RE: [OT] Sevice

E= Enlisted
O= Officer
Number denotes pay grade

Army:

E-1 = Private/recruit
E-2 = Private
E-3 = Private, First Class (PFC)
E-4 = Specialist or Corporal
E-5 = Sergeant
E-6 = Staff Sergeant
E-7 = Sergeant, First Class
E-8 = Master Sergeant or First Sergeant
E-9 = Sergeant Major or Command Sergeant Major

Helps when discussing things across services (Like when a Captain (Army
O-3) is 
talking to a Captain (Navy O-6). Or a Sergeant (Air Force E-4) is
working with 
a Sergeant (Army E-5).	Also E-5 is easier to spell than Sergeant, and
everyone 
involved usually knows what you mean.

Michael Brown
CPT, Armor, USAR (O-3E)
Retired

-----Original Message-----
From:	Allan Goodall
Sent:	Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:14 PM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	Re: [OT] Sevice

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:03:07 -0500, Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>Of course, there is this one friend of mine here in Atlanta who's an
>Army Airborne type (an E-5 I think).

Okay, could someone explain, or point to a source that explains, the
whole E-x
system in the US military? I was kind of confused with the S-2, S-3,
etc.
designations in _Band of Brothers_ but the DVD actually explains these.
Now,
what exactly are the various E- ratings? I believe they are ratings for
enlisted men, but what do they represent, and why have an E-number when
you
could have a title?

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@hyperbear.com
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