What rank is 4 Stripes?

Staff Sergeant (four stripes)
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What rank is 4 stripes and a star?

Admiral (ADM/O-10)

Admiral is the highest rank in the Navy and holds four stars. They serve in the highest operations in the Navy, such as command of a regional fleet. They may also serve in one of two special appointments: Chief of naval operations and vice-chief of naval operations.
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What rank is 3 stripes?

Keep in mind the more stripes, the higher the rank! An Airman has one stripe, Airman First Class has two stripes, and a Senior Airman has three stripes.
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What does 4 stripes and a star mean in the Navy?

O-1 through O-4 are junior officers: ensign, lieutenant (junior grade), lieutenant, and lieutenant commander. O-5 and O-6 are senior officers: commander and captain. O-7 through O-10 are flag officers: rear admiral (lower half) (one star), rear admiral (two stars), vice admiral (three stars), and admiral (four stars).
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How many stripes is a sergeant?

The rank insignia of a sergeant is a three-bar chevron, worn point down, surmounted by a maple leaf.
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What rank is 1 stripe in the Army?

Coast Guard rank insignia are the same as the Navy except for color and the seaman recruit rank, which has one stripe. At the E-8 level, the Army, Marines and Air Force have two positions at the same pay grade.
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What does 2 bars mean in the Army?

Second Lieutenants (2LT, O-1) , First Lieutenants (1LT, O-2) and Captain (CPT, O-3) all have bar-shaped insignia. A Second Lieutenant's is a single gold bar, while the First Lieutenant's is a single silver bar. A Captain's (CPT, O-3) insignia is made up of two silver bars.
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What rank has 2 bars?

SECOND LIEUTENANT (2LT)

Most officers enter the Army at second lieutenant. They lead platoon-size units consisting of a platoon sergeant and two or more squads (16 to 44 Soldiers).
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What rank is a Navy SEAL?

The majority of Navy SEALs (about 2,000) are Navy Enlisted personnel (E-4 to E-9). They are led by roughly 500 SEAL Officers (O-1 to O-10). There is also a small number of SEAL Warrant Officers (circa 30) who rank as officers above the senior-most Enlisted but lower than an Officer (O-1).
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How many stripes does a chief have?

So, who has four stripes? The highest ranking officers onboard have four stripes. These are typically the Chief Engineer, Staff Captain, and Hotel Director.
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What is the lowest Navy rank?

Seaman Recruit (E-1)

Seaman recruit (SR) is the lowest enlisted rank in the Navy, just below seaman apprentice.
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What is a soldier with no rank called?

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).
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Is Petty Officer a high rank?

Petty officer is the lowest of the senior rating grades.
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How many stripes does a sergeant first class have?

In 1958, as part of a rank restructuring, two pay grades and four ranks were added: sergeant (E-5) returned to its traditional three chevron insignia, E-6 became staff sergeant, which had been eliminated in 1948 (with its previous three chevrons and one arc insignia), sergeant first class became E-7, master sergeant ...
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What are the 13 ranks in the Army?

There are 13 enlisted Army ranks: private, private second class, private first class, specialist, corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant, sergeant first class, master sergeant, first sergeant, sergeant major, command sergeant major and sergeant major of the Army.
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How many stripes does a lieutenant have?

The insignia of a lieutenant in many navies, including the Royal Navy, consists of two medium gold braid stripes (top stripe with loop) on a navy blue or black background.
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What do 3 stripes mean?

Sergeant (three stripes) Staff Sergeant. Chief Master Sergeant.
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What do 3 stripes on an Army uniform mean?

Criteria: A service stripe, commonly called a hash mark, is a decoration of the United States military which is presented to members of the U.S. Army to denote length of service. The United States Army awards each stripe for three years of honorable service.
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What does 3 stripes in the Marines mean?

Sergeant Major (SGTMAJ) 3 Stripes | Star | 4 Rockers. E-9. Sergeant Major Of The Marine Corps (SGTMAJMC)
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How many stripes does a chief master sergeant have?

The original Chief Master Sergeant rank insignia (1958–1994) consisted of 2 chevrons on top, 3 stripes in the middle, and 3 rockers on bottom. Until his retirement in 2003, Chief Master Sergeant Norman Marous was the Air Force's senior-most chief master sergeant, having served in the Air Force since 1962.
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What do Army stripes mean?

Typically, service members wear insignia on the shoulder or collar of their uniform, but stripes on a uniform sleeve often represents years of service. Pay grade: Military members of the same pay grade are paid the same amount in each branch of service.
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How many stripes does a gunny sergeant have?

History and insignia

The original insignia was three chevrons point up with three straight "ties" with an insignia of a bursting bomb over a crossed rifle and naval gun. From 1904 to 1929 the insignia went to three stripes only over a bursting bomb on top of crossed rifles.
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