US Private -- UK Private/private equivilent (ie Kingsman, Guardsman, Ranger)
US Private fist class -- UK N/A
USCorporal/specialist -- UK Lance Corporal/Bombardier
US Sergeant -- UK Corporal/Bombardier/Lance Sergeant/Lance corporal of horse
US Staff Sergeant -- UK Sergeant/Corporal of horse
US Sergeant first class -- UK Staff Sergeant/colour sergeant/staff corporal
US Master sergeant -- UK Warrant Officer class 2
US First Sergeant -- UK Company Sergeant Major
US Sergeant Major -- UK Warrant Officer class 1
US Command Sgt Major -- UK Regimental Sergeant Major
Officers are pretty much the same.
The officer ranks are both the same. However the enlisted ranks are different. The Army also has Warrant Officers where as the Air Force does not.
Gunnery Sergeant and Lance Corporal are names of ranks used by the US Marines. The Question was about the US Army.
West Point and direct appointments.
Yes, and I was one of them
One which doesn't exist. The 'tech' ranks were replaced by the Specialist ranks (of which, only Specialist 4 is still in use).
Of the some 500,000 soldiers in the US Army there are probably about 5,000 Master Sergeants currently enlisted in the US Army. Keep in mind these numbers change daily as soldiers leave the Army.
No, there is no rank of "Major Sergeant" in the Army Rangers. The ranks in the U.S. Army Rangers follow the same structure as the rest of the Army, including ranks such as Private, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, and Colonel.
The latest figures I can find online are for 2005. See the following link, page 32. See related link below for official Army document. There is more than one level of sergeant in the US Army, so I'll give a total, as well as the number by rank. I assume you mean active-duty US Army, and not US Army National Guard, and possibly not the US Army Reserve, but the document does not indicate whether the latter two organisations are included or not. In the US Army, ranks E-5 (NATO OR-5) to E-9 (OR-9) are all variants of a sergeant. It should be noted, for comparison to other armies, that this is not true of all armies. In the British Army, by example, only OR-6 and OR-7 are sergeants (Sergeant and Colour/Staff-sergeant, respectively). OR-8 and OR-9 in the British Army are Warrant Officers. While addressed as Sergeants-Major, they are not considered Non-Commissioned Officers, or Sergeants. Also, the role of fire-team leader, performed in the US Army by an OR-5 Sergeant is actually performed in the British Army by an OR-3 Lance-Corporal. The role of squad/section-commander, performed in the US Army by an OR-6 Staff-Sergeant, is performed in the British Army by an OR-4 Corporal. The British Army has no OR-5 grade. The role of second-in-command of a rifle platoon, which is performed in the British Army by a Sergeant, is performed in the US Army by a Sergeant First Class. The roles assigned to different ranks, and the number of NCOs to privates, will be different in non-infantry units. The total shown for ranks E-5 to E-9 is: 189,134 The totals by grades are below E-9 (Sergeant Major of the Army; Command Sergeant Major; Sergeant Major): 3,409 E-8 (First Sergeant; Master Sergeant): 10,692 E-7 (Sergeant First Class): 37,810 E-6 (Staff Sergeant): 59,885 E-5 (Sergeant): 77,338
Ranks for commissioned officers in the US Army, US Marines, US Air Force are as follows:Second LieutenantFirst LieutenantCaptainMajorLieutenant ColonelColonelBrigadier GeneralMajor GeneralLieutenant GeneralGeneralThe five star ranks are reserved for special wartime usage. They are General of the Army, General of the Air Force, and Admiral of the Navy. The Marine Corps and Coast Guard have no equivalent ranks.
US Army, British Army, Canadian Army, Free French army, Polish Army, and the German Army
Define Work what kind of work? US citizen can not serve British army but can do work in commercially
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