cool about your post!!


70 posted on 09/18/2005 7:41:46 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: tomkow6

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


71 posted on 09/18/2005 7:43:01 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Da BEARS win!

Da CUBS win!

Da Cheeseheads lose!

Life is good!

72 posted on 09/18/2005 7:43:32 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: Clint N. Suhks; LeapFrogsMom
"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.

73 posted on 09/18/2005 7:44:41 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: tomkow6

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!!


74 posted on 09/18/2005 7:46:46 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: Smartass
"For Home and Family".....that's America!


75 posted on 09/18/2005 7:47:52 PM PDT by luvie (The promise of faith is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of grace..GWBush)
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To: StarCMC

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.


76 posted on 09/18/2005 7:49:36 PM PDT by DilJective (Proudly serving in the US Army - opinions are my own.)
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To: StarCMC; All


Canteen Music Requests!
Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)
 
If you would like to be added/removed from the Canteen Music Ping List, please FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska


Artist/Title: 
Billy idol~Cradle Of Love
 

Artist/Song Title:

Billy Idol~Rebel Yell
 
Suitable For Ma and Kids:  No

Sidenote: 
Ma This stuff Would Keep ya up ALL night!!!
 
*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests made on the thread. Thank you! ***

 


77 posted on 09/18/2005 7:50:06 PM PDT by GoldStarBrother (Don't Give Up Hope Moses Was A Basket Case Also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: StarCMC; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Ms.Poohbear; 2LT Radix jr; Radix; LaDivaLoca; Severa; ...

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


78 posted on 09/18/2005 7:50:10 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: Smartass; tomkow6; All

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!


79 posted on 09/18/2005 7:51:39 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("Not everybody in, it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"= Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: GoldStarBrother

80 posted on 09/18/2005 7:51:42 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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