Jeff, you explained this very well.......I never tried to figure out the various general and admiral ranks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff <Scismgenie@adelphia.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [BSChat] NARA form help > > -- Officers are those who have a COMMISSION in the Military, Usualy > they are college educated, andhave attended the Officer candidate > school, fr their branch, or one of the four Service academys, > (counting Coast Guard). > > The term enlisted is more correctly referenced as the 'ranked" personnel > . In the Airmy they would be Privates, Corporals, specialists, and > Sergeants. Once a rank, usually e-4 or e-5 is attained the lower > enlisted grades are supplemented by Non-Commissioned Officers, or > non-coms. These would be Sergeants (Varies by branch) > > Liuetenants and above ( Captaian, Major, Liuetenant Colonel, Colonel, > and Generals)(Navy has different titles for the same ranks). are > OFFICERS. > > There is a tird class, with nuch fewer of them around, and that is > WARRANT OFFICERS, Warrrant officers are appointed from teh lower > ranks, or directly appointed to fill some positons, OFFICERS are > referred to as "Sir" or "Ma'am", and Warrent Officers are referred to > as the same or as "Mister" depending on branch. > > What rank was your father? > > > Jeffery Scism, > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ > International Blacksheep Society of Genealogists > > Links to my Homepages: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scismfam/ > > Genealogy is the art of the living haunting the dead.... > > Heritage is the anchor in the sea of life, > holding us steady, giving us a standard to live up to or beyond, > a compass for our course, and a place to call home. > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >