Orlene (Jackie) M. Skaggs (Voelkl)
The United States army consists of twelve ranks. They are, in order of rank, Private, Private First Class, Specialist, Corporal, Sergeant. Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Major of the Army.
There was no such thing as the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps until 1957. The first Sergeant Major in the Marine Corps was Sergeant Major Archibald Sommers who became the Corps' first Sergeant Major in 1801.
The first US Army Sergeant Major of hte Army was William O. Wooldridge.
The lozenge is simply a device to differentiate a First Sergeant from a Master Sergeant, Sergeant Major, etc.
the highest rank is like t infinity. :D i got to t4 then got reset. ranks go in this order; private private first class corporal sergeant staff sergeant sergeant first class master sergeant first sergeant sergeant major command sergeant major sergeant major in chief second lieutenant first lieutenant captain major lieutenant colonel colonel brigadier general major general lieutenant general general general in chief tiers go on infinitely, highest tier achieved so far is t5.
2nd Lieutenant.
There has yet to be a female Sergeant Major of the Army.
Sergeant Major Edgar R. Huff.
I am in JROTC (junior reserved officers in training corps) so I have to know... Private Private first class specialist or a corporal (I am a corporal) sergeant staff sergeant sergeant first class Master sergeant or first sergeant sergeant major command sergeant sergeant of the army
sargent major
After the ranks of Sergeant Major come the commissioned officers, the first one being 2nd Lieutenant.
US Army: 2nd Lieutenant is 2LT, 1st Lieutenant is 1LT, Captain is CPT, Major is MAJ, Lieutenant Colonel is LTC, Brigader General is BGN, General is GEN. Private is PVT, Private First Class is PFC, Corporal is CPL, Sergeant is SGT, Staff Sergeant is SSG, Sergeant First Class is SFC, Master Sergeant is MSG, First Sergeant is 1SG.