FReeper Canteen ~ Military Rank (Enlisted) ~ Sept. 12, 2005

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Military Rank - Part 1
Enlisted 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! 

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.

Visit Web Specials on Basic Training:    Link: Army/Marines ,   Link: AF/Navy

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.

ARMY — * For rank and precedence within the Army, specialist ranks immediately below corporal. Among the services, however, rank and precedence are determined by pay grade.

NAVY/COAST GUARD — *A specialty mark in the center of a rating badge indicates the wearer's particular rating. ** Gold stripes indicate 12 or more years of good conduct. *** 1. Master chief petty officer of the Navy and fleet and force master chief petty officers. 2. Command master chief petty officers wear silver stars. 3. Master chief petty officers wear silver stars and silver specialty rating marks.

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.

Army

Navy &
Coast Guard

Marines

Air Force

E1

Private

Seaman Recruit
 (SR)

Private

Airman Basic

E2

Private E-2

Seaman Apprentice
(SA)

Private First Class
(PFC)

Airman
(Amn)

E3

Private First Class
(PFC)

Seaman (SN)

Lance Corporal
(LCpl)

Airman First Class
(A1C)

E4

Corporal (CPL)

Specialist (SPC)

Petty Officer
Third Class (PO3)**

Corporal
(Cpl)

Senior Airman
(SrA)

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.

Army

Navy &
Coast Guard

Marines

Air Force

E5

Sergeant
(SGT)

Petty Officer
Second Class
(PO2)

Sergeant
(Sgt)

Staff Sergeant
(SSgt)

E6

Staff Sergeant
(SSG)

Petty Officer
First Class
(PO1)**

Staff Sergeant
(SSgt)

Technical Sergeant
(TSgt)

E7

Sergeant First Class
(SFC)

Chief Petty Officer
(CPO)**

Gunnery Sergeant
(GySgt)

Master Sergeant (MSgt)

First Sergeant

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.

Army

Navy &
Coast Guard

Marines

Air Force

E8

Master Sergeant (MSG)

First Sergeant (1SG)

Senior Chief Petty Officer
(SCPO)

Master Sergeant (MSgt)

First Sergeant

Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt)

First Sergeant

E9

Sergeant Major (SGM)

Command Sergeant Major (CSM)

Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)

Fleet/ Command Master Chief Petty Officer

Sergeant Major (SgtMaj)

Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt)

Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt)

First Sergeant

Command Chief Master Sergeant (CCM)

E9

 

Sergeant Major
of the
Army
(SMA)

Master Chief
Petty Officer
of the
Navy
(MCPON)
and
Coast Guard
(MCPOCG)

Sergeant Major
of the
Marine Corps
(SgtMajMC)

Chief Master
Sergeant of the Air Force
(CMSAF)


 

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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[StarCMC]

 

Dedicated to our heroes, lost today,
and all who have gone before.

 

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Fighting soldiers from the sky,
Fearless men who jump and die
Men who mean just what they say,
The brave men of the Green Beret.

Silver wings upon their chests,
These are men, America's best,
One hundred men we'll test today
But only three win The Green Beret.

Trained to live off nature's land,
Trained in combat, hand to hand
Men who fight by night and day,
Courage take from The Green Beret.

Silver wings upon their chests,
These are men, America's best,
One hundered men we'll test today,
But only three win The Green Beret.

Back at home a young wife waits,
Her Green Beret has met his fate
He has died for those oppressed,
Leaving her this last request.

Put silver wings on my son's chest,
Make him one of America's best,
He'll be a man they'll test one day,
Have him win The Green Beret.

 

 

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September 12, 2005

Get To Know Jesus

Read:
2 Peter 1:1-11

Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. —2 Peter 3:18

Bible In One Year: Ezekiel 4-7

In his book The Call, Os Guinness tells a story about Arthur Burns, chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board during the 1970s. Burns, who was Jewish, became part of a Bible study held at the White House at that time. One day, those in the group listened in surprise as Burns prayed, "O God, may the day come when all Jews will come to know Jesus." But an even bigger surprise came when he prayed for the time "when all Christians will come to know Jesus."

Burns hit on a profound truth we all need to wrestle with. Even if we claim the name of Jesus Christ, it may not be evident to others that we really know Him. Do we have a personal relationship with Him? If so, are we striving, praying, and working to know Jesus more intimately each day?

Peter, a man who knew Jesus well, said that "the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord" will bring us multiplied "grace and peace" (2 Peter 1:2). Knowing Jesus gives us "all things that pertain to life and godliness" (v.3). And knowledge of Jesus will help us develop character traits that show the world that we are connected to Him (vv.5-8).

Can you and I honestly say, "I know Jesus better today than I did yesterday"? —Dave Branon

No knowledge gained through arduous quest
Has made my heart so free
As this great fact of time and space—
That Jesus died for me! —D. De Haan

The better you know Jesus in your heart, the more the world will see Jesus in your life.

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[SandRat]

The enlisted are backbone of any military. They are the workers that bring about victory by making reality out of their leaders ideas. We must all be the enlisted in the Army of the Lord.

It is written --

2Ti 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

[StarCMC]

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[Cool Multiservice Soldier]

Evening Star! *HUGS* How are you?

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