Part 9: Rank Structure
Man I suck at this but anyways, let's go over the rank structure of the marine corps, which is by far the easiest structure compared to the other branches.
Here is a picture below that shows you all the ranks and their chevrons. For some reason PVT (Private) isn't on here but I guess it doesn't matter because privates don't have chevrons anyways. Also, there are two E-8 and Three E-9.
Enlisted Insignia
E-2
Private First Class PFC
E-3
Lance Corporal LCpl
E-4
Corporal Cpl
E-5
Sergeant Sgt
E-6
Staff Sergeant SSgt
E-7
Gunnery Sergeant GySgt
E-8
Master Sergeant MSgt
E-8
First Sergeant 1Sgt
E-9
Master Gunnery Sergeant MGySgt
E-9
Sergeant Major SgtMaj
E-9
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
SgtMajMC
Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs):
E-4, Corporal (Cpl)
E-5, Sergeant (Sgt)
Staff Noncommissioned Officers (SNCOs):
E-6, Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
E-7, Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt)
E-8Master Sergeant (MSgt)
First Sergeant (1Sgt)
E-9Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt)
Sergeant Major (SgtMaj)
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Warrant Officers
W-1, Warrant Officer 1, WO1
W-2, Chief Warrant Officer 2, CWO2
W-3, Chief Warrant Officer 3, CWO3
W-4, Chief Warrant Officer 4, CWO4
W-5, Chief Warrant Officer 5, CWO5
Commissioned officers:
Company-grade officers
O-1, Second Lieutenant, 2ndLt
O-2, First Lieutenant, 1stLt
O-3, Captain, Capt
Field-grade officers
O-4, Major, Maj
O-5, Lieutenant Colonel, LtCol
O-6, Colonel, Col
Generals
O-7, Brigadier General, BGen
O-8, Major General, MajGen
O-9, Lieutenant General, LtGen
O-10, General, Gen
I have placed a link(s) below for more information on these ranks. If you want to see what the warrant officers and the lieutenants chevrons look like, click on these links to find out :) I was kind of too lazy to look up all the photos to each rank to paste onto here, my bad haha. The pay range for each rank is also located on this website if you're curious about our pay grade in the military.
https://www.federalpay.org/military/marine-corps/ranks
That is all that I have for you today! Hope you liked, More information on the marine corps is slowly coming up in the future :) Stay tuned.
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