Pay
grade
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| E-9
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| E-8
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| E-7
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| E-6
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| E-5
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| E-4
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E-4 insignia (specialist)
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E-4 insignia
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| Specialist
| Corporal
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| E-3
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| E-2
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| E-1
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This chart represents the U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia with seniority increasing left-to-right inside a given pay grade. All ranks of Corporal or Sergeant and higher are considered non-commissioned officers (NCOs).
The rank of Specialist is a soldier of paygrade E-4 who has not yet attained non-commissioned officer status. It is common that a solider may never be a Corporal and will move directly from Specialist to Sergeant, attaining NCO status immediately.
In each command of company sized units and smaller, there is assigned a senior enlisted who is monitor and advocate of the enlisted personnel to the commanding officer. This position, usually Master Sergeant (E-8) or higher rank, carries the title of First Sergeant. In units larger than a company, a Command Sergeant Major serves this same function.
