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brocks1995
#149810808Saturday, November 15, 2014 5:52 PM GMT

PFC Private First Class E-2 LCpl Lance Corporal E-3 Cpl Corporal E-4 Sgt Sergeant E-5 SSgt Staff Sergeant E-6 GySgt Gunnery Sergeant E-7 MSgt Master Sergeant E-8 1st Sgt First Sergeant E-8 MGySgt Master Gunnery Sergeant E-9 SgtMaj Sergeant Major E-9 SMMC Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps E-9 WARRANT OFFICER Warrant officers specialize in their respective fields, providing leadership and training to the Marines in their military occupational specialty. A warrant is approved by the secretary of the Navy for a staff non-commissioned officer to be appointed a warrant officer. Warrant officers can become commissioned officers, though they will generally serve as technical advisors, providing expertise to commands and organizations in their field. A chief warrant officer serving as an infantry weapons officer also carries the title, "Marine Gunner", which does not replace his rank. However, a Marine Gunner replaces the chief warrant officer insignia on the left collar with a bursting bomb insignia. WO Warrant Officer W-1 CWO2 Chief Warrant Officer 2 W-2 CWO3 Chief Warrant Officer 3 W-3 CWO4 Chief Warrant Officer 4 W-4 CWO5 Chief Warrant Officer 5 W-5 OFFICER Commissioned officers are college graduates who have earned and accepted an appointment issued in the name of the president of the United States. Their commission gives them the responsibility of leading Marines as they defend the Constitution of the United States. Commissioned officer ranks are further subdivided into generals, field-grade, and company-grade officers. The commandant of the Marine Corps and the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps are four-star ranks. 2ndLt Second Lieutenant O-1 1stLt First Lieutenant O-2 Capt Captain O-3 Maj Major O-4 LtCol Lieutenant Colonel O-5 Col Colonel O-6 BGen Brigadier General O-7 MajGen Major General O-8 LtGen Lieutenant General O-9

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