United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
The chart below represents the current enlisted rank insignia of the United States Army.
| US DoD Pay grade | E-1 | E-2 | E-3 | E-4 | E-5 | E-6 | E-7 | E-8 | E-9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insignia | No Insignia | ||||||||||||
| Title | Private | Private | Private First Class | Specialist | Corporal | Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant First Class | Master Sergeant | First Sergeant | Sergeant Major | Command Sergeant Major | Sergeant Major of the Army |
| Abbreviation | PVT | PV2 | PFC | SPC ² | CPL | SGT | SSG | SFC | MSG | 1SG | SGM | CSM | SMA |
| NATO Code | OR-1 | OR-2 | OR-3 | OR-4 | OR-4 | OR-5 | OR-6 | OR-7 | OR-8 | OR-8 | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-9 |
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This chart represents the U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia with seniority increasing left-to-right inside a given pay grade. All ranks of Corporal and higher are considered non-commissioned officers (NCOs).
The rank of Specialist is a soldier of pay grade E-4 who has not yet attained non-commissioned officer status. It is common that a soldier may never be a Corporal and will move directly from Specialist to Sergeant, attaining NCO status at that time.
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