The following pages show ranks in the British and American armed forces, and how they compare to each other, as well as common abbreviations. It is a basic guide to the language of military rank and does not include some of the more specialized ranks peculiar to each service or country....
General of the Army is the equivalent rank in the United States Army and the insignia for the two positions were originally the same. The insignia for General of the Air Force was slightly modified in the 1950s for wear on the new blue Air Force dress uniform. General of the Air Force,...
Shavetail -- Second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. It primarily refers to the haircuts received in Officer Candidate School. The term's origins date to the time when the Army used pack animals, and handlers shaved the tail of newly broken animals to distinguish them from those more seasoned...
Despite its encompassing rhetoric, the PRC uses nomenclature to implicitly rank its level of "partnership." For example, the PRC ranks Pakistan as its only "all-weather strategic partner," Russia as its only "comprehensive strategic partner with coordination relations," and other countries such as...
Rank (lower) Eleven studies focused on rank as a risk factor for MSkIs (Table10). All except one of the studies were conducted within different branches of the US Armed Forces, and the exception was conducted within the British Army. The sizes of the study populations ranged from 230 to ...
In the case of ranks, the corresponding United States rank according to function has been given, as listed in TM-E 30-451 (1 September 1943).In the arrangement of terms the single-entry method has been used. A term like advance guard, will be found only under advance and not under gua...
Eleven studies focused on rank as a risk factor for MSkIs (Table 10). All except one of the studies were conducted within different branches of the US Armed Forces, and the exception was conducted within the British Army. The sizes of the study populations ranged from 230 to 242,949 parti...
In particular, it notes the tensions between the densely written form of the files in a population of rank and file soldiers who were partially literate; the highly detailed individuation of the files within a heavily conformist institution, and the modernity of post-1850s record-keeping in an ...
RA:Acronym for Regular Army (those who joined voluntarily) Rats:an “in” term used by some Saigon warriors for “white mice.” REAL LIFE:(always capitalized): civilian life. As in, “What do you do in Real Life, Jonesie?” Redball:1. the system used in Vietnam to expedite delivery...
Abbreviations: MOF–Matteroffacts TCP–Tradecraftpractice MOF: Mil CQC/MSD qualified instructors all must have achieved their qualifications on military courses and have courses reports/certification proof of courses completed and rank achieved. Using military titles and terminology does not equate to mili...