What is Enlisted Rank?

Information about Enlisted Rank

An enlisted rank in the Military of the United States is generally any rating below that of a commissioned officer. The term can be inclusive of non-commissioned officers or NCO for short. In its most exclusive sense, the term applies only to the lowest ranks of military service. Though it is the lowest of the ranks, it is the most important. The lower-enlisted (in the United States Army, E-4 and below) are the core of the working force, while the NCO corps (in the United States Army, E-5 and above) provides the direct leadership and training to these soldiers. The United States Coast Guard uses the same enlisted rank structure as the US Navy.

In the British Armed Forces and the armed forces of other Commonwealth countries (except Canada), the equivalent term in respect of armies and air forces is Other Rank (or OR for short), while navies use the term rating; in Canada, the term is non-commissioned member (NCM).

	E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5	E-6	E-7	E-8	E-9
U.S. military enlisted ranks
Air Force:	AB	Amn	A1C	SrA	SSgt	TSgt	MSgt	SMSgt	CMSgt - CCM - CMSAF
Army:	PV1	PV2	PFC	SPC - CPL	SGT	SSG	SFC	MSG - 1SG	SGM - CSM - SMA
Marine Corps:	Pvt	PFC	LCpl	Cpl	Sgt	SSgt	GySgt	MSgt - 1stSgt	MGySgt - SgtMaj - SgtMajMarCor
Navy:	SR	SA	SN	PO3	PO2	PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO - CMCPO - MCPON
Coast Guard:	SR	SA	SN	PO3	PO2	PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO - CMCPO - MCPOCG

United States Armed Forces is the military service of the United States and is structured into five branches.

U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
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For other uses, see Officer.

An officer is a member of an army, navy, air force or, in some cases, other uniformed service who holds a position of responsibility.
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A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), also known as an NCO or Noncom, is an enlisted member of an armed force who has been given authority by a commissioned officer.
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United States Coast Guard (USCG) is at all times a branch of the U.S. military, a maritime law enforcement agency, and a federal regulatory body. The Coast Guard has eleven statutory missions: Migrant Interdiction, Defense Readiness, Drug Interdiction, Ports, Waterways and
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British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown,^[1] encompasses a navy, army, and an air force.
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Headquarters
(and largest city)
Official languages English
Membership 53 sovereign states
Leaders
- Head of the Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II
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Other Ranks (ORs) in the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force (and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries) are those personnel who are not commissioned officers. In the Royal Navy, these personnel are called ratings.
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The term rating or rate carries different meanings depending on which navy is being discussed.

Royal Navy

In the Royal Navy, a rate is the equivalent of a military rank, held by a person below the ranks of Warrant Officer.
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A non-commissioned member (NCM), in the Canadian Forces, is defined in the Queen's Regulations and Orders as:

"… any person, other than an officer, who is enrolled in, or who pursuant to law is attached or seconded otherwise than as an officer to, the

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United States Armed Forces is the military service of the United States and is structured into five branches.

U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
U.S.

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United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. Previously part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947.
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Airman Basic (AB) is the lowest enlisted rank in the United States Air Force, just below Airman. It is categorized as E-1 on the U.S. military pay scale.

Airman Basics are generally those currently in their initial training status, either in Basic Military Training
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Airman is a term used to refer to any enlisted personnel in the United States Air Force or Other Ranks in the Royal Air Force (in which airwoman is also seen). It is also a specific rank in the United States Air Force.
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Airman 1st Class (A1C) is the third enlisted rank (E-3) in the United States Air Force, just above Airman and below Senior Airman. The rank of Airman First Class is considered a junior enlisted rank, with the noncommissioned officers (NCO) and senior noncommissioned
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Senior Airman (SrA) is the fourth enlisted rank in the United States Air Force, just above Airman First Class and below Staff Sergeant. It has a pay grade of E-4.
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Staff Sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in several countries.

The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that level rather than as a member of a battalion or company.
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Technical Sergeant is the name of one current and one past United States military enlisted rank.

United States Air Force

Technical Sergeant, or Tech Sergeant, is the sixth enlisted rank in the U.S.
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A master sergeant is the military rank for a senior non-commissioned officer in some armed forces.

Singapore

Master Sergeant (MSG) is the highest Specialist rank in the Singapore Armed Forces, ranking just above Staff Sergeant (SSG) and below Second Warrant Officer
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Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt) is the eighth enlisted rank (pay grade E-8) in the U.S. Air Force, just above Master Sergeant and below Chief Master Sergeant and is a non-commissioned officer.
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Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt) is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force, just above Senior Master Sergeant, and is a non-commissioned officer. The official term of address is Chief Master Sergeant or Chief.
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The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) is a unique non-commissioned rank in the United States Air Force. The holder of this rank and post represents the highest enlisted level of leadership in the Air Force, and as such, provides direction for the enlisted corps
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The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. Like all armies, it has the primary responsibility for land-based military operations.
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A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in). The term dates from the Middle Ages, where privates were known as "private soldiers" (a term used well into the 20th century) who were either hired,
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In many armed forces in the world, Private First Class is a rank held by junior enlisted persons.

Singapore

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Specialist (abbreviated "SPC") is one section of the fourth enlisted rank in the U.S. Army, just above Private First Class and below Corporal. It shares the same enlisted pay grade as the Corporal.
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Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4.
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For other uses, see Sergeant (disambiguation).

Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world.
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