Re: [OT] Sevice

This was USAF in 1970's (some  apparently have changed?)

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:22:07 -0800 Michael Brown <mwbrown@sonic.net>
writes:
>E= Enlisted
>O= Officer
>Number denotes pay grade
>
>Army:
>
>E-1 = Private/recruit
Airman Basic
>E-2 = Private
Airman
>E-3 = Private, First Class (PFC)
Airman First Class ????
>E-4 = Specialist or Corporal
Sergeant
>E-5 = Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
>E-6 = Staff Sergeant
Tech Sergeant (where I left at 7 years, 3 months, 12 days service)
>E-7 = Sergeant, First Class
Master Sergeant
>E-8 = Master Sergeant or First Sergeant
Senior Master Sergeant
>E-9 = Sergeant Major or Command Sergeant Major
Chief Master sergeant
>

The E system keeps it relatively simple (try comparing to USN/USMC
ranks.)

USAF/US Army  Commissioned Officers 

(The Army but not the Air Force has a Warrant Officer level too [W-1
through W-4] , just to make it 'interesting'...)

O-1
2nd Lt.
O-2
First lt.
O-3
Captain
O-4
Major
O-5
Lt. Col.
O-6
Col.
O-7 plus
Generals of various flavors

Gracias,
Glenn

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