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Uniformed Service Rank Chart
Enlisted
Army
E-1
E-2
E-3
E-4
E-5
E-6
E-7
E-8
E-9
Senior Enlisted Advisors
Private (PV2)
Private
First Class
(PFC)
Corporal
(CPL)
Sergeant
(SGT)
Staff
Sergeant
(SSG)
Sergeant
First Class
(SFC)
Master Sergeant
(MSG)
Sergeant Major
(SGM)
Sergeant Major of the
Army (SMA)
First Sergeant
(1SG)
Command Sergeant
Major (CSM)
Private
(PV1)
No insignia
Specialist
(SPC)
Marines
E-1
Private
(PVT)
No insignia
E-2
E-3
E-4
Private First
Class (PFC)
Lance
Corporal
(LCpl)
Corporal
(Cpl)
E-5
E-6
E-7
E-8
E-9
Senior Enlisted Advisors
Sergeant
(Sgt)
Staff
Sergeant
(SSgt)
Gunnery
Sergeant
(GySgt)
Master Sergeant
(MSgt)
Master Gunnery
Sergeant
(MGySgt)
Sergeant Major of the
Marine Corps (SgtMajMC)
First Sergeant
(1stSgt)
Sergeant Major
(SgtMaj)
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Air Force
E-1
Airman
Basic
(AB)
No insignia
E-2
E-3
E-4
Airman
(Amn)
Airman First
Class
(A1C)
Senior
Airman
(SrA)
E-5
E-6
Staff
Sergeant
(SSgt)
Technical
Sergeant
(TSgt)
E-7
Master
Sergeant
(MSgt)
E-8
E-9
Senior
Master
Sergeant
(SMSgt)
Chief Master
Sergeant (CMSgt)
Senior Enlisted Advisors
Chief Master Sergeant of the
Air Force
(CMSAF)
First Sergeant (E-9)
First Sergeant
(E-7)
First
Sergeant
(E-8)
Command Chief
Master Sergeant
(CCM)
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Navy
E-1
E-2
E-3
E-4
E-5
E-6
E-7
Seaman
Apprentice
(SA)
Seaman
(SN)
Petty
Officer
Third Class
(PO3)
Petty
Officer
Second
Class
(PO2)
Petty
Officer
First Class
(PO1)
Chief Petty
Officer
(CPO)
E-8
E-9
Senior
Chief
Petty
Officer
(SCPO)
Master Chief Petty Officer
(MCPO)
Senior Enlisted Advisors
Seaman
Recruit (SR)
No insignia
Master Chief Petty Officer
of the Navy (MCPON)
Force Command Master Chief
Petty Officer (FORMC)
Fleet Command Master Chief
Petty Officer (FLTMC)
Coast Guard
E-1
Seaman
Recruit (SR)
E-2
E-3
E-4
Seaman
Apprentice
(SA)
Seaman
(SN)
Petty
Officer
Third Class
(PO3)
E-5
E-6
Petty
Officer
Second
Class
(PO2)
Petty
Officer
First Class
(PO1)
E-7
Chief Petty
Officer
(CPO)
E-8
E-9
Senior Enlisted Advisors
Senior Chief
Petty Officer
(SCPO)
Master Chief Petty
Officer (MCPO)
Master Chief Petty Officer
of the Coast Guard
(MCPO-CG)
Command Master Chief
(CMC)
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Officer
Army – Air Force – Marines
O-1
O-2
O-3
O-4
O-5
O-6
Colonel
Second
Lieutenant
First
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
O-7
O-8
O-9
O-10
Brigadier
General
Major
General
Lieutenant
General
General
Special
General of
the Army
Lieutenant
Colonel
Navy – Coast Guard
O-1
Ensign
O-2
Lieutenant
(junior
grade)
O-3
Lieutenant
O-4
Lieutenant
Commander
O-5
Commander
O-6
O-7
Captain
Rear Admiral
(lower half)
O-8
O-9
O-10
Rear Admiral
(upper half)
Vice Admiral
Admiral
Special
Fleet Admiral
(FADM)
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Warrant Officer
Navy – Coast Guard
W-1
Warrant Officer
1 (WO1)
Discontinued
Coast Guard
W-2
W-3
W-4
Chief Warrant
Officer 2
(CWO2)
Chief Warrant
Officer 3
(CWO3)
Chief Warrant
Officer 4
(CWO4)
W-5
W-1
W-2
W-3
W-4
Chief Warrant
Officer 5
(CWO5)
Warrant Officer 1
(WO1)
Discontinued
Chief Warrant
Officer 2 (CWO2)
Chief Warrant Officer
3 (CWO3)
Chief Warrant Officer
4 (CWO4)
Navy Only
Army
Marines
W-1
W-2
W-3
W-4
W-5
W-1
W-2
W-3
W-4
W-5
Warrant
Officer 1
(WO1)
Chief Warrant
Officer 2
(CW2)
Chief Warrant
Officer 3
(CW3)
Chief Warrant
Officer 4
(CW4)
Chief Warrant
Officer 5
(CW5)
Warrant
Officer 1 (WO)
Chief Warrant
Officer 2
(CWO2)
Chief Warrant
Officer 3
(CWO3)
Chief Warrant
Officer 4
(CWO4)
Chief Warrant
Officer 5
(CWO5)
Air Force – (No Warrant Officers)
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