Who is the highest Military Rank and Pay grade?

E4 in a couple months USAF trying for O1 within 2-4 years from now

 

are you gonna fly?

 

is there really 4 O5+'s on here or are ppl f'in w/ me?

 

E-5 in the Army. I'm in Air Defense Artillery and trying to get picked up as a flight warrant, so far no luck. Any flight warrants here?

 

If people are not willing to open a discussion then I would guess they are messing with you.

 

E-6 / hm1

 

The best way is to go to the reserves, get picked up there, go to Rucker for flight school and then go back to active duty after a few months. I'm not a warrant, but I'm in a reserve attack aviation unit and I've seen it done many times.

 

i fly now as enlisted so if i cant get into UPT or nav school im gonna stay enlisted. either way im stayin with the 4 fans of freedom till im out

 

You didn't hear, all us AF guys fly planes...kind of like all navy guys pilot ships.

 

E-5 + O-4, retired in '94.

 

yeah I do... I figure I had a 1 and 4 chance of getting it right... besides, most officers in the Chairforce let the contractors do the work... lol... kidding

 

it depends on the service, each service has a different set of ranks but as a standardization for pay purposes the DoD has set that all go by the same paygrade.

i.e
paygrade: E4 =
Navy/Coast Guard: Petty Officer 3rd class
Army: Corporal
Marines: Corporal
Air Force: Senior Airmen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:United_States_uniformed_services_comparative_ranks

oh hey tcbob is there a way to add "Warrant Officer" in between E9 and O1-O2 on the poll?

 

Yep the rnaks may be different an dthe jobs different too but an E- or O- whatever gets paid the same no matter what service. E-4 in the Airforce gets paid the same as an E-4 in the Army no matter what job they are doing. the only thing that makes it different is the time they have been in the service because you get raises every year until 4 and then it goes every 2 years ie 6, 8, 10, etc...

We should also point out that even though an E-9 has been in for 20 years or more an O-1 who has only been in 1 year is still senior to the E-9 but no E-9 will ever let a "boot" Lt tell him what to do . So it is more adequate so see who is the senior Enlisted and Senior Officer.

Typically an E-6, O-1 and O-2 are at the same level. and an E-8 will be with and O-3 and E-9s will be with O-4s and higher depending on how long the E-9 has been in his present grade. Enlisted work as advisors to the Officers. they work together to accomplish the mission.

Now for the Marines, when you get to the E-8 and 9 department there is 2 different ranks for each pay grade. 1st Sgt(E-8) and Sgt Major (E-9) is an administrative type job where Master Sgt (E-8) Master Gunnery Sgt(E-9) are in the tactical realm dealling with things necessary to train the troops.

Maybe someone else can shed some light on thier respective services and how they work for the civilian community that has an interest in our posts here.

 

theres also incentive pay (hazardous duty, Submarine, flight, nuke, etc), housing allowances, subsistence allowance... etc

 

when I say fly... I mean pilot

 

WHat do you mean by "mean." Responsibilities?? Pay?? Your question is really open to be answered many ways.

I picked 0-3....I'm a LT (sel)..and I don't intend to do anything to get that revoked.

 

O-1 Army

 

thats fine...

I assumed he meant rank

 

its says you're a medic... what is that exactly, different from a Doctor but is it equivalent to our corpsmen but an officer? because in the Navy medics are all enlisted, medical officers are a professional corps, ie Doctors, PAs, Nurses, etc