Army enlisted rank insignia with seniority increasing left-to-right inside a given pay grade. All 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 ...
An exception is those in the rank of warrant officer 1 (WO1) who serve under a warrant issued by the Secretary of the Army. Army civilians are employees of the Department of the Army and, like all Soldiers, are members of the executive branch of the federal government. All Army leaders...