From: jcitro@cwis.unomaha.edu (Joe Citro)
Subject: Re: Ranks & Stuff
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:30:32 GMT


From jcitro@cwis.unomaha.edu (Joe Citro)

athos@apple.com  writes:
> 
> From athos@apple.com (Rick Eames)
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I am writing a story that involves some military types and need to know a
> few things...any help would be appreciated.
> 
> * What are the ranks in the different branches?
> * What are the payscales for those ranks?
> * Now many years does the average soldier take to get those ranks?
> 
> Thanks a bunch!
> 
> 
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Hi Rick,
  You asked for some information about the military. Took me some time to
respond but here it is. The chart below shows the rank for each branch of the
service.
  I'm sure of all except the Marines and they should be close.


            _________________RANK
__________________________________________
           |                                                            |
Pay       Air                                                           |
Grade   Force           Army                    Navy               Marines

E-1     Airman          Private                 Seaman Recruit     Private

E-2     Airman         Private                  Seaman Apprentice

E-3     Airman 1st     Private 1st Class        Seaman            Corporal
           Class
E-4     Senior Airman   Corporal                Petty Officer     Sergeant
         or Sergeant                            3rd Class

E-5     Staff Sergeant  Sergeant                C.P.O 2nd Class     Staff
                                                                     Sgt

E-6     Technical       Staff Sergeant          C.P.O. 1st Class   Gunnery
        Sergeant                                                    Sgt.

E-7     Master Sergeant Sergeant 1st            Chief Petty       Master
                                                Officer           Sgt.

E-8     Senior Master       Master Sergeant     Senior C.P.O       Sgt.
        Sergeant                                                   Major

E-9     Chief Master    Sergeant Major          Master C.P.O        Master
        Sergeant                                                   Gunnery
                                                                   Sergeant


                                                PAY SCALE
           ____________________YEARS SERVICE_________________
PAY       |                                                 |
GRADE   2       3       4       5       10              12      QUARTERS

E1      786     786     786     786     786             786     302
E2      881     881     881     881     881             881     302
E3      915     965     1004    1043    1043            1043    317
E4      971     1026    1086    1170    1216            1216    341
E5      1041    1133    1189    1240    1322            1376    392
E6      1187    1293    1347    1405    1457            1510    436
E7      1379    1489    1544    1598    1652            1705    472
E8                                      2032            2086    508
E9                                      2356            2409    551


 The figures above are base on grade and time in service, i.e. an E-1
 makes $786. If he doesn't get promoted, he doesn't make any more  
money....ever!
 An E-2 with more than 3 years service makes $965.  There are no E-8's
 with  less than 8 years service or E-9's with less than 10 years
 service so there's  no pay figure.  In addition to "Basis Pay",
 A serviceman receives a quarters allowance but only if he lives
 "Off-Base".  There is also an allowance for separate rations which a  
serviceman gets if he is allowed to "Mess separately", i.e. not eat
 in the mess hall. That's $192 a month.
  I only gave you the first 10 years of the chart, it goes up to 26
  years.
  I retired from the Air Force in July '91 after 30 years service.
  I'm not   sure of the other services but in the Air Force, It takes
 about 8 months to a year for an E-1 to make E-2, about another 18
 months to make E-3 and another year or so to make E-4. These are
 average.  Almost all make E-4 but there are some that don't.  Almost
 no one makes E-5 with less than 4 years service (remember this is Air
 Force, I know Army makes rank quicker). The initial enlistment in
 the Air Force is 4 years, so an individual just about has to re-enlist
 in order to make E-5.  E-4 and below are just about automatic, E-5
 is harder to make and the ranks get progressively harder as you go up.
  Some folks go all the way to 20 years and never get promoted beyond E-6.
  The average time in service would be: E-6/ 7-8 years; E-7/ 10-14 years;
  E-8/ 18-22 years; E-9/ 20-26 years.  By law only 2% of the total
enlisted     population can be in grade E-8.  Only 1% can be in grade E-9.
   Hope this helps you out.  If I can be any further help let me know.

                                         ---  Joe

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