O-10: General (GEN) 4 stars
O-9: Lieutenant General (LG) 3 stars
O-8: Major General (MG) 2 stars
O-7: Brigadier General (BG) 1 star
O-6: Colonel (COL)“Bird Colonel”
O-5: Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL)
O-4: Major (MAJ)
O-3: Captain (CPT)
O-2: First Lieutenant (1LT)
O-1: Second Lieutenant (2LT) “Shavetail”
E-9: Sergeant Major (SgtMaj)
E-8: First Sergeant (1stSgt) “Top Kick”
E-8: Master Sergeant (MSgt)
E-7: Sergeant First Class (SFC)
E-6: Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt)
E-5: Sergeant (Sgt)
E-4: Corporal (Cpl, Corp)
E-4: Specialist (Spec)
E-3: Private First Class (PFC)
E-2: Private (Pvt)
E-1: Private“Buck”
(“A ____ has about ____ men divided into _______with a _____ in charge.”)
Army: 50 to 60 thousand: multiple corps: GEN, LG
Corps: 30 to 50 thousand: 2 or more divisions: LG
Division: 10 to 20 thousand: 2 to 4 brigades: MG
Brigade: 3 to 5 thousand: 2 to 5 regiments: BG (or 3 to 6 battalions)
Regiment: 2 to 3 thousand: 2 or more battalions: COL (or 3 to 7 companies)
Battalion: 300 to 1500: 2 to 6 companies: LCOL
Company: 70 to 250: 3 to 5 platoons: CPT, MAJ
Platoon: 25 to 60: 2 to 4 squads: 1LT, 2LT
Squad: 8 to 14: NCO
Air Defense Artillery
Armor (tanks)
Aviation
Chemical
Engineers
Field Artillery
Infantry (includes Airborne)
Military Police
Intelligence
Signals
Adjutant General (lawyers)
Finance
Ordnance
Quartermaster (supplies)
Transportation
Medical
Nurses
Award: Year established and re-established
Congressional Medal of Honor: 1862
Distinguished Service Cross: 1847, 1918
Distinguished Service Medal: 1918
Silver Star: 1918
Legion of Merit: 1942
Soldier’s Medal: 1926
Bronze Star: 1944
Purple Heart: 1782, 1932
Commendation Medal: 1945