United States Military Rank Insignia

Military rank is more than just who salutes whom. Military rank is a badge of leadership. Responsibility for personnel, equipment, and mission grows with each increase in rank.

Do not confuse rank with pay grades, such as E-1, W-2 and O-5. Pay grades are administrative classifications used primarily to standardize compensation across the military services. The "E" in E-1 stands for "enlisted" while the "1" indicates the pay grade for that position. The other pay categories are "W" for warrant officers and "O" for commissioned officers. Some enlisted pay grades have two ranks.

The Army, for example, has the ranks of corporal and specialist at the pay grade of E-4. A corporal is expected to fill a leadership role and has a higher rank than a specialist even though both receive the same amount of pay. In the Marine Corps, master gunnery sergeants and sergeant majors are E-9s, but the sergeant major has the higher rank.

See Also:  Isolated Army Rank Insignia with text, without text, ACU

	Army	Air Force	Navy / Coast Guard	Marines
E1	Private PV1	Airman Basic AB	Seaman Recruit SR	Private PVT
E2	Private E-2 PV2	Airman Amn	Seaman Apprentice SA	Private First Class PFC
E3	Private First Class PFC	Airman First Class A1C	Seaman SN	Lance Corporal LCpl
E4	Specialist SPC Corporal CPL	Senior Airman SrA	Petty Officer Third Class PO3	Corporal Cpl
E5	Sergeant SGT	Staff Sergeant SSgt	Petty Officer Second Class PO2	Sergeant Sgt
E6	Staff Sergeant SSG	Technical Sergeant TSgt	Petty Officer First Class PO1	Staff Sergeant SSgt
E7	Sergeant First Class SFC	Master Sergeant MSgt First Sergeant	Chief Petty Officer CPO	Gunnery Sergeant GySgt
E8	Master Sergeant MSG First Sergeant 1SG	Senior Master Sergeant SMSgt First Sergeant	Senior Chief Petty Officer SCPO	Master Sergeant MSgt First Sergeant
E9	Sergeant Major SGM Command Sergeant Major CSM	Chief Master Sergeant CMSgt First Sergeant Command Chief Master Sergeant CCM	Master Chief Petty Officer MCPO Fleet/Command Master Chief Petty Officer	Sergeant Major SgtMaj Master Gunnery Sergeant MGySgt
	Sergeant Major of the Army SMA	Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force CMSAF	Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) and Coast Guard (MCPOCG)	Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps SgtMajMC
	Army	Air Force	Navy / Coast Guard	Marines
W1	Warrant Officer 1 WO1	NO WARRANT	USN Warrant Officer 1 WO1	Warrant Officer 1 WO
W2	Chief Warrant Officer 2 CW2	NO WARRANT	USN Chief Warrant Officer 2 CWO2 USCG	Chief Warrant Officer 2 CWO2
W3	Chief Warrant Officer 3 CW3	NO WARRANT	USN Chief Warrant Officer 3 CWO3 USCG	Chief Warrant Officer 3 CWO3
W4	Chief Warrant Officer 4 CW4	NO WARRANT	USN Chief Warrant Officer 4 CWO4 USCG	Chief Warrant Officer 4 CWO4
W5	Master Chief Warrant Officer CW5	NO WARRANT	USN Chief Warrant Officer CWO5	Chief Warrant Officer 5 CWO5
	Army	Air Force	Navy / Coast Guard	Marines
O1	Second Lieutenant 2LT	Second Lieutenant 2nd Lt.	Ensign ENS	Second Lieutenant 2nd Lt.
O2	First Lieutenant 1LT	First Lieutenant 1st Lt.	Lieutenant Junior Grade LTJG	First Lieutenant 1st Lt.
O3	Captain CPT	Captain Capt.	Lieutenant LT	Captain Capt.
O4	Major MAJ	Major Maj.	Lieutenant Commander LCDR	Major Maj.
O5	Lieutenant Colonel LTC	Lieutenant Colonel Lt. Col.	Commander CDR	Lieutenant Colonel Lt. Col.
O6	Colonel COL	Colonel Col.	Captain CAPT	Colonel Col.
O7	Brigadier General BG	Brigadier General Brig. Gen.	Rear Admiral Lower Half RADM (LH)	Brigadier General Brig. Gen.
O8	Major General MG	Major General Maj. Gen.	Rear Admiral Upper Half RADM (UH)	Major General Maj. Gen.
O9	Lieutenant General LTG	Lieutenant General Lt. Gen.	Vice Admiral VADM	Lieutenant General Lt. Gen.
O10	General GEN Army Chief of Staff	General Gen. Air Force Chief of Staff	Admiral ADM Chief of Naval Operations and Commandant of the Coast Guard	General Gen. Commandant of the Marine Corps
	General of the Army	General of the Air Force	Fleet Admiral

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