Army Rates / Ranks

Enlisted Rates

E-1 | PV1 - Private

E-2 | PV2 - Private Second Class

E-3 | PFC - Private First Class

E-4 | CPL - Corporal

E-4 | SPC - Specialist

E-5 | SGT - Sergeant

E-6 | SSGT - Staff Sergeant

E-7 | SFC - Sergeant First Class

E-8 | MSGT - Master Sergeant

E-8 | FSGT - First Sergeant

E-9 | CSM - Command Master Sergeant

E-9 | SGTMaj - Sergeant Major

Senior Enlisted Advisor E-10 | SMA

Sergeant Major of the Army

Officer Ranks

O-1 | 2d LT - 2nd Lieutenant

O-2 | 1stLT - 1st Lieutenant

O-3 | CAPT - Captain

O-4 | MAJ - Major

O-5 | LtCol - Lieutenant Colonel

O-6 | COL - Colonel

O-7 | BGen - Brigadier General (One Star)

O-8 | MGen - Major General (Two Stars)

O-9 | LtGen - Lieutenant General (Three Stars)

O-10 | GEN - General (Four Stars)

Wartime O-11 | General of the Army (Five Stars)