US
Military Ranks
RANGOS MILITARES DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS NORTEAMERICANAS AL 2004.
1 ENLISTED RANK:
ARMY
E1: Private - Soldado raso
E2: Private E-2 (PV2) - Soldado segunda
clase
E3: Private First Class (PFC) - soldado
primera clase
E4: Corporal (CPL) - Specialist (SPC) -
Cabo - Especialista
E5: Sergeant (SGT) - Sargento
E6: Staff Sergeant (SSG) - Sargento Seccion
E7: Sergeant First Class (SFC) - Sargento
1 Clase (Sarg. con 10 años en chile tiene misma capacitacion y
nivel)
E8: Master Sergeant (MSG) / First Sergeant (1SG)
- Sargento Maestro, Sargento Primero (20 años chile)
E9:Sergeant Major (SGM) / Command Sergeant Major
(CSM) - Sargento Mayor, Sargento Mayor de Commando. (nivel de Suboficial
Mayor en Chile)
E9: Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) - Sargento
Mayor del Ejercito. (Es un cargo que no tiene comparacion en chile. Es
un gran honor, representa al ejercito y su labor entre otras es comunicacional
a alto nivel).
NAVY - COAST GUARD
E1: Seaman Recruit (SR) - Marinero recluta
E2: Seaman Apprentice (SA) - Marinero aprendiz
E3: Seaman (SN) - Marinero
E4: Petty Officer Third Class(PO3) - Suboficial
tercera clase
E5: Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) - Suboficial
segunda clase
E6: Petty Officer First Class (PO1) - Suboficial
primera clase
E7: Chief Petty Officer (CPO) - Suboficial
en Jefe
E8: Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO) -
Suboficial senior en Jefe
E9: Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO) / Fleet/Command
Master Chief Petty Officer - Suboficial Jefe Maestro, Suboficial
Jefe Maestro de flotilla/comando
E9: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)
and Coast Guard (MCPOCG) - Suboficial Jefe Maestro de la Marina/Guarda
Costa (Cargo de gran honor. Comunicacional de alto nivel)
MARINES
E1: Private
E2: Private First Class (PFC)
E3: Lance Corporal (LCpl)
E4: Corporal (Cpl)
E5: Sergeant (Sgt)
E6: Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
E7: Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt)
E8: Master Sergeant (MSgt) / First Sergeant
E9: Sergeant Major (SgtMaj) / Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt)
E9: Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SgtMajMC)
AIR FORCE
E1: Airman Basic
E2: Airman (Amn)
E3: Airman First Class (A1C)
E4: Senior Airman (SrA)
E5: Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
E6: Technical Sergeant (TSgt)
E7: Master Sergeant (MSgt) / First Sergeant
E8: Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt) / First Sergeant
E9: Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt) / First Sergeant / Command Chief Master
Sergeant (CCM)
E9: Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF)
Service members in pay grades E-1 through E-3 are usually either in some
kind of training status or on their initial assignment. The training includes
the basic training phase where recruits are immersed in military culture
and values and are taught the core skills required by their service component.
Basic training is followed by a specialized or advanced training phase
that provides recruits with a specific area of expertise or concentration.
In the Army and Marines, this area is called a military occupational specialty;
in the Navy it is known as a rate; and in the Air Force it is simply called
an Air Force specialty.
The U.S. Coast Guard is a part of the Department of Transportation in
peacetime and the Navy in times of war. Coast Guard rank insignia are
the same as the Navy except for color and the seaman recruit rank, which
has one stripe.
Leadership responsibility significantly increases in the mid-level enlisted
ranks. This responsibility is given formal recognition by use of the terms
noncommissioned officer and petty officer.
An Army sergeant, an Air Force staff sergeant, and a Marine corporal
are considered NCO ranks. The Navy NCO equivalent, petty officer, is achieved
at the rank of petty officer third class.
At the E-8 level, the Army, Marines and Air Force have two positions
at the same pay grade. Whether one is, for example, a senior master sergeant
or a first sergeant in the Air Force depends on the person's job. The
same is true for the positions at the E-9 level. Marine Corps master gunnery
sergeants and sergeants major receive the same pay but have different
responsibilities. All told, E-8s and E-9s have 15 to 30 years on the job,
and are commanders' senior advisers for enlisted matters.
A third E-9 element is the senior enlisted person of each service. The
sergeant major of the Army, the sergeant major of the Marine Corps, the
master chief petty officer of the Navy and the chief master sergeant of
the Air Force are the spokespersons of the enlisted force at the highest
levels of their services.
2. OFFICERS:
ARMY
W1: Warrant Officer 1 WO1
W2: Chief Warrant Officer 2 CW2
W3: Chief Warrant Officer 3 CW3
W4: Chief Warrant Officer 4 CW4
W5: Chief Warrant Officer CW5
O1: Second Lieutenant 2LT
O2: First Lieutenant 1LT
O3: Captain CPT
O4: Major MAJ
O5: Lieutenant Colonel LTC
O6: Colonel COL
O7: Brigadier General BG
O8: Major General MG
O9: Lieutenant General LTG
O10: General GEN - Army Chief of Staff
General of the Army - (Reserved for wartime only)
NAVY / COAST GUARD
W1: Warrant Officer 1 W-1 * Warrant Officer W-1 is no longer in use.
W2: Chief Warrant Officer 2 CWO2
W3: Chief Warrant Officer 3 CWO3
W4: Chief Warrant Officer 4 CWO4
W5: NO CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER CWO5
O1: Ensign ENS
O2: Lieutenant Junior Grade LTJG
O3: Lieutenant LT
O4: Lieutenant Commander LCDR
O5: Commander CDR
O6: Captain CAPT
O7: Rear Admiral Lower Half RADM (LH)
O8: Rear Admiral Upper Half RADM (UH)
O9: Vice Admiral VADM
O10: Admiral ADM - Chief of Naval Operations and Commandant of the Coast
Guard
Fleet Admiral - (Reserved for wartime only)
MARINES
W1: Warrant Officer 1 WO
W2: Chief Warrant Officer 2 CWO2
W3: Chief Warrant Officer 3 CWO3
W4: Chief Warrant Officer 4 CWO4
W5: Chief Warrant Officer 5 CWO5
O1: Second Lieutenant 2nd Lt.
O2: First Lieutenant 1st Lt.
O3: Captain Capt.
O4: Major Maj.
O5: Lieutenant Colonel Lt. Col.
O6: Colonel Col.
O7: Brigadier General Brig. Gen.
O8: Major General Maj. Gen.
O9: Lieutenant General Lt. Gen.
O10: General Gen. - Commandant of the Marine Corps
AIR FORCE
W1: NO WARRANT
W2: NO WARRANT
W3: NO WARRANT
W4: NO WARRANT
W5: NO WARRANT
O1: Second Lieutenant 2nd Lt.
O2: First Lieutenant 1st Lt.
O3: Captain Capt.
O4: Major Maj.
O5: Lieutenant Colonel Lt. Col.
O6: Colonel Col.
O7: Brigadier General Brig. Gen.
O8: Major General Maj. Gen.
O9: Lieutenant General Lt. Gen.
O10: General Gen. - Air Force Chief of Staff
General of the Air Force - (Reserved for wartime only)
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.
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