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10 Responses to “What are the military ranks/status from most important to the bottom?”

1. Adam Who Dey on July 27th, 2010 at 5:20 am

   Here is a nice easy to read chart complete with insignias that go with the rank for all branches of the military

   http://www.vetfriends.com/military_rank.cfm

2. sapper605 on July 27th, 2010 at 6:09 am

   allen555 has pretty much nailed it, just one error.Lietenant General and Major General are the wrong way round as the Major General stands for Sergeant Major general. And lets not get into calvery ranks , all that corporal of the horse etc

3. andrew p on July 27th, 2010 at 8:55 am

   http://www.geocities.com/noelcox/Officer...
   should tell you about the navy

4. biohazardous9000 on July 27th, 2010 at 11:25 am

   from lowest to highest:

   Private
   Corporal
   MasterCorporal
   Sergent
   Sergent Major
   Warrant Officer
   Master Warrant Officer
   Cheif Warrant Officer
   Leiutenant
   Second Leiutenant
   General
   Captain

5. Bill H on July 27th, 2010 at 11:47 am

   see link below

6. spunyluv on July 27th, 2010 at 1:10 pm

   Most important? The lowest rank is the most important! Who do you think is fighting and winning our wars, a General sitting on his rear? The Soldier and his first line supervisor are the most important.

7. kenbgray on July 27th, 2010 at 1:53 pm

   Recruit to Sec. of defense.

8. Peter G on July 27th, 2010 at 3:50 pm

   For a soldier in british army, lowest is pvt, highest is wo1

9. Danny Boy on July 27th, 2010 at 4:18 pm

   Allen555 answered well for the army. Here are the ranks in the Air Force.

   Officers

   Marshall of the Air Force
   Air Chief Marshall
   Air Marshall
   Air Vice Marshall
   Air Commodore
   Group Captain
   Wing Commander
   Squadron Leader
   Flight Lieutenant
   Flying Officer
   Pilot Officer

   Other ranks

   Warrant Officer
   Flight Sergeant
   Chief Technician*
   Sergeant
   Corporal
   J/T-SAC(T)*
   Senior Aircraftsman
   Leading Aircraftsman
   Aircraftsman

   *Chief Technician, J/T (Junior Technician) and SAC(T) (Senior Aircraftsman (Technician)) are ranks that are only applicable to technical trades. The rank of J/T has almost been phased out now in favour of that of SAC(T).

10. allen555 on July 27th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    Field Marshall
    General
    Major General
    Lieutenant General
    Colonel
    Lieutenant Colonel
    Major
    Captain
    Lieutenant
    2nd Lieutenant
    Warrant Officer 1st Class
    Warrant Officer 2nd Class
    Staff/ Colour Sergeant
    Corporal
    Lance Corporal
    Private

    The Guards Regiments have a slightly different structure with Corporal of Horse replacing sergeant

    The Corps Bombardiers in Artillery, Gunner and in the Royal Engineers the lowest rank is Sapper, in the Royal Corps of Signals it’s Signaller.

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