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What is the E-8 specialist rank compared with sergeant rank?

The E-8 Specialist rank is not equivalent to a Sergeant rank. In the Army, the E-8 Specialist is a higher enlisted rank compared to the E-5 Sergeant rank. The E-8 Specialist is a non-commissioned officer with greater leadership responsibilities and experience.


What is the rank down form sergeant?

In the US Army, there's two ranks - Specialist, and Corporal. In the US Marines, it's just Corporal. The Specialist rank in the Army is not an NCO rank, whereas Corporal is.


What does it mean to be a specialist in the army?

Specialist is a rank - Pay Grade E-4 - which is classed as lower enlisted. Pay is equal to that of a Corporal, but Corporal is the higher rank of the two (Corporal is a noncommissioned officer rank, Specialist is not).


What army rank is Spec5?

Specialist Fifth Class was an E-5.


What does one call an Army E-4 Specialist Four when addressing them or referring to them using rank?

Just "Specialist".


Is there a specialist 5 in the army?

Not anymore. That particular rank was done away with in 1985.


Can A SFC in the US army lose his rank?

Anyone in the US Army can lose their rank - in the late 1990s, the Sergeant Major of the Army was demoted. It's not as easy for an SFC to lose their rank as, say, a Specialist or Sergeant, but it can happen.


What is sp5 military rank?

Specialist 5 - it's a discontinued Army rank. A Specialist got the same pay as a Sergeant (also pay grade E5), but was not a noncommissioned officer.


When the specialist ranks were phased out in the us army were they converted to nco rank?

Yes, and I was one of them


What is the abbreviation for Tech sergeant?

T.Sgt is the abbreviation for the current Air Force Rank. SGT (T) was the abbreviation for the Army rank with later gave way to the various Specialist ranks,, which were then reduced to only one Specialist rank.


What rank is tech2 in us army?

One which doesn't exist. The 'tech' ranks were replaced by the Specialist ranks (of which, only Specialist 4 is still in use).


What does spc in the army mean?

SPC is an abbreviated form of the rank of Specialist, which is the highest lower enlisted rank before one becomes a noncommissioned officer.