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title: "How To Recognize U.S. Army Military Ranks"
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author: "SCARS Institute Editorial Team"
published: 2015-03-22
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summary: "U.S. Army Military Ranks A Guide To U.S. Army Military Ranks With scammers stealing so many photos of U.S. Military Personal you need to know how to confirm what the scammers say. Generally, scammers are lazy and make huge numbers…"
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# How To Recognize U.S. Army Military Ranks

# U.S. Army Military Ranks

## A Guide To U.S. Army Military Ranks

With scammers stealing so many photos of U.S. Military Personal you need to know how to confirm what the scammers say.

Generally, scammers are lazy and make huge numbers of mistakes due to their poor education.  You can use this against them!

### Here is a table of U.S. Military Ranks to compare with what the scammers tell you their rank is:

| ### U.S. Army Ranks |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-1 | **PVT - Private** |  |
| E-2 | **PV2 - Private 2 - Second Class** |  |
| E-3 | **PFC - Private First Class** |  |
| E-4 | **SPC - Specialist** |  |
| E-4 | **CPL - Corporal** |  |
| E-5 | **SGT - Sergeant** |  |
| E-6 | **SSG - Staff Sergeant** |  |
| E-7 | **SFC - Sergeant First Class** |  |
| E-8 | **MSG - Master Sergeant** |  |
| E-8 | **1SG - First Sergeant** |  |
| E-9 | **SGM - Sergeant Major** |  |
| E-9 | **CSM - Command Sergeant Major** |  |
| E-9 | **SMA - Sergeant Major Of The Army** |  |
| W-1 | ** WO1 - Warrant Officer** |  |
| W-2 | **CW2 - Chief Warrant Officer 2** |  |
| W-3 | ** CW3 - Chief Warrant Officer 3** |  |
| W-4 | **CW4 - Chief Warrant Officer 4** |  |
| W-5 | **CW5 - Chief Warrant Officer 5** |  |
| O-1 | **2LT - Second Lieutenant** |  |
| O-2 | ** 1LT - First Lieutenant** |  |
| O-3 | ** CPT - Captain** |  |
| O-4 | **MAJ - Major** |  |
| O-5 | ** LTC - Lieutenant Colonel** |  |
| O-6 | **COL - Colonel** |  |
| O-7 | ** BG - Brigadier General** |  |
| O-8 | **MG - Major General** |  |
| O-9 | **LTG - Lieutenant General** |  |
| O-10 | ** GEN - General** |  |
| - - - | ** GA - General Of The Army** |  |