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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.
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.
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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.
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Private |
Seaman Recruit (SR) |
Private |
Airman Basic |
| E2 |
Private E-2
(PV2)
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Seaman Apprentice
(SA)
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Private First Class
(PFC)
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Airman
(Amn)
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| E3 |
Private First Class
(PFC)
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Seaman (SN)
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Lance Corporal
(LCpl)
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Airman First Class
(A1C)
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| E4 |
Corporal
(CPL)
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Specialist
(SPC)
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Petty Officer
Third Class(PO3) **
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Corporal
(Cpl)
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Senior Airman
(SrA)
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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
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| E5 |
Sergeant
(SGT)
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Petty Officer
Second Class
(PO2) **
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Sergeant
(Sgt)
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Staff Sergeant
(SSgt)
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| E6 |
Staff Sergeant
(SSG)
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Petty
Officer
First Class
(PO1) **
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Staff
Sergeant
(SSgt)
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Technical
Sergeant
(TSgt)
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| E7 |
Sergeant First Class
(SFC)
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Chief Petty Officer
(CPO) **
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Gunnery Sergeant
(GySgt)
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Master Sergeant
(MSgt)
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First Sergeant
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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.
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| E8 |
Master
Sergeant
(MSG)
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First
Sergeant
(1SG)
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Senior Chief Petty
Officer
(SCPO) **
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Master Sergeant
(MSgt)
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First Sergeant
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Senior
Master Sergeant
(SMSgt)
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First Sergeant
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| E9 |
Sergeant Major
(SGM)
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Command
Sergeant Major
(CSM)
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Master Chief
Petty Officer
(MCPO)
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Fleet/Command
Master
Chief Petty
Officer
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Sergeant Major
(SgtMaj)
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Master Gunnery
Sergeant (MGySgt)
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Chief Master
Sergeant
(CMSgt)
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First Sergeant
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Command
Chief Master
Sergeant
(CCM)
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| E9 |
Sergeant Major
of the
Army
(SMA)
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Master Chief
Petty Officer
of the
Navy
(MCPON)
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Sergeant Major
of the
Marine Corps
(SgtMajMC)
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Chief Master
Sergeant of the Air Force
(CMSAF)
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