What Are the Different Military Ranks?
military image by Alexey Klementiev from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/68/vv/different-military-ranks_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); The five branches of the U.S. military have similar though not identical rank structures. While the rank insignia used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are in many cases the same, the names of the ranks sometimes differ. The ranks fall under the classification of enlisted and officers–either commissioned officers or warrant officers. Enlisted There are nine enlisted ranks in all branches of the military. The Army and Marine Corps have almost identical ranks for enlisted personnel. They are–in increasing order of rank–private, private first class (lance corporal in the Marines), corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant, sergeant first class (gunnery sergeant in the Marines), master sergeant and sergeant major. The army has the added rank
