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Originally Posted by kenny
I always thought that there was some designated rank.
Like a E-5 is a Sergeant. I just can't grasp how a infantry sergant can be the same grade as a Ranger sergant, etc.
A military friend of mine was explaining how this works before I still find the entire thing a bit confusing.
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E...O...W...ranks are pay grades. A higher pay grade outranks a lower pay grade. All branches of the US military have the same pay grades. No branch outranks another of branch when they have the same pay grade. In other words an E-5 pay grade/E-5 Sergeant...is of equal rank in all branches of the service.
A Lieutenant in the Navy is an 0-3 and a Captain in the Army is an 0-3...same pay grade...same rank...but with different designations.