Military ranks

This is a list of known **military ranks** in the 21st century before the Great War including the United States Armed Forces and People's Liberation Army, as well as military organizations descended from or emulated them, such as the Enclave Department of the Army and the New California Republic Army.

## Overview

*See also: Known United States Armed Forces members*
Military ranks serve to create a hierarchy within militaries, police forces, and other similar agencies. Rank is typically denoted by uniform and/or uniform insignia, which is usually worn on the breast or shoulder of the uniform itself. A military hierarchy has historically proved to be advantageous to military operations for the ease of logistics, command, and organization purposes; therefore, the practice has endured even through the Great War.

Ranks are split into two categories: commissioned officers and enlisted personnel; commissioned officers hold leadership and command positions while enlisted personnel make up the majority of military outfits and are under the command of commissioned officers. Commander-in-chief is the highest rank in the military and exercises supreme command and control of a military force. Marshals and generals are a step beneath commanders-in-chief and are usually the highest rank of officers found in the field, responsible for regional operations. Privates are the lowest rank and are the main fighting force of the military. This article has been arranged to list rank holders from highest rank to lowest rank by the branch of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force, etc).

## United States Armed Forces

*Main article:*
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*Main article: President*

* George Washington (1789—1797)
* John Adams (1797—1801)
* Thomas Jefferson (1801—1809)
* James Monroe (1817—1825)
* Martin Van Buren (1837—1841)
* Abraham Lincoln (1861—1865)
* Ulysses S. Grant (1869—1877)
* Theodore Roosevelt (1901—1909)
* William Howard Taft (1909—1913)
* Herbert Hoover (1929—1933)
* Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933—1945)
* Richard Nixon (1969—1974)
* Ronald Reagan (1981—1989)
* Last President of the United States

### United States Army

* General
* Brigadier general
* Colonel
* Lieutenant colonel
* Major
* Junior captain
* Captain
* First lieutenant
* Second lieutenant
* Lieutenant
* Chief warrant officer
* Warrant officer
* Master sergeant
* Sergeant first class
* Staff sergeant
* Sergeant
* Lance corporal
* Corporal
* Specialist
* Private first class
* Private

### United States Air Force

* Colonel
* Lieutenant
* Command chief master sergeant
* Senior master sergeant
* Technical sergeant
* Staff sergeant
* Senior airman

### United States Coast Guard

* Ensign
* First officer

### United States Navy

* Admiral
* Captain

### United States Marine Corps

* Gunnery sergeant
* Staff sergeant
* Private first class

## New California Republic Army

*Main article:*
* Commander-in-chief
	+ Aradesh (2142—2196)
	+ Tandi (2196—2248)
	+ Joanna Tibbett (2248—2253)
	+ Wendell Peterson (2253—2273)
	+ Aaron Kimball (2273—)

### New California Republic Army

* General
* Lieutenant general
* Major general
* Brigadier general
* Colonel
* Major
* Captain
* First lieutenant
* Second lieutenant
* First sergeant
* Master sergeant
* Sergeant first class
	+ Technical sergeant
* Staff sergeant
* Sergeant
* Corporal
* Specialist
* Private first class
* Private second class
* Private

## Enclave Armed Forces

*Main article:*
* Commander-in-chief
	+ Thomas Eckhart (2082-2086)
	+ Richardson Senior (—2200)
	+ Dick Richardson (2220—2242)
	+ John Henry Eden (2242—2278)

### Enclave Armed Forces

* General
* Colonel
* Lieutenant colonel
* Major
* Captain
* Lieutenant
* Sergeant
* Private first class

## People's Liberation Army

*Main article:*

* President - Xin (2073)
* Chairman - Cheng (- 2077)
* General
* Captain
* Sergeant

## Commonwealth Minutemen

* General
* Colonel
* Lieutenant

## Gunners

* Brigadier
* Colonel
* Major
* Captain
* Lieutenant
* Commander
* Sergeant
* Private
* Corporal
* Conscript

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