US Army

New soldiers enter the Army as Private, pay grade E-1, wearing no insignia. Advancement to Private E-2, one chevron, typically fol...

Private First Class wears one chevron with one rocker and typically arrives within the first one to two years of service. PFCs are...

Corporal wears two chevrons and is the smallest true command rank: a corporal can lead a fire team of about four soldiers and enfo...

Sergeant wears three chevrons and typically leads a squad of eight to twelve soldiers, the smallest unit that fights as a complete...

Staff Sergeant wears three chevrons over one rocker and usually leads a full squad or a support section, with responsibility for t...

Sergeant First Class wears three chevrons over two rockers and serves as the platoon sergeant, the senior soldier of a formation o...

Master Sergeant wears three chevrons over three rockers and represents the technical and administrative apex of the NCO corps shor...

First Sergeant wears the Master Sergeant chevrons with a lozenge, a diamond, between them, and is the senior soldier of a company ...

Sergeant Major wears three chevrons over three rockers with a star at center and is the senior enlisted soldier of a battalion or ...

Command Sergeant Major wears the E-9 chevrons and rockers with a star inside a wreath and belongs to the command team of a brigade...

The Sergeant Major of the Army wears the E-9 insignia with the Great Seal eagle between the chevrons and rockers and serves as the...

Warrant Officer 1 is appointed by the Secretary of the Army rather than commissioned by the President, reflecting the rank origin ...

Chief Warrant Officer 4 wears an insignia of four warrant bars and is commissioned by the President, as all chief warrant officers...

Second Lieutenant wears a single gold bar and receives a commission from the President with Senate confirmation, via West Point, R...

First Lieutenant wears a single silver bar and is promoted from second lieutenant after roughly eighteen to twenty-four months of ...

Captain wears two silver bars and commands a company of one hundred to two hundred soldiers, the first rank with unit command in i...

Major wears a gold oak leaf and crosses from leading soldiers directly to orchestrating battalions: the typical major serves as a ...

Lieutenant Colonel wears a silver oak leaf and, in the classic pattern, commands a battalion of five hundred to eight hundred sold...

Colonel wears a silver eagle, informally the bird or full bird to distinguish from the lieutenant colonel leaf, and commands a bri...

Brigadier General wears one star and enters the general officer corps, nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate for ...

Major General wears two stars and classically commands a division of ten thousand to twenty thousand soldiers, the Army largest fi...

Lieutenant General wears three stars and commands a corps of tens of thousands, an Army service component command, or a major join...

General wears four stars and occupies the Army most senior positions: Chief of Staff of the Army, combatant commanders, and multin...

General of the Army was authorized by Congress in December 1944 so that American theater commanders would not be outranked by Brit...

Specialist shares pay grade E-4 with corporal but carries no noncommissioned officer authority, and most Army E-4s hold it rather ...

Army warrant officers enter as Warrant Officer 1 by appointment from the Secretary of the Army and receive a commission from the p...

Chief Warrant Officer 5 was established by the Warrant Officer Management Act of 1991, which reorganized warrant officer careers a...