there are two different things and E8 can be in the marine corp. One is a master seargent. It is indicated by 3 stripes up, 3 stripes down ( rockers ) and cross rifles in the middle. Or a first seargent which is indicated by 3 stripes up, 3 stripes down and a diamond in the middle
Either a First Sergeant or a Master Sergeant.
First Sergeant
Master Sergeant in the Army is pay grade E8. First Sergeant is the other Army E8 rank.
First Sergeant (E8).
master sergeant rank E8 : 3 chevrons w/3 rockers "three up, three down"
There is no such rank as "First Class Sergeant". You have either Sergeant First Class, which is E7, or First Sergeant, which, along with Master Sergeant, is E8.
The Army and Marines both have two ranks in the E8 pay grade - Master Sergeant, and First Sergeant. There is one E8 rank in the Air Force - Chief Master Sergeant. If they hold the position of First Sergeant, they get a diamond on their rank insignia to denote it, but their rank remains Chief Master Sergeant.
Lieutenant Commander
In the US and British armed forces, a Naval Commander is equivalent in rank to an Army Lt. Colonel and a Naval Captain is equivalent in rank to an Army Colonel. Please see the related links.
no
He is the fourth African American Marine to attain that rank.
You could go in as a Second Lieutenant, if you wished to go the officer route.
Yes it is the cheapest Model in the series. In increasing order the prices it is the D2 E4 E6 E8 E8-ABS E8-Airbags E8-ABS&Airbags
Special Operations Chief (Chief Petty Officer, E7, SEAL) My son is a SOCS (Senior Chief Petty Officer, E8, SEAL)