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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.
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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. TOP
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The
U.S. Coast Guard is a part of the Department of
Homeland Security 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
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| 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)
TOP
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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)
TOP
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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 officer third class. TOP |
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Sergeant
(SGT)
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Petty
Officer
Second Class
(PO2) **
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Sergeant
(Sgt)
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Staff Sergeant
(SSgt)
TOP
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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)
TOP
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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
TOP
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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. TOP
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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
TOP
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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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Master Gunnery
Sergeant (MGySgt)
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Sergeant Major
(SgtMaj)
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Chief Master
Sergeant
(CMSgt)
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First Sergeant
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Command
Chief Master
Sergeant
TOP
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Sergeant Major
of the
Army
(SMA)
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Master Chief
Petty Officer
of the
Navy
(MCPON)
and
Coast Guard
(MCPOCG)
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Sergeant Major
of the
Marine Corps
(SgtMajMC)
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Chief Master
Sergeant of the Air Force
(CMSAF)
TOP
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