RE: [OT] Sevice

You're on your own!  Heck, I don't think I could do the Air Force and
Navy 
completely. And then there are the Marines!

I think it is also a US thing to use grades instead of rank.

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	Foxx Travis
Sent:	Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:19 PM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	RE: [OT] Sevice

How about the ranking and titles in other nations
militaries?
--- Michael Brown <mwbrown@sonic.net> wrote:
> 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
>

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