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The Army's claim for effectiveness of the Army of One campaign is based mostly on an increase in recruiting contacts. Even before September 11, the site had about 26,000 hits per day, a level that the Army says is 238 percent higher than in the previous year. Recruits who first contacted the Army on-line were up 81 percent. All of the services claim even more dramatic increases in the number of contacts with young people in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy.
Although the military considers its "Army of One" campaign to be a success, anti-militarism activists can still take heart. In the past, enlistments have taken a nose-dive when the public has come to understand that military service is about more than getting benefits. War means war, complete with the possibility of injury, death, friendly fire, exposure to environmental hazards, and Gulf War-like syndromes.
The new US policy of expanded war − which knows no geographical boundaries or time limits − is already causing many young people to lose enthusiasm for military service. Besides "reality television" is a fad that's soon to pass, and with it will go the resonance and entertainment value of the military's current recruiting drive.
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| ? | There are several sources of manning the armed forces: conscription, enlistment on voluntary or contract basis and joining the military through cadet corps. |
| ? | Today recruiting to the Armed Forces of the USA and the UK is carried out mainly through recruiting offices to provide contract service personnel and through cadet corps. |
| ? | The female personnel are an integral part of the Armed Forces, but women serve mainly in support roles. |
| ? | In the British Armed Forces, engagements for non-commissioned ranks are from 3 to 22 years. |
Lesson 12 Military Ranks
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| military rank | |
| obey orders v. | |
| rank insignia | ( ) |
| salute n. v, | ; |
| increase in rank | |
| officer rank | |
| commissioned officer (ComO) | |
| warrant officer (WO) | - |
| hold presidential commission | |
| pay grade | - , ( ); |
| company grade officers | |
| field grade officers | |
| general officers | |
| junior grade officers | () |
| mid-grade officers | () |
| flag officers | |
| non-commissioned officers (NCOs) | ( -5 ) |
| sergeant (SGT) | |
| petty officer () | () |
| warrant | - |
| to hold a ~ | ~ |
| to serve under a ~ | ~ |
| receive commission | |
| promotion | |
| specialist | ( ) |
| generalist | |
| enlisted personnel | |
| position | |
| seniority |
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| be confirmed at ones rank by the Senate | |
| be a direct representative of the president of the United States |
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| General of the Army (GA) | 쳿 |
| General of the Air Force (GAF) | |
| General (GEN) | |
| Lieutenant General (LTG) | - |
| Major General (MG) | - |
| Brigadier General (BG) | |
| Colonel (COL) | |
| Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) | |
| Major (MAJ) | |
| Captain (CPT) | |
| 1st Lieutenant (1LT) | |
| 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) | |
| Master Warrant Officer (MWO) | - |
| Sergeant Major of the Army | |
| Command Sergeant Major | |
| Sergeant Major (SMAJ) | |
| First Sergeant (1SGT) | |
| Master Sergeant (MSGT) | - |
| Sergeant First Class (SFC) | |
| Staff Sergeant (SSGT) | - |
| Sergeant (SGT) | |
| Corporal (CPL) | |
| Specialist | |
| Private First Class (PFC) | |
| Private (PVT) | |
| Private (Recruit) (RCT) | () |
| Navy | |
| Fleet Admiral (FADM) | |
| Admiral (ADM) | |
| Vice Admiral (VADM) | - |
| Rear Admiral (Upper Half) (RADM (UH)) | - |
| Rear Admiral (Lower Half) (RADM (LH)) | - |
| Captain (CPT) | (.: 1 ) |
| Commander (CDR) | (.: 2 ) |
| Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) | - (.: 2 ) |
| Lieutenant (LT) | (.: - ) |
| Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG) | (.: ) |
| Ensign (ENS) | (.: ) |
| Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy | - |
| Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO) | - |
| Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO) | - |
| Chief Petty Officer (CPO) | |
| Petty Officer First Class (PO1) | |
| Petty Officer Second Class | |
| Petty Officer Third Class | |
| Seaman | |
| Seaman Apprentice | |
| Seaman Recruit | () |
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Military Ranks
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One big problem throughout military history has been identifying who's in charge. From the earliest days of warfare to the present, special rank badges meant survival. In the heat of battle, knowing who to listen to was as important as the fighting skills soldiers and sailors developed. They had to know at a glance whose shouted orders to obey.
The U.S. military services still use many of the ranks they started with when they began in 1775 at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The leaders adopted the organization, regulations and ranks of the British army and navy with just minor changes. This is not surprising because the Revolutionary Army was made up of colonial militia units that had been organized and drilled by British methods for many years.
Revolutionary Army rank insignia, however, did not follow the British patterns but was similar to the insignia used by the French. After the war the U.S. Army often used the uniform styles and some insignia of the British as well as the French armies.
Military rank is more than just who salutes whom. Military rank is a badge of leadership. Responsibility forpersonnel, equipment, and mission grows with each increase in rank.
Officer ranks in the United States military consist of commissioned officers (ComOs) and warrant officers (WOs). The commissioned ranks are the highest in the military. These officers hold presidential commissions and are confirmed at their ranks by the Senate. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps officers are called company grade officers in the pay grades of O-1 to O-3, field grade officers in pay grades O-4 to O-6 and general officers in pay grades O-7 and higher. The equivalent officer groupings in the Navy are called junior grade, mid-grade and flag.
Warrant officers hold warrants from their service secretary and are specialists and experts in certain military technologies or capabilities. The lowest ranking warrant officers serve under a warrant, but they receive commissions from the president upon promotion to chief warrant officer 2. These commissioned warrant officers are direct representatives of the president of the United States. They derive their authority from the same source as commissioned officers but remain specialists, in contrast to commissioned officers, who are generalists. There are no warrant officers in the Air Force.
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Non-commissioned officers (NCOs) are servicepeople who have received neither a commission nor a warrant but hold positions requiring responsibility for personnel and its training. They may be sergeants or petty officers in the Navy.
The lowest in the rank are the enlisted personnel. However, depending on their qualification and service aptitudes they are also differentiated 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.
Pay grade is used in the US military as to normalize the equivalent enlisted and officer ranks respectively. For example, the base pay of an E-8 are the same in the Air Force and the Army. In theory, those two E-8s will have equivalent levels of seniority and responsibility.
The table shows current ranks in the US military service branches, but they can serve as a fair guide throughout the twentieth century. [53]
| W1 | Warrant Officer 1 WO1 
| Warrant Officer 1 W-1 *The grade of Warrant Officer W-1 is no longer in use. | Warrant
Officer 1 WO 
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| W2 | Chief Warrant Officer 2 CW2 
| Chief Warrant Officer 2 CWO2 
| Chief Warrant Officer 2 CWO2 
| NO WARRANT |
| W3 | Chief Warrant Officer 3 CW3 
| Chief Warrant Officer 3 CWO3 
| Chief Warrant Officer 3 CWO3 
| NO WARRANT |
| W4 | Chief Warrant Officer 4, CW4 
| Chief Warrant Officer 4, CWO4 
| Chief Warrant Officer 4, CWO4 
| NO WARRANT |
| W5 | Chief Warrant Officer CW5 
| NO CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER CWO5 | Chief Warrant Officer 5, CWO5 
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| O1 | Second Lieutenant 2LT 
| Ensign, ENS
| Second Lieutenant 2nd Lt. 
| Second Lieutenant 2nd Lt. 
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| O2 | First Lieutenant 1LT 
| Lieutenant Junior Grade, LTJG 
| First Lieutenant 1st Lt. 
| First Lieutenant 1st Lt. 
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| O3 | Captain CPT 
| Lieutenant, LT 
| Captain Capt. 
| Captain Capt. 
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| O4 | Major MAJ 
| Lieutenant Commander, LCDR 
| Major Maj. 
| Major Maj. 
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| O5 | Lieutenant Colonel LTC 
| Commander CDR
| Lieutenant Colonel Lt. Col. 
| Lieutenant Colonel Lt. Col. 
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| O6 | Colonel COL 
| Captain CAPT 
| Colonel COL
| Colonel COL.
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| O7 | Brigadier General BG 
| Rear Admiral Lower Half RADM (LH) 
| Brigadier General BG 
| Brigadier General BG 
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| O8 | Major General MG 
| Rear Admiral Upper Half RADM (UH) 
| Major General Maj. Gen. 
| Major General Maj. Gen. 
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| O9 | Lieutenant General LTG 
| Vice Admiral VADM 
| Lieutenant General Lt. Gen. 
| Lieutenant General Lt. Gen. 
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| O10 | General GEN Army Chief of Staff 
| Admiral ADM Chief of Naval Operations and Commandant of the Coast Guard 
| General Gen. Commandant of the Marine Corps 
| General Gen. Air Force Chief of Staff 
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General of the Army (Reserved for wartime only) 
| Fleet Admiral (Reserved for wartime only) 
| General of the Air Force (Reserved for wartime only) 
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1. What groupings of officers do you know?
2. What is the difference between commissioned and non-commissioned officers?
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3. What is a warrant?
4. What is the pay scale used for?
5. Are there any ranks for enlisted personnel?
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GA; BG; VADM; MSGT; GAF; GEN; SCPO; LTG; MG; COL; LTJG; LTC; MAJ; CPT; RADM; 1LT; 2LT; PO1; MWO; RCT; SMAJ; 1SGT; CPT; SFC; MCPO; SSGT; SGT; CPL; PFC; PVT; FADM; ADM; COMMO; CDR; LCDR; LT; ENS; CPO; NCO.
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Badge of leadership; derive ones authority; administrative classification; compensation; base pay; service aptitudes; fill a leadership role; hold a warrant; develop fighting skills; identify who's in charge; in the heat of battle; special rank badge; know at a glance; be differentiated in rank; at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War; depending on ones qualification; follow the British patterns; military experience; confuse rank with pay grades; equivalent officer groupings; hold positions; responsibility for personnel and its training; minor change; shouted order; receive the same amount of pay.
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; rank insignia; ; ; increase in rank; ; commissioned officer (ComO); -; hold presidential commission; - ( ); ; company grade officers; ; general officers; (); mid-grade officers; ; non-commissioned officers (NCOs); ; petty officer (); -; receive commission; ; specialist; ; enlisted personnel; ; seniority; ; be a direct representative of the president of the United States; ; obey orders; ; salute; ; officer rank; ; warrant officer (WO); ; pay grade; ; field grade officers; ; junior grade officers; (); flag officers; ; sergeant (SGT); (); warrant; ; promotion; ( ); generalist; ; position; ; be confirmed at ones rank by the Senate; .
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rank
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to form up in three ranks
to close ranks
