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1 Army AbbreviationsAbbreviationRank Descripiton1 LTFIRST LIEUTENANT1 SGFIRST SERGEANT1ST BGLRFIRST BUGLER1ST COOKFIRST COOK1ST CORPFIRST CORPORAL1ST LEADERFIRST LEADER1ST LIEUTFIRST LIEUTENANT1ST LIEUT ADCFIRST LIEUTENANT AIDE-DE-CAMP1ST LIEUT ADJTFIRST LIEUTENANT ADJUTANT1ST LIEUT ASST SURGFIRST LIEUTENANT ASSISTANT SURGEON1ST LIEUT BN ADJTFIRST LIEUTENANT BATTALION ADJUTANT1ST LIEUT REGTL QTRFIRST LIEUTENANT REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER1ST LTFIRST LIEUTENANT1ST MUSFIRST MUSICIAN1ST OFFICERFIRST OFFICER1ST SERGFIRST SERGEANT1ST SGTFIRST SERGEANT2 CL PVTSECOND CLASS PRIVATE2 CL SPECSECOND CLASS SPECIALIST2D CORPSECOND CORPORAL2D LIEUTSECOND LIEUTENANT2D SERGSECOND SERGEANT2 LTSECOND LIEUTENANT2 NDLT2ND LTSECONDLIEUTENANTSECOND LIEUTENANT3 CL SPECTHIRD CLASS SPECIALIST3D CORPTHIRD CORPORAL3D LIEUTTHIRD LIEUTENANT3D SERGTHIRD SERGEANT3RD OFFICERTHIRD OFFICER4 CL SPECFOURTH CLASS SPECIALIST4 CORPFOURTH CORPORAL5 CL SPECFIFTH CLASS SPECIALIST6 CL SPECSIXTH CLASS SPECIALISTACTG HOSP STEWACTING HOSPITAL STEWARDADCAIDE-DE-CAMPADJTADJUTANTARMORE RARMORERART ARTIFARTILLERY ARTIFICERARTIFARTIFICERASST BAND LDRASSISTANT BAND LEADERASST ENGR CACASSISTANT ENGINEERASST QTR MRASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERASST STEWARDASSISTANT STEWARDCH CHAPLAIN ASST SURGASSISTANT SURGEONAUX 1 CL SPECAUXILARY 1ST CLASS SPECIALISTAVN CADETAVIATION CADETBAND CORPBAND CORPORALBAND LDRBAND LEADERBAND SERGBAND SERGEANTBGBRIGADIER GENERALBGLRBUGLERBGLR 1 CLBUGLER 1ST CLASSBLKSMITHBLACKSMITHBN COOKBATTALION COOKBN QM SGTBATTALION QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTBN SGT MAJBATTALION SERGEANT MAJORBN SUP SGTBATTALION SUPPLY SERGEANTBOATBUILDERBOATBUILDERBOMBARDIER SBOMBARDIERSBRIG GENBRIGADIER GENERALCADETCADETCAPTCAPTAINCAPT ASST QTR MRCAPTAIN ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERCAPT ASST

2 SURGCAPTAIN ASSISTANT SURGEONCAPT REGTL ADJTCAPTAIN REGIMENTAL ADJUTANTCARPCARPENTERCFRCHAUFFEURCFR 1 CLCHAUFFEUR FIRST CLASSCH (CAPT)CHAPLAIN (CAPTAIN)CH (MAJ)(MAJ)CHAPLAIN (MAJOR)(MAJOR)CH OF PRIN MUSCHIEF OF PRINCIPAL MUSICIANCHAPLAINCHAPLAINCHIEF BGLRCHIEF BUGLERCHIEF MECHCHIEF MECHANICCHIEF MUSCHIEF MUSICIANCHIEF NURSECHIEF NURSE (MALE)CHIEF TRUMPCHIEF TRUMPETERCOBBLERCOBBLERCOLCOLONELCOMSY SERGCOMMISSARY SERGEANTCONT SURGCONTRACT SURGEONCOOKCOOKCORPCORPORALCORP BGLRCORPORAL BUGLERCORP CFRCORPORAL CHAUFFEURCPLCORPORALCPTCAPTAINCSMCOMMAND SERGEANT MAJORCW2 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2ND CLASSFLTOFLIGHTCW3 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 3RD CLASSCW4 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 4TH CLASSCW5 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER FIFTH GRAADECWOCHIEF WARRANT OFFICERCWO2 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2ND CLASSCWO3 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERCWO4 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERCWO5 CHIEF WARRENT OFFICERDECKHANDDECKHANDDRAGOONSDRAGOONSD RILL SERGDRILL SERGEANTDRUM MAJDRUM MAJORDRUMMERDRUMMERELEC SGTELECTRICIAN SERGEANTELEC SGT 1 CLELECTRICIAN SERGEANT.

3 FIRST CLASSELEC SGT 2 CLELECTRICIAN SERGEANT SECOND CLASSELEC SGT ARTYELECTRICIAN SERGEANT ARTILLERYENGRENGINEERENGR YEOENGINEER YEOMANENSIGNENSIGNFARRIERFARRIERFIFE MAJORFIFE MAJORFIFERFIFERFIREMANFIREMAN (MINE PLANTER)FLD CLKFIELD CLERKFLD MUSFIELD MUSICIANFLT O FLIGHT OFFICER OFFICERFLYING CADETFLYING CADETFOREIGN CADETFOREIGN CADET (USMA)GAGENERAL OF THE ARMYGENGENERALGUNNERGUNNERHARNESS MKRHARNESS MAKERHEAD BLKHEAD BLACKSMITHHOSP SGTHOSPITAL SERGEANTHOSP STEWHOSPITAL STEWARDHOSP WARDMASTERHOSPITAL WARDMASTERHSHORSESHOERJR 2D LIEUTJUNIOR SECOND LIEUTENANTJR LEADERJUNIOR LEADERLANCE CPLLANCE CORPORALLIEUTLIEUTENANTLIEUT COLLIEUTENANT COLONELLIEUT GENLIEUTENANT GENERALLIGHT DRAGOONSLIGHT DRAGOONSLT COLLIEUTENANT COLONELMSGMASTERLT GENLIEUTENANT GENERALLTCLIEUTENANT COLONELLTGLIEUTENANT GENERALM BLKSMITHMASTER BLACKSMITHM ELECMASTER ELECTRICIANM ELEC (JG)MASTER ELECTRICIAN JUNIOR GRADEM ENGRMASTER ENGINEERM ENGR (JG)MASTER ENGINEER JUNIOR GRADEM ENGR (SG)MASTER ENGINEER SENIOR GRADEM GNRMASTER GUNNERM GNR ARTYMASTER GUNNER ARTILLERY (USMA)M HOSP SGTMASTER HOSPITAL SERGEANTM OF HOSP SGTSMASTER OF HOSPITAL SERGEANTSM SGTMASTER SERGEANTM SGT (SG)MASTER SERGEANT SENIOR GRADE (CAC)M SGT ELECMASTER SERGEANT ELECTRICIANM WHEELWRIGHTMASTER WHEELWRIGHTMAJMAJORMAJ ASST QTR MRMAJOR ASSISTAN QUARTERMASTERMAJ GENMAJOR GENERALMATROSSMATROSSMECHMECHANICMED ATTENDANTMEDICAL ATTENDANTMESS SGTMESS SERGEANTMGMAJOR GENERALMR SIG ELECMASTER SERGEANT SIGNAL ELECTIRICANMSGMASTER SERGEANT SERGEANTMSGRMESSENGERMSPMASTER SPECIALISTMUSMUSICIANMUS 1 CLMUSICIAN FIRST CLASSMUS 2 CLMUSICIAN SECOND CLASSMUS 3 CLMUSICIAN THIRD CLASSMW4 MASTER WARRANT OFFICER FOURTH CLASSOILEROILER (MINE PLANTER)

4 ORD SERGORDERLY SERGEANTORD SGTORDANANCE SERGEANTOVERSEEROVERSEER (CORP CIVIL WAR)P SGTPLATOON SERGEANTPAYMASTERS CLERKPAYMASTERS CLERKPFCPRIVATE FIRST CLASSPIONEERPIONEERPOST COMSY SERGPOST COMMISSARY SERGEANTPOST QTR MR SERGPOST QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTPRIN FARRIERPRINCIPAL FARRIERPRIN MUSPRINCIPAL MUSICIANSFCSERGEANTPRIV 1 CLPRIVATE FIRST CLASSPSGPLATOON SERGEANTPV1 PRIVATEPV2 PRIVATEPVTPRIVATEPVT 2 CLPRIVATE SECOND CLASSPVT 8 CLPRIVATE EIGHT CLASSPVT HOSPPRIVATE HOSPITAL CORPSQTR GUNNERQUARTER GUNNERQTR MRQUARTERMASTERQTR MR GENQUARTERMASTER GENERALQTR MR SERGQUARTERMASTER SERGEANTRAD SGTRADIO SERGEANTRANGERRANGERRCTRECRUITRECRUITREC RUITREGTL COMSY SGTREGIMENTAL COMMISSARY SERGEANTREGTL COOKREGIMENTAL COOKREGTL QM SGTREGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTREGTL SGT MAJREGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJORREGTL SUP SGTREGIMENTAL SUPPLY SERGEANTS SGTSTAFF SERGEANTSADDLERSADDLERSADDLER SERGSADDLER SERGEANTSAPPERSAPPERSERGSERGEANTSFCSERGE ANT FIRST CLASS FIRST

5 CLASSSGMSERGEANT MAJORSGTSERGEANTSGT (SG)SERGEANT SENIOR GRADESGT BGLRSERGEANT BUGLERSGT CFRSERGEANT CHAUFFEURSGT ELECSERGEANT ELECTRICIANSGT FLD MUSSERGEANT FIELD MUSICIANSGT MAJSERGEANT MAJORSGT MAJ (JG)SERGEANT MAJOR JUNIOR GRADESGT MAJ (SG)SERGEANT MAJOR SENIOR GRADESMASERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMYSMJSERGEANT MAJORSP1 SPECIALIST 1SP2 SPECIALIST 2SP3 SPECIALIST 3SP4 SPECIALIST 4SP5 SPECIALIST 5SP6 SPECIALIST 6SP7 SPECIALIST 7 WARDMASTERWARDMASTER SP8 SPECIALIST 8SP9 SPECIALIST 9 SPCSPECIALIST ?SQ & BN SGT MAJSQUADRON & BATTALION SERGEANT MAJORSQ SGT MAJSQUADRON SERGEANT MAJORSR ASST SN ENGRSENIOR ASSISTANT SEMAN ENGINEERSSGSTAFF SERGEANTSTAB SERGSTABLE SERGEANTSTEWARDSTEWARD (MINE PLANTER SVC)SUP SGTSUPPLY SERGEANTSURGSURGEONT SGTTECHNICAL SERGEANTTEAMSTERTEAMSTERTECTECHNICIANTEC 3 TECHNICAL 3 TEC 4 TECHNICAL 4 TEC 5 TECHNICAL 5 TEC 6 TECHNICAL 6 TRMPTRTRUMPETERTROOPERTROOPERTRUM MAJTRUMPET MAJORUNDER-COOKUNDER-COOKVET SERGVETERINARIAN SEREANTVET SURGVETERINARIAN SURGEONWAGON MASTERWAGON MASTERWAGRWAGONERWARDMASTERWARDMASTER (HOSPITAL CORPS)(HOSPITAL CORPS)WHEELRIGHTWHEELRIGHTWOWARRANT OFFICERWO1 WARRANT OFFICER 1 WOCWARRANR OFFICER CANDIDATEWOJGWARRANT OFFICER JUNIOR GRADE