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The ranks of the American army in English. US Army: strength, uniform, rank, service life, history and interesting facts

A person who wants to figure out how to distinguish an ordinary soldier of the US Army from an officer should know exactly where to look for signs of such a distinction on a soldier's ammunition. The form of US military units is divided into two types:

  1. Field sample. Most often in camouflage colors.
  2. Military model. The predominantly green color, from which it got its everyday name, consists of trousers, a beret and a tunic.

Why do I need to know this?

Many will be interested to know that the divisions into ranks according to military ranks generally accepted by Americans are used not only in military affairs. So, for example, in the popular military tactical game airsoft, some teams actively use the ranks accepted in the army USA... Therefore, those who are fond of this game will find useful information that will help to quickly destroy the command.

Several reasons to know about the differences in military ranks of the army USA :

  1. When meeting in airsoft with a team that follows the ranks accepted in NATO units, you will be aware of who should be eliminated first.
  2. having applied the correct rank to a soldier of these troops, you will amaze him with your broad outlook and high intellectual abilities.
  3. Reading literature, historical or fiction, you will clearly know what place the character occupies in the military hierarchy.

Decals

The finding of distinguishing marks among servicemen from this army largely depends on the type of army ammunition in which they are located. Let's list where they can be found most often among ordinary soldiers and sergeants:

Now let's talk about how to find rank marks for officers:

Explanation of American abbreviations

For those who want to deeply learn about the abundance of ranks in the army USA, this table of ranks with additional decoding of abbreviations is perfect for those who do not speak English.

U.S. Army officers, Air force United States and Marine Corps

Navy officers USA

Privates and sergeants

1 Private Recruiter t. No patches are provided.

2 Private

3 Private 1st class

4.1 Specialist

4.2 Corporal

5 Sergeant

6 Staff Sergeant

7 Sergeant 1st class

8.1 Master Sergeant

8.2 First sergeant

9.1 Sergeant Major

9.2 Command Sergeant Major

9.3 Sergeant Major (Ground Forces)

Warrent - officers

1 Warrant Officer Class 1

2 Senior Warrant Officer, Grade 2

3 Senior Warrant Officer, Grade 3

4 Senior Warrant Officer, Grade 4

5 Senior Warrant Officer, Grade 5

Officers

  1. Brigadier General

  1. General

  1. General of the armies

An important feature of the US Army is that among the military, it is not welcomed to turn a junior subordinate to an older one officially, in rank, as is customary in most other armies. A lower-ranking soldier calls his immediate superiors laconically - sir (sir), if it is a man, and mam (ma'am), if it is a woman. Army bosses usually address subordinates either simply by name or according to their rank.

If we talk in more detail about the peculiarities of treatment in the ranks of the US Army, then it is built on the principle that a superior soldier calls his subordinate according to the rank group to which he belongs. So, for example, the general calls the senior officer - colonel (canel), and lieutenant refers to the sergeant - "sergeant", that is, the subgroups of the hierarchy are not taken into account in normal communication.

The appeal of a civilian to a soldier takes place in a similar way, the only thing is that if a person wants to emphasize a respectful or close attitude, then he adds - my (may), that is, mine. For example, my sergeant.

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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Description A vertical rectangle arched at top and bottom, 3 inches 7.62 cm in height and 2 1 4 inches 5.72 cm in width overall, having within a 1 8 inch .32 cm yellow border a field divided per saltire of yellow and scarlet and between two yellow decrescents at center, two black vertical arrows conjoined, their points upwards. Symbolism Scarlet and yellow

US Army 22nd Logistics Command Patch Description On a blue shield 3 inches 7.62 cm in height and 2 inches 5.08 cm in width overall, two yellow quills vertically, side by side, one curved to the left and one to the right, with their points touching two yellow arrowheads in base, within a yellow 1 8 inch .32 cm border. Symbolism The quill is used in heraldry to represent calm, willing performance and was used in ancient times

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US Army 8th Medical Brigade Patch Description On a maroon octagon 2 1 2 inches 6.35 cm in height overall bearing a white Greek cross surmounted by a yellow crown of seven points, six points extending beyond the cross all within a 1 8 inch .32 cm white border. Symbolism The Greek cross, a symbol of aid and assistance is used to represent the 8th Medical Brigade. The crown alluding to New York referred to as the Empire State was suggested by the Statue of Liberty

United States Army Aviation Brigade 449 Patch Description A rectangular embroidered device 3 inches 7.62 cm in height and 2 5 16 inches 5.87 cm in width overall and bowed at top and bottom edges consisting of an ultramarine blue field charged with a white antique sword point down between two golden orange wings upraised and two white lightning flashes issuing from each side, their points meeting in base below the sword tip, all within a 1 8 inch .32 cm golden orange

Patch of the Joint Staff of the Oregon National Guard, US Army Description On a blue shield with a 1 8 inch .32 cm blue border, 3 inches 7.62 cm in height and 2 5 8 inches 6.67 cm in width, consisting of a yellow demi-sun superimposed by the black silhouette of two diagonally crossed bayonets and at base a white wavy bar, all below a white stylized profile of Mount Hood. Symbolism The colors blue and yellow gold are adapted from the State Flag of Oregon gold

US Army 425 Transport Brigade Patch Description On a brick red disc with a 1 8 inch .32 cm golden yellow border 2 1 4 inches 5.72 cm in diameter overall, a central yellow circular band conjoined with four yellow diagonal bands saltirewise throughout bearing eight black billets saltirewise. Symbolism Brick red and golden yellow are colors used for Transportation. The yellow rim with diagonal bands joined by a ring in the center simulates a steering wheel and refers

US Army 7 Signal Brigade Patch Description A shield arced at top and base 3 inches 7.62 cm in height and 2 inches 5.08 cm in width overall divided chevronwise blue ultramarine and white, a seven stepped orange area one step in center and three on either side issuing from base onto the white area, in chief two orange diagonal electric flashes with both ends pointed emitting from the top step of the orange stepped area, all within a 1 8 inch .32 cm white border.

71 Ordnance Group Patch. US Army Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Description A cloth insignia 3 1 4 inches 8.26 cm in height and 2 1 8 inches 5.40 cm in width with a 1 8 inch .32 cm Red border, a shield blazoned Sable fimbriated Gules below five mullets arched in chief Gules an aerial bomb descending of the like fimbriated and detailed Or. Symbolism Black represents the asymmetric threat EOD Soldiers are faced with on the battlefield. The red border represents the EOD Soldiers who have

US Army Police Command Panama Patch Patch Hawaii Military Police Command Patch 333 US Army Police Brigade Description Description On a yellow ax-head shape 3 inches 7.62 cm in height and 2 3 4 inches 6.99 cm in width overall with a 1 8 inch .32 cm green border, a green oak leaf surmounted by a yellow sword, hilt down. Symbolism The ax-head shape of the insignia symbolizes

US Army 113 Field Artillery Brigade Patch Description On an oblong scarlet shield arched at top and base, 3 inches 7.62 cm in height and 2 inches 5.08 cm in width overall, a gold cannon barrel slanted left with breech to lower right between a pyramid of six black gunstones and a white hornet striking at the top, all within a 1 8 inch .32 cm gold border. Symbolism Scarlet and yellow are the colors used for Artillery and recall the predecessor s designation. The

US Army Intelligence Unit 902 Patch Description An embroidered shield-shaped item blazoned as follows Per fess Sable and Celeste, in chief a sphinx Or and in base a demi-globe of the second, edged and gridlined of the first issuant from the line of division, overall a dagger erect Proper all within a 1 8 inch .32 cm Yellow border. Overall dimensions are 2 1 2 inches 6.35 cm in width and 3 1 8 inches 7.94 cm in length. Symbolism Oriental blue is the color

United States Army Engineering Training Center Patches Fort Leonard Wood Description On a scarlet lozenge with rounded corners, 2 inches 5.08cm in width and 3 inches 7.62cm in height, a torch surmounted by a castle, all white. Symbolism The colors scarlet and white are traditionally used for the Corps of Engineers. The castle is taken from the Corps of Engineers Insignia. The torch represents the training mission. Background The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved

US Army 36th Corps Patch Description On a blue trefoil, 1 1 4 inches 3.18cm circumscribing radius a geometric figure composed of six rays, three short ones forming a triangle, 1 2 inch 1.27cm circumscribing radius, and three long ones, 1 1 8 inches 2.86cm circumscribing radius, alternating, each divided on its radial axis white and red. Symbolism The above described insignia is of arbitrary design, the three parts of the trefoil and the six points of the geometric Among the camouflages used in the United States military is the United States Marine Corps uniform. The fact is that the Marine Corps is a separate branch of the military, technically it is subordinate to the Navy and has nothing to do with the ground army. And although the marines are the smallest in terms of the number of personnel, they have their own individual camouflage colors, their own unique cut of uniforms and other equipment features that

Part 1 Insignia of rank

Part 2 Wearing rank insignia

Part 3 Indirect signs of ranks

From the author. The only sources for this article are the United States Army Manual AR 670-1 (Appearance and Wearing of Uniforms and Insignia) 1992 edition, as amended as of June 1999, and the official website of the United States Army "Tagd On Line. The Adjutant General Directorate" , where all changes in uniforms and insignia (and not only that) are promptly published. Changes in insignia after 1999, if not specified in AR 670-1, are taken by the author from this site.
In addition, the author consulted with Ilya Lagunov, US Marine Lance Corporation, US Army Major William Snack, and US Army General Dennis Reimer.

Before you start reading the information about the insignia of the officers of the US Army, you must remember that:
First. All of the material described below applies only to army officers, but does not apply to officers of the Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, although, in general, the appearance of the rank insignia in all branches of the US Armed Forces (US Armed Forces) matches, including some types of naval officer uniforms. And the differences are more in the order and placement of these signs. So, with a certain degree of caution, one can navigate in the insignia of officers (excluding warrant officers!) Not only in the army.

Second. The US Army consists of Active and Reserve Components of the Army, Army National Guard (ARNG), Army Reserve (USAR)). There is also, albeit not very significant, but still a difference in the insignia (mainly, other emblems of the branches of the army and the procedure for wearing the uniform itself).

Third. The US Army has a category of warrant officers. which can be equated with Russian ensigns. Those. they are not officers, but they are no longer sergeants. But since their uniforms completely coincide with the uniforms of officers and the wearing of insignia of rank obeys the same rules as that of officers, the author considered it possible to describe in this article not only insignia of officers, but also warrant officers.

Fourth. The officer corps of the U.S. Army is divided into three main categories:
1.Company grade officers. These are officers in ranks from second lutenent to captain inclusive. This corresponds to the Russian category of junior officers.
2. Field grade officers. These are officers with ranks from major to kenel, inclusive. This is in line with the Russian senior officer category.
3. Chief officers (General officers). These are, in fact, all American generals. This category corresponds to the Russian category of senior officers (i.e. generals).

For simplicity of presentation of the material, the author in the article will adhere to the following terminology:
* officers - this means both warrant officers and officers of the first and second categories;
* warrant officers - means only warrant officers;
* junior officers - this means officers of the company category (1);
* senior officers - this means officers of the field category (2);
* generals - only generals are meant (3).

Fifth. If there is a difference in the very uniforms of men and women officers, their rank insignia are the same. The only difference is where and how they are placed.

Sixth. In the Russian army, the only place for wearing rank insignia since 1943 is shoulder straps. In the US Army, the insignia of the ranks of officers, depending on the specific type of uniform, can be worn on shoulder straps (there are three types of shoulder straps), on muffs worn on shoulder straps, on sleeves, on one side of the collar, and on some headdresses.

Seventh. In the US Army, rank insignia are not divided into ceremonial, everyday, and field insignia. They are divided into Nonsubdued and Subdued.
The first are metal items of a silvery or golden color, attached to clothes with the help of metal tendrils or images embroidered on the fabric with gold or silver thread.
The latter are metal items of matte green, matte black or matte brown, attached to clothing with the help of metal tendrils or images embroidered on the fabric with green, black or brown thread.
For each type of uniform, the wearing of unmuffled or muted insignia is prescribed.
The size of the subdued and subdued rank insignia is the same.

Eighth. Quoting from AR 670-1 chapter 1-7:

Simply put, any uniform or insignia unauthorized by the US military is a felony. Both US citizens and foreigners convicted of illegally wearing these signs, upon entering the United States or otherwise falling under US jurisdiction, are subject to arrest and trial.

From the author. Gentlemen, Russian artists who played the roles of American officers in Soviet and Russian films, you risk ending up in an American prison. American Themis does not like to joke, she has no sense of humor. Think before you go to America to present you with an Oscar, discuss it with the persons inviting you.

The uniforms of the US Army are not divided, as in Russia, into ceremonial, ceremonial-weekend, everyday, field and work uniforms. It is divided into three main groups:
1.Utility and Selected Organizational Uniforms. This group includes various kinds of special uniforms (flight, for the crews of military vehicles, hospital, kitchen, sports, for pregnant women) and what we call the field, and the Americans are combat uniforms (BDU).
2. Service uniforms (Service Uniforms). These are the types of form that we call everyday.
3. Dress Uniform. Perhaps this group of forms can be called ceremonial and ceremonial-day off. The largest group of forms. Here there is a white uniform (something like a day off for a hot summer), and a blue uniform (something like a dress, ceremonial day off), and a uniform for dinners, receiving guests, evening and other high society receptions and receptions.

The insignia of the ranks of officers are described in AR 670-1 chapter 27-6 (fig. 27-40 - fig. 27-52), generals chapter 27-5 (fig. 27-30-27-37)

For reference: 1 inch (inch) = 2.54 cm.

So.

Warrant officer rank insignia ( Warrant officer s).

Warrant Officer 1 (WO1) The unmuted mark is a silver colored metal plate 1 1/8 "long and 3/8" wide with a black enamel square in the center. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Subdued sign - a metal plate of the same size in a dull olive color with a black matte square in the center (can be embroidered on a cloth flap in a color corresponding to the uniform with dull olive and black threads). FIG. 27-50.

Note. The last time this title was awarded was in 1968. So this rank exists only nominally now.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) The unmuted mark is a 1 1/8 "long and 3/8" wide silver-colored metal plaque with two black enamel squares in the center. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Subdued sign - a metal plate of the same size in a dull olive color with two matte black squares in the center (can be embroidered on a cloth flap in a color corresponding to the uniform with dull olive and black threads). FIG. 27-49.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) The unmuted mark is a 1 1/8 "long x 3/8" wide silver-colored metal plaque with three black enamel squares in the center. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Subdued sign - a metal plate of the same size in a dull olive color with three matte black squares in the center (can be embroidered on a fabric flap in a color corresponding to the uniform with dull olive and black threads). FIG. 27-48.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) The unmuted mark is a silver colored metal plate 1 1/8 "long and 3/8" wide with four black enamel squares in the center. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Subdued sign - a plaque of the same size in a dull olive color with four matte black squares in the center (can be embroidered on a fabric flap in a color matching the uniform with dull olive and black threads). FIG. 27-47.

Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5) and

Master Warrant Officer 4 (MW4)

The unmuzzled mark is a silver-colored metal plate 1 1/8 "long and 3/8" wide with four silver squares edged with black enamel lines. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Subdued sign A plaque of the same size in dull olive with four dull olive squares bordered by black lines. (can be embroidered on a fabric flap in the color corresponding to the uniform with dull olive and black threads). FIG. 27-46.

Note. Actually, these two ranks have the same Pay grade - W5, the insignia of the ranks are the same, but the title of "master warrant office pho" is assigned to the most experienced and long serving in the rank of "chief warrant office pho", but to whom their lower position does not allow you to get the title of "Chief Warrant Office FIF".

Insignia of rank of junior officers (Сompany Grade Officers).

Second Lieutenant.Unmuzzled sign - a metal plate with beveled edges of a golden color, 1 "long and 3/8" wide. Can be made of gold or other gold-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Muted mark - a metal plate of the same size, brown (can be embroidered on a fabric flap of the color corresponding to the uniform with brown threads). FIG. 27-45.

Note. The plate is thicker than that of the warrant officers, shorter by 1/8 of an inch and beveled at the edges.

First Lieutenant.Unmuffled sign - a metal plate with beveled edges of a silver color, 1 "long and 3/8" wide. Can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Muted sign - a metal plate of the same size in black (can be embroidered on a fabric flap of the color corresponding to the uniform with black threads). FIG. 27-44.

Capitain Unstimulated mark - two silver-colored metal plates, 1 "long and 3/8" wide, each with beveled edges, arranged parallel with a 3/4 "gap between them, and connected by two bridges. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with four metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. The muted sign is also metallic and of the same size, but matte black (it can be embroidered on a fabric flap of the color corresponding to the uniform with black threads). FIG. 27-43.

Insignia of ranks of senior officers (Field Grade Officers).

Major.Unmuffled sign - metal oak leaf relief of gold-colored metal, 1 1/8 "high and 1" wide. It can be made of gold or other gold-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Muted mark - a metal plate of the same size, brown (can be embroidered on a fabric flap of the color corresponding to the uniform with brown threads). FIG. 27-42.

Note. According to the author, it is still a maple leaf, but in the text of AR 670-1 it is written oak leaf, that is, an oak leaf. Maybe in America oak leaves look like this? But in the opinion of a Russian, it is more likely a maple or horse chestnut leaf.

Lieutenant Colonel.Unmuffled sign - metal oak leaf relief of silver color, 1 1/8 "high and 1" wide. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. Muted sign - a metal plate of the same size in black (can be embroidered on a fabric flap of the color corresponding to the uniform with black threads). FIG. 27-41.

Note. Not everyone understands this title, although its essence is clear from the title - assistant to the colonel, i.e. according to our lieutenant colonel. However, the significance of this rank in the US Army is much higher than in the Russian one. The fact is that in the US there are very few regiments and officers with the rank of colonel in the US army. The battalions are commanded by lieutenant colonels, and the next largest unit, the brigade, is already commanded by a brigadier general. So, in terms of importance, the lieutenant colonel in the US Army is kind of like our colonel.
One more thing. We are used to thinking that gold is higher than silver (an Olympic gold medal is higher than a silver one, a gold ring is more expensive than a silver one). However, among the Americans, in terms of the difference in rank, silver is higher than gold (the second lieutenant is gold, the first lieutenant is silver, the major is gold, the lieutenant colonel is silver; and the general's stars are all silver).

Colonel The unmuted mark is a metallic silver eagle with outstretched or lowered wings measuring 3/4 "in height and 1 1/2" between the tips of the wings. The head is turned to the right (left) side or looks straight. It can be made of silver or other silver-colored metal. Attachment to clothing with two metal antennae soldered to the reverse side of the badge. The muted insignia is the same, only the color is black. (can be embroidered on the fabric flap of the color corresponding to the uniform with black threads). The only insignia of rank that has directionality. Colonel eagles should be positioned so that the eagle always faces forward. FIG. 27-40.

Insignia of rank of generals (General Officers).

General ranks differ in the number of stars placed in the corresponding places of the uniform. Five-pointed silver stars (muted black) are embossed and can be metal (fastened with two metal antennae) or embroidered with silver (black for muted) thread, one ray looks straight up. You can wear stars in one of two sizes:
* first - the star fits into a circle with a diameter of 1 inch;
* the second - the star fits into a circle with a diameter of 7/8 inches.

The general chooses the size of the stars based on the convenience and appropriateness of the star placement. Stars:
* Brigadier General- 1 star;
*Major General- 2 stars;
*Lieutenant General- 3 stars;
*General- 4 stars.
The distance between the stars is determined depending on the location of the stars, but in all cases the stars are located in a straight line. In some cases, the stars can be bridged.

The rank of "General" is the highest in the American army. True, there is one more, higher rank "General of the Army", but this rank is awarded only during the war to the commander-in-chief of the American Armed Forces and only as a temporary one. He wears five stars arranged in a circle, with the rays touching each other. The diameter of each star is 3/8 ". Above is the gilded coat of arms of the United States. However, in some cases, the coat of arms is not worn (on a cap, helmet, hat, combat uniform, secular uniform).

From the author. The author cannot recall a single case of a woman receiving this title, and there are not many men either. So for women, these signs are provided nominally rather than real. And the rest of the general ranks, except for the brigadier general, are inaccessible for women. The fact is that the Americans do not scatter the ranks of generals and do not just assign them. Somehow I did not see them either as conductors of military bands, or house managers, or directors of factories with general ranks. A general, as a rule, occupies a responsible command position in the US Army, and persons holding auxiliary positions usually do without officer ranks, or even without them at all (just civil servants). And nothing, listen to them. By God, we shouldn't turn an officer or general rank into something like a noble title and distribute them left and right to people who have nothing to do with the army (figure skater Irina Rodnina, hockey goalkeeper Vladislav Tretyak, deputy Vladimir Zhirinovsky, crook Yakubovsky, general secretary Brezhnev etc., etc. and others like them). And nowadays, in order to appease the journalists who kick the army on their dirty pages, frightened to death, our military leaders confer high ranks at once on a hundred or another scribblers.

In the American army, the gradation of ranks differs from the Soviet / Russian system and instead of the usual sergeants and foremen, junior and senior officers with generals, there is the following:

Comissioned Officers, certified superiors. Actually the officers in the Russian analogy. They, in turn, are divided into:

General Officers, Chief Executives. In the USSR / RF this is the generals
- Field Grade Officers, the head of the field category. In the USSR / RF, these are senior officers
- Company Grade Officers, chiefs of the company category. In the USSR / RF these are junior officers

Warrant Officers. The translation is quite tricky - order management. In the USSR / RF these are ensigns. The USAF does not have this category at all.

Non-Commissioned Officers In the USSR / RF these are sergeants and foremen.

Enlisted, conscript, service in general. In the USSR / RF these are privates.

From left to right.

1 row

Major General - Brigadier General *
Lieutenant General - Major General
Colonel General - Lieutenant General
General - General
Marshal of the Russian Federation - General of the Army **

* Of course, this is a purely conditional comparison, since there is no brigadier general in the RF Armed Forces. A brigade within a division is commanded by a colonel, and a separate brigade is commanded by a major general.
** Marshal of the Russian Federation - honorary title, General of the Army - reserved.

2nd row

Major - Major
Lieutenant Colonel - Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel - Colonel

3rd row

ml. lieutenant - no analogue
Lieutenant - Second Lieutenant *
Art. Lieutenant - First Lieutenant
captain - Capitain

* In general, the word Lieutenant and the Russian lieutenant derived from it, is translated as deputy, assistant. So the lieutenant is much more Russian.



Art. Ensign - Chief Warrant Officer 5
Ensign - Chief Warrant Officer 2
Stashina - first sergeant
Art. sergeant - sergeant first class
Sergeant - sergeant
Ml. sergeant - corporal *
Lance corporal - private first class
Private - private **

* in the US army, this rank does not apply to NCOs, but to Enlisted
** In the US Army there is also the concept of "recruit". This is the same private, but passing, speaking Russian, KMB. It has no insignia, so you will not find it outside the United States.

In addition, there are three more NCO ranks in the US Army over 1st Sergeant: Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Major of the United States Army. But, these are more positions than titles.

Sergeant Major is considered the head of the entire non-commissioned officer corps of one specific unit: a separate battalion or regiment, as well as a brigade or division. In fact, he is the foreman of a battalion or regiment most often.
Command Sergeant Major performs similar duties but at the Command level, which can be roughly equated to our military district.
Well, Sergeant Major of the United States Army performs the same duties at the level of all ground forces. There is only one person in this rank in the ground forces.

The system of promotion of the officers of the US Armed Forces in the service is built on the cultivation of a spirit of competitiveness according to the principle: the higher the military rank and position, the more stringent the selection criteria should be. Servicemen who are twice recognized by the commissions in accordance with the personnel program “top or out” in certifications not worthy of nomination are subject to dismissal. Similar measures can be applied to persons who have not passed the standards for physical fitness more than 2 times.

Officer certification is carried out annually. The command of the US armed forces requires from commanders and chiefs an informal approach to the writing of certifications, a careful and objective assessment of the officer's business and human qualities. For these purposes, lists of words and phrases are specially prepared that can be used in attestation, for example: the general impression is good manners, energetic, polite, rude, shy, balanced, attractive, reliable, does not stand out in any way, eccentric, etc .; character - bold, firm, (not) selfish, tolerant, superstitious, envious, stubborn, cowardly, fearful, simple, impatient, etc .; mindset - imaginative, analytical, sensitive, quick (slow) grasping, witty, (not) flexible, etc.

A change in the military-service relationship implies a change in the service-official position of a serviceman (appointment, dismissal and removal from office), assignment, deprivation and restoration of military rank. The expiration of the term of service in a military rank is a universal condition for the assignment of another military rank in the armed forces of almost all states.

To receive the next military rank, the officer corps of the US armed forces must have the following length of service: first lieutenant - 1.5-2 years; captain - 3.5-4 years old; major - 10 years old; lieutenant colonel - 16 years old; colonel - at least 22 years old. The ranks of generals are awarded by special decision.

The title "Warrant Officer 1st Class" is awarded to sergeants after 10 years of service in the armed forces and more and successful completion of the corresponding course of study in schools of the military and service branches. The assignment of the next ranks to warrant officers is carried out upon reaching the following terms of service in the previous rank: warrant officer of the 1st class - 3 years; Senior Warrant Officer 2nd Class - 6 years; senior warrant officer 3rd class - 6 years; Senior Warrant Officer, 4th Class - after 15 years of service as Senior Warrant Officer.

To obtain the next rank, the rank and file of the US Army must have the following minimum length of service in the previous rank and general length of service (in brackets - for the Air Force): Private - 6 months; Private 1st class - 4 months and 1 year, respectively (6 months and 6 months); corporal - 6 months and 2 years (8 months and 1 year); Sergeant - 8 months and 3 years (6 months and 3 years); staff sergeant - 10 months and 7 years (18 months and 5 years). At the same time, the minimum terms for assigning regular military ranks to privates and petty officers in the US Armed Forces are different for the ground forces, the Air Force, the Navy and the Marine Corps and depend on the length of service, length of service, the characteristics of the soldier, the results of various tests, awards, the availability of vacancies, etc. from the decision of the selection committee.

In the US military, the question of conferring military ranks on officers and senior non-commissioned officers is decided by special ranking commissions, which are formed anew every year from officers whose ranks are higher than the ranks of the candidates under discussion. The task of the commissions is to select and evaluate candidates on the basis of their attestations, characteristics and impressions from a personal meeting with an officer, his answers to questions from members of the commission in the specialty, from the field of military and general training. Up to and including the rank of "captain", military ranks are awarded to almost everyone who is certified with the conclusion "fully ready for promotion." When awarding higher ranks, the principle of "prepared best" is applied. The possibility of implementing this principle is created by exceeding the number of candidates over the number of vacancies.

It is characteristic that the system of selecting candidates for the next military rank or filling vacancies is preserved even when the top military leaders are appointed (2-4 or more candidates are considered, which are discussed in the circle of senior officers, articles about this are published in the American military press). Promotion to the rank of junior and middle non-commissioned officers is based on an adversarial test principle.

The US War Promotional Procedural Rules guarantee:

The right of military officers and senior non-commissioned officers to make written statements providing facts to refute negative characteristics;

Opportunity for officers and senior non-commissioned officers to submit written statements to the "rank commission" considering the issue of their promotion;

The presence in the track record, considered by the "ranking commission", only official characteristics (records of inappropriate behavior are not included in the service list, except in cases where inappropriate behavior is established at a judicial or extrajudicial hearing);

Conducting meetings of the "ranked commission" behind closed doors (remarks made when making a decision do not become public);

The principle of the correspondence of the military rank to the occupied military position is most consistently implemented in the armed forces of a number of foreign states, in which a system of temporary ranks is provided. So, in the United States, the system of conferring military ranks requires that they must be consistent with the positions held. Therefore, the ranks of officers and generals are subdivided into temporary and permanent. Permanent ranks are awarded in accordance with performance appraisal, seniority and subject to a vacancy. Temporary ranks are awarded upon appointment to positions that, according to the state, are subject to replacement by officers in a higher rank. According to their legal status, those with temporary ranks are equated with officers, generals and admirals with the corresponding permanent ranks, and wear the same uniform and insignia.

Dismissal from the U.S. Armed Forces is a voluntary act requiring compliance with a very small number of procedural rules. Forced dismissals require compliance with higher-level procedural norms, depending on the reason and circumstances of the dismissal, the position and rank of the serviceman. The Commission on Administrative Dismissals has the right to hear a serviceman, but this right is not unconditional and depends on the length of service and the type of dismissal in question. The age limit for US military personnel is based on the length of their military service. Dismissal from the armed forces for seniority is made in the event that a soldier has served in the army for a period established by law. Formally, the upper limit of military service, after which a soldier is subject to compulsory dismissal, is considered 30 years, but exceptions are allowed for certain categories of generals and senior officers. The age limit for officers is set at 62. Officers holding leading positions in the central office, as well as representatives of higher military educational institutions, by decision of the Congress on an individual basis, the service can be extended up to 64 years. The maximum term of military service for a brigadier general and a colonel is 30 years, a lieutenant colonel is 28 years, for a major - 21 years. But these terms in some cases can be extended by 5 years. Consequently, the difference in age limits for US military personnel does not exceed 10 years.

"Foreign Military Review" No. 9. 2004 (pp. 18-19)

RELATIONSHIP IN THE US ARMED FORCES

Lieutenant colonel

S. NOVIKOV

When assigning the next military rank to the US Armed Forces, the availability of vacancies in specific military specialties, the total duration of military service, the duration of service in the previous rank, educational and professional level, command recommendations, results of qualification tests, certification conclusions, the availability of awards, incentives, and others are taken into account factors.

Military ranks for servicemen of categories E-1 - E-4 (from private to corporal in the Army and Marine Corps, senior private in the Air Force and petty officer of the 3rd class in the Navy) have the right to be assigned by commanders (chiefs) who have a military rank of categories 0- 3, 0-4 (captain, major); servicemen of categories E-5, E-6 (sergeant and staff sergeant in the ground forces and their corresponding ranks in other branches of the armed forces) - commanders (chiefs) with a military rank of categories 0-5 (lieutenant colonel) and above; servicemen of categories E-7 - E-9 (sergeant 1st class, master sergeant and chief sergeant in the Land Forces and their corresponding ranks in other branches of the armed forces) - ministers of the Armed Forces. To receive the next military rank, servicemen of categories E-1 - E-8 have established certain general terms of military service and terms of service in the previous military rank (see table).

Military ranks are assigned to servicemen of categories E-1 - E-4 almost automatically after the expiration of the established terms of service (provided that they have proven themselves on the positive side in service and discipline). Military ranks are assigned to servicemen of categories E-5 - E-9 based on the conclusions of specially created selection commissions, taking into account all the factors listed above.

The primary officer rank - second lieutenant (in the Navy - Ensign, O-1) is assigned to graduates of military academies (schools), officer candidate schools (Army and Navy), officer training schools (Air Force), as well as graduates of non-military training courses at civil higher education institutions. Subsequent military ranks - first lieutenant - colonel (servicemen of categories 0-2 - 0-6) are assigned based on the conclusions of the selection commissions, taking into account the above factors.

The primary officer rank of First Class Vorant Officer (category W-1) is assigned to sergeants (in the Navy - petty officers) who have served in the Armed Forces for 10 years or more, after they have completed the relevant training course. The military rank of senior military officer of the 4th class (category W-4) is assigned to military officers with at least 15 years of service.

The military ranks of the W-1 through W-5 categories are assigned by the ministers of the services of the United States armed forces.

To obtain the next military rank, officers in all types of the US Armed Forces have established certain general terms of military service (length of service): upon receiving a military rank of category 0-2 - 1.5-2 years; 0-3 - 3.5-4 years old; 0-4 - 10 years old; 0-5-15 years old; 0-6 - 22 years old. At the same time, the minimum terms of service in the previous military rank are: in the rank of second lieutenant - 18 months; first lieutenant - two years; in the ranks of captain, major, lieutenant colonel - three years; colonel and brigadier general - one year, major general and above - not less than two years.

Military ranks are conferred by: servicemen of category O-1 (second lieutenant) - by ministers of the branches of the armed forces; categories O-2 and 0-3 - the President of the United States; categories O-4 and above - President with subsequent approval by the Senate. The military rank of servicemen of category 0-11 (general of the army in the ground forces, general of the air force in the air force, admiral of the fleet in the navy) is awarded only in wartime for especially outstanding services to the country and the armed forces.

The selection of candidates for the assignment of senior officers' ranks is carried out by attestation commissions, convened once a year by type of armed forces separately to consider candidates for the assignment of the military ranks of brigadier general, major general and lieutenant general. The members of these commissions are

officers with military ranks at least one rank higher than the candidates in question.

The main conditions for the selection of candidates are professional competence and a conclusion about the prospects for use in general (admiral) posts, as well as a total length of service of at least 23 years. In addition, an officer cannot be nominated for the military rank of brigadier general (rear admiral junior) if he has not served in a staff position. Colonels (captains) selected as candidates for the rank of general (admiral) must take the Capstone Senior Officer Course at the National War College (Fort McNair, Washington, DC).

General ranks are awarded upon appointment to the following positions (for example, ground forces):

Brigadier General - Brigade Commander, Deputy (Assistant) Division Commander, Deputy Head of Directorate, Head of a Division at the Joint Staff of the KNSH, US Army Headquarters, Joint and Special Commands;

Major General - Divisional Commander, Deputy Corps Commander, Chief of Directorate at the headquarters of the US Army, Joint and Special Commands;

Lieutenant General - Corps Commander,

Chief of Staff of the Joint or Special Command; Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Chief of the Joint Staff of the KNSH;

The general is the chairman of the KNSH or his deputy, the commander of the combined command, the chief of staff of the US Army or his first deputy.

The following documents are submitted for each candidate:

Private bussiness:

Supervisor's report:

A questionnaire of 20 items, with one of them reflecting the opinion of subordinates about the candidate;

Certificate of Integrity. After a decision is made by the certification commission, the lists of candidates approved by it are published in the official publications of each type of aircraft. The decision of the certification commission is approved by the chief of staff of the Armed Forces and sent to the Minister of Defense, who presents it to the President of the country.

In accordance with the law, before the expiration of 18 months after the assignment of the military rank to the brigadier general, the president can revoke the assignment. The law also allows for the early dismissal of brigadier generals and major generals upon reaching the four-year term of service in this rank. The president is also given the right to extend the terms of service of major generals, lieutenant generals and generals in excess of the statutory norms.

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