Military rank is abadge of leadership. ... A corporal is expected to fill a leadership role and has a higher rank than a specialist, even though both receive E-4 pay. In the Marine Corps, a master gunnery sergeant and a sergeant major are both E-9s, but the sergeant major has the ...
He is the only person to receive the rank while living. The only other person to hold this rank is Lieutenant General George Washington who received it nearly 200 years after his service in 1976.General of the Armiesrank is equivalent to a six-star General status, though no insignia has ev...
private-rank private-sentinel private-piquet private-vedette horse-guard dragoon lancer trooper foot-guard fusilier carabineer ranger rifleman parachutist marine maximman matross The fact that such non-commissioned officer is demoted to private-man upon joining his new regiment, is almost invariably prom...
(US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps. Related terms * militia * military intelligence * military insignia * military officer * military rank * military tribunal * military uniform * nonmilitary See also ...