Military Rankings

For those of you who request military rankings for your forum, please consider these ranks prior to making your requests for website ranks.

Marine Corps

E-1 Private (PVT)
E-2 Private First Class (PFC)
E-3 Lance Corporal (LCpl)
E-4 Corporal (Cpl)
E-5 Sergeant (Sgt)
E-6 Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
E-7 Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt)
E-8 First Sergeant (1SG)
E-8 Master Sergeant (Msgt)
E-9 Sergeant Major (SgtMaj)
E-9 Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt)
E-9 Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SgtMajMC)

W-1 Warrant Officer 1 (WO)
W-2 Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2)
W-3 Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CWO3)
W-4 Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO4)
W-5 Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CWO5)

O-1 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
O-2 1st Lieutenant (1st Lt)
O-3 Captain (Capt.)
O-4 Major (Maj.)
O-5 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.)
O-6 Colonel (Col.)
O-7 Brigadier General (Brig. Gen.)
O-8 Major General (Maj. Gen.)
O-9 Lieutenant General (Lt. Gen.)
O-10 General (Gen.)
O-10 Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC)


Army

E-1 Private (PVT)
E-2 Private (PVT)
E-3 Private First Class (PFC)
E-4 Specialist (SPC)
E-4 Corporal (CPL)
E-5 Sergeant (SGT)
E-6 Staff Sergeant (SSG)
E-7 Sergeant First Class (SFC)
E-8 First Sergeant (1SG)
E-8 Master Sergeant (MSG)
E-9 Sergeant Major (SGM)
E-9 Command Sergeant Major (CSM)
E-9 Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA)

W-1 Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
W-2 Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
W-3 Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
W-4 Warrant Officer 4 (CW4)
W-5 Master Warrant Officer 5 (CW5)

O-1 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
O-2 1st Lieutenant (1st Lt)
O-3 Captain (Capt.)
O-4 Major (Maj.)
O-5 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.)
O-6 Colonel (Col.)
O-7 Brigadier General (Brig. Gen.)
O-8 Major General (Maj. Gen.)
O-9 Lieutenant General (Lt. Gen.)
O-10 General (Gen.)
O-10 Army Chief of Staff (ACS)
General of the Army (Wartime only)


Navy/Coast Guard

E-1 Seaman Recruit (SR)
E-2 Seaman Apprentice (SA)
E-3 Seaman (SN)
E-4 Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
E-5 Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
E-6 Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
E-7 Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
E-8 Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
E-9 Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
E-9 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)

W-1 Warrant Officer 1 (WO)
W-2 Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2)
W-3 Warrant Officer 3 (CWO3)
W-4 Warrant Officer 4 (CWO4)
W-5 Master Warrant Officer (CWO5)

O-1 Ensign (ENS)
O-2 Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG)
O-3 Lieutenant (LT)
O-4 Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
O-5 Commander (CDR)
O-6 Captain (CAPT)
O-7 Rear Admiral (Lower Half) RADM (LH)
O-8 Rear Admiral (Upper Half) RADM (UH)
O-9 Vice Admiral (VADM)
O-10 Chief of Naval Operations /Commandant of the Coast Guard (ADM)
O-10 Admiral (ADM)
Fleet Admiral (Wartime only)


Air Force

E-1 Airman Basic (AB)
E-2 Airman (Amn)
E-3 Airman First Class (A1C)
E-4 Senior Airman (SrA)
E-5 Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
E-6 Technical Sergeant (TSgt)
E-7 First Sergeant (1SG)
E-7 Master Sergeant (MSgt)
E-8 First Sergeant (1SG)
E-8 Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt)
E-9 First Sergeant (1SG)
E-9 Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt)
E-9 Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF)

O-1 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
O-2 1st Lieutenant (1st Lt)
O-3 Captain (Capt.)
O-4 Major (Maj.)
O-5 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.)
O-6 Colonel (Col.)
O-7 Brigadier General (Brig. Gen.)
O-8 Major General (Maj. Gen.)
O-9 Lieutenant General (Lt. Gen.)
O-10 General (Gen.)
O-10 Air Force Chief of Staff
General of the Air Force (Wartime only)