Rank

In military and civilian service organizations of many intelligent cultures, rank is how the jobs of different personnel are organized in a hierarchy of authority.

In history, ranks have been used in both naval organizations and also for infantry and fighting forces, as well as newer airborne organizations such as the United States Air Force.

Ranks

 * flag officers:
 * general
 * lieutenant general
 * major general
 * brigadier general
 * field officers:
 * colonel
 * lieutenant colonel
 * major
 * captain
 * first lieutenant
 * US Army, enlisted:
 * sergeant
 * corporal
 * private
 * US Air Force, enlisted:
 * sergeant
 * corporal
 * airman
 * US Marine Corps, enlisted:
 * sergeant
 * corporal
 * private

Naval ranks

 * flag officers:
 * fleet admiral
 * admiral
 * vice admiral
 * rear admiral
 * commodore
 * line Officers:
 * captain
 * commander
 * lieutenant commander
 * lieutenant
 * lieutenant junior grade
 * ensign
 * enlisted:
 * chief petty officer
 * petty officer
 * seaman