The 2024 U.S. military active duty pay chart reflecting a 5.2% increase in the rate of basic pay.
Based on the military salary grades/bands, the salaries of an Air Force pilot, an Army mechanical engineer, a Navy nurse, a Marine electrician, and a Coast Guard truck driver would fall within the median range among all salaries in that field. This means that their salaries would be higher...
The 2020 U.S. military active duty pay chart reflecting a 3.1% increase in the rate of basic pay.
Enlisted members generally begin their service in the pay grades of E-1 through E-3. Military branches sometimes reward higher starting ranks for enlisted members as incentives for joining the military. Common routes to starting with a higher enlisted rank include having some college credits at the...
This is a special report of a survey conducted on the Military Training Standard (MTS) System completed by the Occupational Analysis Flight, USAF Occupational Measurement Squadron. This survey focused on Air Force enlisted personnel in paygrades E-5 through E-9.*JOB ANALYSIS...
Moving up the Air Force Ranks:Because public law allows only 2% of the enlisted workforce to be in the grades of E8, the SMSgt promotion system is highly competitive. Senior master sergeant and chief master sergeant promotions in the Air Force are made using both the WAPS points and a Ce...
grades comprising all males of a given age, of military societies, or of standing armies, or they may serve as mercenaries employed for a specific purpose. Political communities with age-grades, military societies, and standing armies are considered to have military organizations composed solely of...
Now, in real life this means military and political stuff way above our pay-grades (except Christopher Weuve, of course) and is therefore not our concern, unless you like to study that stuff. For the purposes of our little niche labeled "military-hard-SF-that-doesn't-insult-professionals-...
Some other grades of rank that occur in other military establishments, like those of Germany or the Soviet Union, thus may be overlooked; but the outlines of the system are universal. Air Force rank, particularly that of the Royal Air Force (RAF) is briefly discussed. The three broad ...
Air Force and Marine Corps officers are called company grade officers in the pay grades of O-1 to O-3, field grade officers in pay grades O-4 to O-6 and general officers in pay grades O-7 and higher. The equivalent officer groupings in the Navy are called junior grade, mid-grade ...