First Sergeant (E8).
Master Sergeant in the Army is pay grade E8. First Sergeant is the other Army E8 rank.
Private (E1) = PVTPrivate (E2) = PV2Private First Class (E3) = PFCSpecialist (E4) = SPC (formerly SP4)Corporal (E4) = CPLSergeant (E5) = SGTStaff Sergeant (E6) = SSGSergeant First Class (E7) = SFCMaster Sergeant (E8) = MSGFirst Sergeant (E8) = 1SGSergeant Major (E9) = SGMCommand Sergeant Major (E9) = CSMSergeant Major of the Army (E9) = SMA
Sergeant First Class is pay grade E7. In the Army, the next pay grade - E8 - has two ranks within it - Master Sergeant, and First Sergeant. The difference being that a First Sergeant is a company's senior NCO, whereas Master Sergeant tends to denote NCOs holding staff positions.
The Army and Marines both have two ranks in the E8 pay grade - Master Sergeant, and First Sergeant. There is one E8 rank in the Air Force - Chief Master Sergeant. If they hold the position of First Sergeant, they get a diamond on their rank insignia to denote it, but their rank remains Chief Master Sergeant.
there are two different things and E8 can be in the marine corp. One is a master seargent. It is indicated by 3 stripes up, 3 stripes down ( rockers ) and cross rifles in the middle. Or a first seargent which is indicated by 3 stripes up, 3 stripes down and a diamond in the middle
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master sergeant rank E8 : 3 chevrons w/3 rockers "three up, three down"
In the US Army, the next rank above Staff Sergeant would be Sergeant First Class, followed by Master Sergeant and First Sergeant (both grade E8), then by Sergeant Major and Command Sergeant Major (both grade E9). Sergeant Major of the Army is the seniormost noncommissioned officer rank in the US Army. In the US Marine Corps, the next rank above Staff Sergeant (E6) would be Gunnery Sergeant (E7), followed by Master Sergeant and First Sergeant (E8), Master Gunnery Sergeant and Sergeant Major (E9), then Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Unlike other military branches of the US Armed Forces, where Staff Sergeant is pay grade E6, Staff Sergeant in the Air Force is pay grade E5 - equivalent to a Sergeant in the Army or Marine Corps. It is followed by Technical Sergeant (E6), Master Sergeant (E7), Senior Master Sergeant (E8), Chief Master Sergeant and Command Chief Master Sergeant (E9), and, finally, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, who - like the Sergeant Major of the Army and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps - is the most senior noncommissioned officer in the entire branch. The British, Commonwealth, and some European forces end their enlisted ranks at Staff Sergeant (or equivalent), and rate enlisted personnel senior to Staff/Colour Sergeants as Warrant Officers.
I am in JROTC (junior reserved officers in training corps) so I have to know... Private Private first class specialist or a corporal (I am a corporal) sergeant staff sergeant sergeant first class Master sergeant or first sergeant sergeant major command sergeant sergeant of the army
The United States army consists of twelve ranks. They are, in order of rank, Private, Private First Class, Specialist, Corporal, Sergeant. Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Major of the Army.
In the Army and Marines, it's First Sergeant, which are both pay grade E8. In the Air Force, Master Sergeant is pay grade E7, but First Sergeant isn't a separate rank, although it is denoted with a diamond similar to what it used on Army and Marine Corps First Sergeant rank insignia. In the Air Force, the designated First Sergeant can be pay grades E7 through E9.