At 12:41 PM 9/24/98 -0500, Lictre wrote:

For your information, the officer rank structure of the Army, Air Force and
Marine Corps is as follows.
[The highest ranking officer in the Marine Corps is the Commandant of the
Marine Corps]

2nd Lieutenant.  [single brass bar as rank insignia]

US Navy equivalent is Ensign (1 stripe)

1st Lieutenant.   [Single silver bar as insignia]

US Navy equivalent is Lieutenant Junior Grade -- Lt(jg) (1-1/2 stripes)

Captain.             [Rank insignia:  2 paralell silver bars]

US Navy equivalent is Lieutenant Senior Grade -- Lt(sg) (2 stripes)

Major                   [Oak leaf.  brass or silver (I forget which  I think
it's brass, but I'm not 100% sure)]

brass/bronze; the US Navy equivalent is Lieutenant Commander (2-1/2 stripes)

Lieutenant Colonel.     [Oak Leaf  I think silver]

silver; the US Navy equivalent is Commander (3 stripes)

Colonel                 [Silver eagle]

The US Navy equivalent is Captain  (4 stripes)

Brigadier General       [One silver star, thus referring to them as 1-star
general]

US Navy is Commodore  (commodores and admirals have 1 broad stripe and
varying numbers of narrower stripes, the size of a full stripe on lower
ranks, above that

Major General              [Two silver stars  = 2-star General]

US NAvy is Rear Admiral

Lieutenant General      [Three silver stars  = 3-star general]

US NAvy is Vice Admiral

General                         [Four silver stars = 4-star general]

US Navy is Admiral

General of the Armies  [Five silver stars = 5-star general]  There are very
few 5 star generals at any one time.

US Navy is Fleet Admiral






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