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  2. List of ranks used by the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of every rank used by the United States Army, with dates showing each rank's beginning and end. Ranks used to the end of the Revolutionary War are shown as ending on June 2, 1784. This is the date that the Continental Army was ordered to be demobilized; [1] actual demobilization took until June 20.

  3. United States Army enlisted rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    The biggest change in the history of US Army enlisted ranks came on June 4, 1920. On that day congress passed a law [32] that changed how enlisted ranks were managed. It created seven pay grades, numbered one to seven with one being the highest, and gave the president the authority to create whatever ranks were necessary within those grades.

  4. Military rank - Wikipedia

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    Members of the United States military maintain their highest rank after discharge or retirement. 10 U.S. Code § 772(e) states: A person not on active duty who served honorably in time of war in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps may bear the title and wear the uniform of the highest grade held by him during that war.

  5. United States Army officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    Hence, effective date of rank notwithstanding, Washington was permanently made superior to all other officers of the United States Armed Forces, past or present. [3] While no living officer holds either of these ranks today, the General of the Army title and five-star insignia designed in 1944 are still authorized for use in wartime.

  6. List of United States Army four-star generals - Wikipedia

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    There have been 260 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army. Of these, 246 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army; eight were promoted after retirement; five were promoted posthumously; and one (George Washington) was appointed to that rank in the Continental Army, the U.S. Army's predecessor.

  7. United States Army rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    United States Army enlisted rank insignia. United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I; United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II; United States Military warrant officer rank insignia; United States Army officer rank insignia

  8. United States Army enlisted rank insignia 1851–1901 - Wikipedia

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    The new regulations set out a system of chevrons to show enlisted rank. Chevrons had been used to show rank in the 1820s and sergeants and corporals of dragoons had worn them to show rank since 1833. A system of chevrons was devised in 1847 to show rank on fatigue jackets of all branches that were being worn during the Mexican-American War.

  9. List of comparative military ranks - Wikipedia

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    This article is a list of various nations' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another.