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  2. United States Army officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    The structure of United States military ranks had its roots in British military traditions, adopting the same or similar ranks and titles. At the start of the American Revolutionary War in 1775, the Continental Army's lack of standardized uniforms and insignia proved confusing for soldiers in the field.

  3. 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.

  4. General officers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A general officer is an officer of high military rank; in the uniformed services of the United States, general officers are commissioned officers above the field officer ranks, the highest of which is colonel in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force and captain in the Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

  5. List of comparative military ranks - Wikipedia

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    United States uniformed services: comparative ranks of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted servicemen; United States Air Force: enlisted, officer; United States Army: enlisted, warrant officer, officer

  6. Comparison of United Kingdom and United States military ranks

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    In the UK the separation between "other" ranks and "officer" ranks can, on occasion, become permeable. Within the British armed services, both Sir Fitzroy Maclean and Enoch Powell are examples of, rare, rapid career progression with the British army, both rising from the rank of private to brigadier during World War II. In the US military such ...

  7. List of United States Army careers - Wikipedia

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    Warrant officers are classified by warrant officer military occupational specialty, or WOMOS. Codes consists of three digits plus a letter. Codes consists of three digits plus a letter. Related WOMOS are grouped together by Army branch.

  8. 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

  9. United States Army enlisted rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    From the creation of the United States Army to 1821, non-commissioned officer (NCO) and staff non-commissioned officer (SNCO) rank was distinguished by the wearing of usually worsted epaulets. From 1775 to 1779, sergeants and corporals wore one epaulet on the right shoulder, corporals of green color, sergeants of red color. [2]