Members of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps are assigned various ranks, the titles and insignia of which are based on those used by the United States Armed Forces (and its various ROTCs), specifically the United States Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Rank requirements vary with schools. Some specialties require cadets to pass promotion tests while others only require recommendations by superiors and the needs of the unit.
Cadet officer ranks[]
| Officer ranks of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay grade*** | Air Force JROTC | Army JROTC and Marine Corps JROTC | Navy JROTC and Coast Guard JROTC* | |||
| C/O-6 |  |
Cadet colonel (C/COL) |  |
Cadet colonel (C/COL or C/Col) |  |
Cadet captain** (C/CAPT) |
| C/O-5 |  |
Cadet lieutenant colonel (C/LTC) |  |
Cadet lieutenant colonel (C/LTC or C/LtCol) |  |
Cadet commander (C/CDR) |
| C/O-4 |  |
Cadet major (C/MAJ) |  |
Cadet major (C/MAJ or C/Maj) |  |
Cadet lieutenant commander (C/LCDR) |
| C/O-3 |  |
Cadet captain (C/CPT) |  |
Cadet captain (C/CPT or C/Cpt) |  |
Cadet lieutenant (C/LT) |
| C/O-2 |  |
Cadet first lieutenant (C/1LT) |  |
Cadet first lieutenant (C/1LT or C/1stLt) |  |
Cadet lieutenant junior grade (C/LTJG) |
| C/O-1 |  |
Cadet second lieutenant (C/2LT) |  |
Cadet second lieutenant (C/2LT or C/2ndLt) |  |
Cadet ensign (C/ENS) |
| * CGJROTC rank insignia for officers is the same as the NJROTC's, except a Coast Guard shield is placed above the horizontally-displayed rank insignia and a "JROTC" bar below it. | ||||||
| ** Cadet captain is the rank that the leader of a NJROTC unit holds if the unit has reached the cadet enrollment requirements to be rated as a regiment. It is a relatively rare rank, as of June 2013, there are only 5 regimental-sized units out of the 584 NJROTC units worldwide.[1][2][3][4][5][6] | ||||||
| *** Although the positions and titles of rank match those of the Armed Forces' pay grades, JROTC cadets are not serving members of the military, and receive no pay, and only receive benefits or privileges based upon the situation of the time (receiving salutes, giving orders, messing/bunking in Officers' Country and using base exchanges or commissaries while on training trips, etc.) This is in direct contrast to Cadets/Midshipmen of the Senior (University Level) ROTC programs, in which those students do receive pay/stipends, benefits,and privileges, depending upon their scholarship or enlistment status. | ||||||
Cadet enlisted ranks and rates[]
| Enlisted ranks and rates of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Army JROTC | Navy JROTC | Coast Guard JROTC | Air Force JROTC | Marine Corps JROTC | |||||
| C/ E-9 |  |
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Cadet command sergeant major (C/CSM) Cadet sergeant major (C/SGM) |
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Cadet master chief petty officer (C/MCPO) Cadet command master chief petty officer (C/CMDCM) |
Cadet master chief petty officer (C/MCPO) Cadet command master chief petty officer (C/CDMCM) |
 |
Cadet chief master sergeant |  |
Cadet sergeant major (C/SgtMaj) |
| C/ E-8 |  |
 |
Cadet first sergeant (C/1SG) Cadet master sergeant (C/MSG) |
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Cadet senior chief petty officer (C/SCPO) Cadet command senior chief petty officer (C/CMDCS) |
Cadet senior chief petty officer (C/SCPO) |  |
Cadet senior master sergeant |  |
Cadet first sergeant (C/1stSgt) Cadet master sergeant (C/MSgt) |
| C/ E-7 |  |
Cadet sergeant first class (C/SFC) |  |
Cadet chief petty officer (C/CPO) | Cadet chief petty officer (C/CPO) |  |
Cadet master sergeant |  |
Cadet gunnery sergeant (C/GySgt) | |
| C/ E-6 |  |
Cadet staff sergeant (C/SSG) |  |
Cadet petty officer first class (C/PO1) | Cadet petty officer first class (C/P01) |  |
Cadet technical sergeant |  |
Cadet staff sergeant (C/SSgt) | |
| C/ E-5 |  |
Cadet sergeant (C/SGT) |  |
Cadet petty officer second class (C/PO2) | Cadet petty officer second class (C/PO2) |  |
Cadet staff sergeant |  |
Cadet sergeant (C/Sgt) | |
| C/ E-4 |  |
Cadet corporal (C/CPL) |  |
Cadet petty officer third class (C/PO3) | Cadet petty officer third class (C/PO3) |  |
Cadet senior airman |  |
Cadet corporal (C/Cpl) | |
| C/ E-3 |  |
Cadet private first class (C/PFC) |  |
Cadet seaman (C/SN) | Cadet seaman (C/SN) |  |
Cadet airman first class |  |
Cadet lance corporal (C/LCpl) | |
| C/ E-2 |  |
Cadet private (C/PVT) |  |
Cadet seaman apprentice (C/SA) | Cadet seaman apprentice (C/SA) |  |
Cadet airman |  |
Cadet private first class (C/PFC) | |
| C/ E-1 | No insignia | Cadet private | No insignia | Cadet seaman recruit (C/SR) | Cadet seaman recruit (C/SR) | No insignia | Cadet airman basic | No insignia | Cadet private (C/Pvt) | |
See also[]
- Cadet grades and insignia of the Civil Air Patrol
- List of United Kingdom Cadet Force by Rank
- Cadets Canada Elemental Ranks
- New Zealand Cadet Forces ranks
- Australian Defence Force Cadets ranks
References[]
- ↑ "Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps - Find NJROTC Unit". https://web.archive.org/web/19960101/www.njrotc.navy.mil/host_schools.asp.
- ↑ "Miami Beach Senior High School Navy JROTC". https://web.archive.org/web/19960101/www.njrotcmiamibeach.com/.
- ↑ "Billets - Troy High NJROTC". https://web.archive.org/web/19960101/njrotc.troyhigh.com/pages/billets.php.
- ↑ "Central High School NJROTC". http://www.centralnjrotc.net/regstaff.html.
- ↑ "NJROTC / Overview". https://web.archive.org/web/19960101/www.zbths.k12.il.us//Domain/50.
- ↑ "Access Denied". https://web.archive.org/web/19960101/www.navy.mil/search/print.asp?story_id=69403&VIRIN=&imagetype=1&page=0.
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