United States Army enlisted rank insignia | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-27

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00:00:58 1 History
00:01:07 1.1 1775–1821
00:04:00 1.2 1821–1895
00:05:54 1.3 1895–1920
00:07:25 1.4 1920–1942
00:09:55 1.5 1942–1948
00:11:02 1.6 1948–1956
00:15:09 1.7 1956–1985
00:18:14 1.8 2000–present
00:20:39 2 Command roles
00:22:29 3 Forms of address
00:26:22 4 See also



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The chart below shows the current enlisted rank insignia of the United States Army, with seniority, and pay grade, increasing from right to left. Enlisted 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.

In the beginning, US army enlisted rank was indicated by colored epaulettes. The use of chevrons came into being in 1821, with the orientation changing from point-down to point-up and back again, to the point-down orientation seen on Civil War soldiers. Around the turn of the 20th century, point-up wear was ordained and has remained so.