US officer ranks

v t e United States commissioned officer and officer candidate ranks
Pay grade / Branch of service	Officer candidate	O-1	O-2	O-3	O-4	O-5	O-6	O-7	O-8	O-9	O-10	O-11 (Obs.)	Special grade
Approximate insignia^[1]^[2]													[2]
Air Force	Cadet / OT / OC	2d Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj	Lt Col	Col	Brig Gen	Maj Gen	Lt Gen	Gen	GAF^[3]	^[5]
Army	CDT / OC	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	GA^[3]	GAS^[3]
Marine Corps	Midn / Cand	2ndLt	1stLt	Capt	Maj	LtCol	Col	BGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen	^[5]	^[5]
Navy	MIDN / OC	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT	RDML	RADM	VADM	ADM	FADM^[3]	AN^[3]
Coast Guard	CDT / OC	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT	RDML	RADM	VADM	ADM	^[5]	^[5]
Public Health Service	^[OC]	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT	RADM	RADM	VADM	ADM	^[5]	^[5]
NOAA Corps	OC	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT	RDML	RADM	VADM	^[4]	^[5]	^[5]
^[1] No universal insignia for officer candidate rank; Navy candidate insignia shown ^[2]Unofficial 1945 proposal for General of the Armies insignia; John J. Pershing's GAS insignia: ; George Dewey's AN insignia: ^[3] Rank used for specific officers during World War II and Korea only, not permanent addition to rank structure ^[4] Grade is authorized by the U.S. Code for use but has not been created ^[5] Grade has never been created or authorized

v t e United States warrant officer ranks
	W-1	W-2	W-3	W-4	W-5
Air Force	WO1^[1]	CWO2^[1]	CWO3^[1]	CWO4^[1]	CWO5^[1]
Army	WO1	CW2	CW3	CW4	CW5
Marine Corps	WO1	CWO2	CWO3	CWO4	CWO5
Navy	WO1^[1]	CWO2	CWO3	CWO4	CWO5
Coast Guard	WO1^[1]	CWO2	CWO3	CWO4	^[2]
Public Health Service	^[2]	^[2]	^[2]	^[2]	^[3]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]
^[1] Grade inactive ^[2] Grade is authorized for use by U.S. Code but has not been created ^[3] Grade never created or authorized

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