Military ranks

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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 them, such as the New California Republic Army, and the Enclave Armed Forces.

Overview[]

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 officer 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. Commanders-in-chief are 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 officer 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 branch of military (army, navy, air force, etc).

United States Armed Forces[]

Main article: United States Armed Forces characters

Executive branch
	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 (2072(6)–?)
United States Army
Icon.png	General	Buzz Babcock C. Braxton Victor Breckenridge Constantine Chase Clifton Robert Dobbs Harper George M. Martine Rawlings Martin Retslaf Wellesley
Icon.png	Brigadier General	Scott Lowe
Icon.png	Colonel	Van Buren Green George Kemp Myron Pollard Moretti Thomas Nelson Rosemont Ellen Santiago (formerly) Robert Spindel
Icon.png	Lieutenant Colonel	Robert Allridge Deborah A. Finch
Icon.png	Major	Barnett Dominick Cruz Newton
Icon.png	Junior Captain	Charles Davies
Icon.png	Captain	Van Buren John Bloch Franklin Burns Roger Maxson (formerly) Michael Kilpatrick Zachary Lloyd Rutledge Arnold Wabash
Icon.png	First Lieutenant	Dean Butler Dewey Lee Elton John Thompson
Icon.png	Second Lieutenant	Dale Martin Woodrow Stamatios, Jr.
Icon.png	Lieutenant	Justin Green Thomas Morgan Patterson SLt Michael Smith Elizabeth Taggerdy (formerly)
Icon.png	Chief Warrant Officer	Terry Lanierd
Icon.png	Warrant Officer	Francis Allen David Martin
Icon.png	Sergeant First Class	Michael Allard
Icon.png	Staff Sergeant	Jasper Berkley Michael Daly Lansky Laurie Leon Israel Michaels
Icon.png	Sergeant	Woodrow Alferoff Ronald Allbright Dennis Allen Robert Baker Jake Bianchi Dan Brooks Daniels Deke DaSilva Elk Orlando Garrett David James Donald Jamison James R. Justus Jerry Lavern Lester Leonards Lowry Platner John Reise J. P. Renkse Maria Richards Rivera Sergeant RL-3 Robert Emmet Smith Antonio Warrens Alfredo Williams Ted Wilson
Icon.png	Lance Corporal	Jeremiah Liberty John Oakfield Donald Ray Charles Webster
Icon.png	Corporal	Mickey Algers Van Buren Armstrong Van Buren Ben Schilling Carl Channing Charles Danson Dixon Jay T. Faraday Michael F. Gelesky Johnny Moreno Rheems George Alfred Roberts Carl Roosevelt Spurlock
Icon.png	Specialist	Akers Terry Alfstad James Blair Richard Carlson Arfien Danko Rodolfo Franklin Ivan Germation Patrick James Rafael Lopez Daniel Martin Bobby Newhope Dwayne Rogers Eugene Ronald Robert Serhand Andrew Ulysses David Harold Wilson George Woods
Icon.png	Private E-1	Joseph Alencastre Earl Alford III Ervin Allen Val Augustus Sampson Louis Carica John Crooney Dobbs Kenneth Edwards Ray George Henry Hodges Robert Kelly Alexander Marion Manuel Michaelson Elton Harrold Patrick Bruce Richardson Charles Eugene Signorini
Icon.png	Private	Beckett Bertram Callow Dawkins Esposito (formerly) L. de Silva (formerly) McKinney Murnahan Cesar M. Lopez Lawrence Mears Elliott Tercorien Private Jones
United States Navy
	Admiral	Edward Grath
	Captain	Arnold Wabash
Icon.png	Lieutenant	Krumfolz
United States Coast Guard
Icon.png	Ensign	Wright
United States Air Force
Icon.png	Colonel	Roy Blackwell Hartigan
Icon.png	First Lieutenant	Williams
Icon.png	Command Chief Master Sergeant	Applegate
Icon.png	Senior Master Sergeant	Ritchie
Icon.png	Technical Sergeant	Cooper Cummings
Icon.png	Staff Sergeant	Daniels Hicks Miller Winters
Icon.png	Senior Airman	O'Malley
United States Marine Corps
Icon.png	Gunnery Sergeant	Benjamin Montgomery Orville Lemuel
Icon.png	Staff Sergeant	R.B. Vickers Hank Madigan
Icon.png	Private E-1	Thomas Davis