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x Lieutenant   Kurt Waldheim Sturmabteilung  
Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, or Lieut) is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service, emergency medical services or police officer rank. Lieutenant may also appear as part of a title used in various other organisations with a codified command...
Hudson Fysh Australian Imperial Force  
Andrew Osborn United States Army  
James A. Michener United States Navy  
Tzipi Livni Israel Defense Forces  
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x Lieutenant Commander Un capitaine de corvette John Tufts United States Navy Reserve  
Lieutenant Commander (Lieutenant-Commander (pronounced Lef-tenant in the Royal Navy, Irish and Commonwealth navies)) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a Lieutenant and subordinate to a Commander. The...
Albert L. Becker United States Navy  
Kevin W. Sharer United States Navy  
Gerald Ford United States Navy  
Lyndon B. Johnson United States Navy  
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x Petty Officer, Third Class Petty Officer 3rd Class      
Petty Officer Third Class is the fourth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, just above Seaman and below Petty Officer Second Class, and is the lowest form of non-commissioned officer, equivalent to a Corporal in the U.S. Army and ...
x Vice Admiral Pennant of a French vice-amiral William Bligh Royal Navy  
Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. A Vice Admiral is typically senior to a Rear Admiral and junior to an Admiral. In many navies, Vice Admiral is a three star rank. The rank insignia for a Vice Admiral...
Richard Saunders Dundas Royal Navy  
Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge Royal Navy 1856
x Commander   Paul Greening Royal Navy  
Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the military, particularly in...
Said Seyam Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades  
Hannibal Barca Carthage  
Edward Sexby    
Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg German Army 1972
x Petty Officer PO2 NOGC Okuda Shoji Imperial Japanese Navy  
A Petty Officer is a noncommissioned officer or equivalent in many navies. At the height of the Age of Sail there was a group of inferior officers between the sea officers, both commissioned and warrant, and the sailors commonly known as petty...
x Sergeant OR4 IDF Samal James W. Robinson, Jr. US Marine Corps  
Sergeant (normally abbreviated to "Sgt") is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent. In...
Joe DiMaggio United States Army Air Forces  
Dan White United States Army  
Michael Leahy Jr United States Army  
Joseph P. Mayo United States Army  
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x Field Marshal   Erwin Rommel Wehrmacht  
Field Marshal is a military officer rank. Today, it is the highest rank in the armies in which it is used, one step above a general or colonel-general. The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the...
Sam Manekshaw Indian Army  
x Major General Army sleeve MGen William Henry Harrison United States Army  
In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general. Major general...
Ulysses S. Grant United States Army  
James Garfield United States Volunteers  
Rutherford B. Hayes United States Volunteers  
Ido Nehushtan Israeli Air Force  
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x General Gradbeteckning för en general Gotthard Heinrici Wehrmacht  
A General officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that...
Toussaint Louverture Haitian Rebellion of 1891  
Roh Tae-woo Republic of Korea Army  
John Winthrop Hackett Junior British Army  
Donald G. Cook United States Air Force  
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x First Lieutenant   George W. Bush Texas Air National Guard  
First Lieutenant is a military rank. The rank of Lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations (see comparative military ranks), but the majority of cases it is common for it to be sub-divided into a senior (First Lieutenant)...
Scott M. Miller U.S. 1st Infantry Division  
Zachary Taylor United States Army  
Donald B. Rice United States Army  
Joseph W. Ralston United States Air Force  
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x Lance Corporal   Charles Graner United States Marine Corps  
Lance Corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organizations. It is below the rank of Corporal, and is typically the lowest Non-commissioned officer, usually equivalent to...
x Admiral   William J. Fallon United States Navy  
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, admiral (ADM) is a four-star flag officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. Admiral ranks above vice admiral and below Fleet...
Charles Fremantle Royal Navy  
Joseph Prueher United States Navy  
x Corporal   Alfred George Drake The Rifle Brigade  
Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4. The word is probably derived from a medieval Italian phrase capo corporale,...
Rob Furlong Canadian Forces  
Gene Wolfe 17th Infantry Regiment 1953
x Rear admiral   Marsha Johnson Evans United States Navy  
The uniformed services of the United States have two grades of rear admirals. In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Kathleen Paige United States Navy  
Lillian E. Fishburne United States Navy  
Joan Marie Engel United States Navy  
Barbara E. McGann United States Navy 1994
x Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom        
The Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is a now honorary office generally held by a senior (possibly retired) Royal Navy admiral. Despite the title, the Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is usually a full admiral. He is the deputy to the Vice...
x Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army and Air Force Zachary Taylor United States Army  
Lieutenant Colonels or Tenyente Koronel are the preparatory positions given for Military Officers aspiring to become generals someday. They also act as Battalion Commanders in the field as well as Brigade and Division Staff Officers. As a Lieutenant...
Theodore Roosevelt United States Volunteers  
Francis Grevemberg United States Army  
James L. Jones United States Marine Corps 1982
Józef Haller de Hallenburg Austro-Hungarian Army Nov 20, 1914
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x Master Chief Petty Officer E-9 insignia      
Master Chief Petty Officer is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rate (paygrade E-9) in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, just above Senior Chief Petty Officer. They are referred to as Master Chief in most circumstances. They constitute the top 1%...
x General of the Armies General John Pershing Dwight D. Eisenhower United States Army  
General of the Armies (or in its full title General of the Armies of the United States) is the highest possible rank in the United States Army. This should not be confused with the rank of General of the Army, which is the rank immediately below....
x Brigadier General Army slip-on BGen Benedict Arnold British Army  
Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier,...
Charles de Gaulle Free French Forces  
Franklin Pierce United States Volunteers  
Moses Hazen Continental Army  
James Stewart Air Force Reserve Command  
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x Brigadier        
Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. A Brigadier is superior to a Colonel but subordinate to a Major-General. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, equivalent to a Commodore in the Royal Navy or an Air Commodore...
x Second Lieutenant   James Monroe United States Army  
Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces. In British English the rank is pronounced second /lɛf'tɛnənt/ (lef-tenent), while in American English it is pronounced second /lu'tɛnənt/ (loo-tenent). The rank...
Donald B. Rice United States Army  
Tommy Franks United States Army  
Benjamin Harrison United States Volunteers  
Joseph W. Ralston United States Air Force  
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x Fleet Admiral Fleet Admiral Collar Device      
Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy (FADM), or more commonly referred to as Fleet Admiral, is a five-star flag officer rank and is presently considered the highest possible rank in the United States Navy. A special grade of Admiral of the Navy,...
x Admiral of the Fleet        
Admiral of the Fleet is a rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, which equates to the rank code OF-10. The rank evolved from the ancient sailing days of the Royal Navy. The fleet was divided into three divisions and each designated a...
x Marshal of the Air Force        
Marshal of the Air Force is the English term for the most senior rank in a number of air forces. The ranks described by this term can properly be considered marshal ranks. No air force in an English-speaking country formally uses the title "Marshal...
x Marshal of the Royal Air Force King George V in the uniform of a Marshal of the RAF      
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff, and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff, who were promoted to it on their...
x Captain   Frederick W. Smith United States Marine Corps  
In the uniformed services of the United States, captain is a federal commissioned officer rank. In the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, captain is a company grade officer rank, with the pay grade of...
Josh Rushing United States Marine Corps  
John McCain United States Navy  
James G Andress United States Army  
Thomas Osborn United States Army  
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x Private   Kurt Vonnegut United States Army  
A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in). The term dates from the Middle Ages, where privates were known as "private soldiers" (a term still used in the United...
William McKinley United States Volunteers  
Al Gore United States Army  
Sir Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders  
Sir Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet 5th (Ski) Battalion Scots Guards  
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x Major   Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson United States Army  
In many European languages, the term Major refers to a military rank, denoting seniority at one of usually various levels of rank, for example: "Sergeant-Major" denoting the most senior ranking sergeant of a large military unit; "Captain-Major",...
James Monroe United States Army  
William McKinley United States Volunteers  
James Garfield United States Volunteers  
Rutherford B. Hayes United States Volunteers  
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x Colonel Few Charles Beames United States Air Force  
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, Colonel (pronounced /ˈkɜrnəl/) is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and just below the rank of Brigadier General. It is equivalent to the...
Hal Clement Eighth Air Force  
Joseph W. Ralston United States Air Force  
James L. Jones United States Marine Corps Apr 1988
Linda J. Stierle U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps Jul 1, 1988
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x Supreme Commander   Kim Jong-il Korean People's Army    
Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg German Army  
x Obergruppenführer SS-Obergruppenführer patch Reinhard Heydrich Schutzstaffel  
Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest SS rank inferior only to Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler). Translated as "Senior Group Leader", the rank of...
Oswald Pohl Schutzstaffel  
Martin Bormann Schutzstaffel  
Rudolf Hess Schutzstaffel  
x Obersturmbannführer SS-Obersturmbannführer Rank Patch Rudolf Höß Schutzstaffel  
Obersturmbannführer was a paramilitary Nazi Party rank used by both the SA and the SS. It was created in May 1933 to fill the need for an additional field grade officer rank above Sturmbannführer as the SA expanded. It became an SS rank at the same...
Hans Dorr Waffen-SS  
Adolf Eichmann Schutzstaffel  
x Sturmbannführer Sturmbannführer Collar Patch Richard Baer Schutzstaffel  
Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party equivalent to major, used both in the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). Translated as “Assault (or Storm) Unit Leader” (Sturmbann being the SA and early SS equivalent to a...
Heinz Linge Schutzstaffel  
x Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler as the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler Schutzstaffel  
Reichsführer-SS (help·info) was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. Reichsführer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933 and, after 1934, became the highest rank of the German Schutzstaffel (SS). Reichsführer-SS was both a...
Joseph Berchtold Schutzstaffel  
Erhard Heiden Schutzstaffel  
Karl Hanke Schutzstaffel  
x Field Marshal General Marschallsstab Hermann Göring German Air Force  
Generalfeldmarschall ( listen (help·info)) (usually translated simply as field marshal, or sometimes as General Field Marshal, and sometimes written only as Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire;...
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Prussian Army  
x Gruppenführer SS-Gruppenführer collar patch Hermann Göring Sturmabteilung  
Gruppenführer (literally “Group Leader”) was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior rank of the SA. In 1930, Gruppenführer became an SS rank and was originally bestowed upon those officers who commanded SS...
Heinrich Müller Schutzstaffel  
x Chief Operations Officer   Yitzhak Rabin Haganah    
x Chief of staff   Yitzhak Rabin Israel Defense Forces  
The chief of staff is the chief aide to the commander of larger military formations and units. It is sometimes the case that the chief of staff is more directly influential than the theoretical commander. This may be the case when the commander is a...
Bismillah Khan Afghan National Army  
James M. Loy United States Coast Guard  
Carl von Clausewitz Prussian Army 1815
x Ramatkal rav aluf rank Ehud Barak Israel Defense Forces  
The Chief of General Staff (Hebrew: ראש המטה הכללי‎, Rosh HaMateh HaKlali, abbr. Ramatkal—רמטכ"ל) is the supreme commander and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. The Chief of Staff is the only active Israeli officer with the rank of Rav...
Moshe Dayan Israel Defense Forces  
Yigael Yadin Israel Defense Forces  
Yaakov Dori Israel Defense Forces  
Gabi Ashkenazi Israel Defense Forces  
x Major-General   Edward Leonard Ellington Royal Air Force  
Major General (Maj Gen) is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within The Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of Major General. A Major General is superior to a Brigadier but...
Isaac Brock British Army  
Roy Urquhart British Army  
Carl von Clausewitz Prussian Army 1818
x Colonel   Elmar Mäder Swiss Guard  
Colonel (pronounced /ˈkɜrnəl/) (Col or COL) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures. A colonel...
Ulysses S. Grant 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment  
Benjamin Harrison United States Volunteers  
Theodore Roosevelt United States Volunteers  
Francis Grevemberg United States Army 1951
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x Hauptsturmführer SS-Hauptsturmführer Insignia Heinz Macher Waffen-SS  
Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945. The rank of Hauptsturmführer was a mid-grade company level officer and was the equivalent of a Captain (Hauptmann) in the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) and...
Klaus Barbie Schutzstaffel  
x Stabschef   Ernst Röhm Sturmabteilung  
For other uses of the term "Stabschef" please refer to Chief of Staff Stabschef (Chief of Staff) was a paramilitary rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi movement. The SA rank of Stabschef was first...
Viktor Lutze Sturmabteilung  
Wilhelm Schepmann Sturmabteilung  
x Untersturmführer SS-Untersturmführer insignia Karl Brandt Schutzstaffel  
Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of Sturmführer which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921. The rank of Untersturmführer...
Hanns Martin Schleyer Schutzstaffel  
x Brigadeführer An SS-Brigadeführer in 1938. Early style collar patches are still in use Friedrich Weber Schutzstaffel  
Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945. Brigadeführer was also an SA rank. The rank was first created due to an expansion of the SS and assigned to those officers in command of SS-Brigaden. In...
Fritz Witt Schutzstaffel  
x Oberführer SS-Oberführer Collar Patch (1942 version) Rudolf Diels Schutzstaffel  
Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as “Senior Leader”, an Oberführer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region. From 1921...
x Standartenführer SS-Standartenführer insignia Jakob Grimminger Schutzstaffel  
Standartenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the S.A. and the S.S.. First founded as a title in 1925, in 1928 the rank became one of the first commissioned Nazi ranks and was bestowed upon those S.A. and S.S. officers...
Wilhelm Zander Schutzstaffel  
x Obersturmführer Obersturmführer collar insignia Kurt Gerstein Schutzstaffel  
Obersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi party that was used by the SS and also as a rank of the SA. Translated as “Senior Assault (or Storm) Leader”, the rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of...
x Sturmscharführer Sturmscharführer Collar Insignia Gustav Wagner Schutzstaffel  
Sturmscharführer was a Nazi rank of the Waffen-SS that existed between 1934 and 1945. The rank was the most senior enlisted rank in the Waffen-SS, the equivalent of a Sergeant Major in other military organizations. Sturmscharführer was unique to the...
x Oberscharführer SS-Oberscharführer insignia Heinrich Harrer Schutzstaffel  
Oberscharführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between the years of 1932 and 1945. Translated as “Senior Squad Leader”, Oberscharführer was first used as a rank of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and was created due to an expansion of the...
x Unterscharführer Unterscharführer insignia Franz Schönhuber Schutzstaffel  
Unterscharführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party that was used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) between the years of 1934 and 1945. Translated as “Junior Squad Leader”, the SS rank of Unterscharführer was created after the Night of the Long...
x Rottenführer SS-Rottenführer insignia Josef Blösche Schutzstaffel  
Rottenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in the year 1932. The rank of Rottenführer was used by several Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Schutzstaffel (SS) and was senior to the...
x Lieutenant General Australian Lieutenant General rank insignia John Sanderson Australian Army  
Lieutenant General (abbreviated LTGEN) is the second-highest active rank of the Australian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of Lieutenant General. It is also considered a 3 star rank. The rank of Lieutenant...
x Lieutenant-General   Charles Gairdner British Army  
Lieutenant-General (Lt-Gen) is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines. A Lieutenant-General is superior to a Major-General but subordinate to a full General. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-8, equivalent to a Vice-Admiral in the...
Ulysses S. Grant United States Army  
James Whiteside McCay First Australian Imperial Force Aug 1914
x Squadron Leader   Hudson Fysh Royal Australian Air Force  
Squadron Leader is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence. It is also sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non...
Peter Malam Brothers Royal Air Force 1941
Peter Malam Brothers Royal Air Force 1949
x General   David Petraeus United States Army  
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, general is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. General ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army or General of the Air...
Joseph W. Ralston United States Air Force  
x Army officer Officier van de Belgische Zeemacht met drie officierskruisen Donald Bren United States Marine Corps  
An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific...
Kenneth C. Keller Jr. United States Navy  
Nick Brown United States Army  
Tony Hart 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles 1944
Desmond Banks, Baron Banks of Kenton Royal Artillery  
x Staff Sergeant   Walter Matthau United States Army Air Forces  
Staff Sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in several countries. The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that level rather than as a member of a battalion or company. In the...
Douglas L Ross Army National Guard  
x Ensign An Ensign's (RNZN) shoulder insignia Jack Lemmon United States Navy  
Ensign (pronounced /ˈɛnsən/) is a junior rank of commissioned officer in the militaries of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy. As the junior officer in an infantry regiment was traditionally the carrier of the ensign flag, the rank...
William Henry Harrison United States Army