I applaud you-- I was a Navy wife for 23 years raised my kids in RI, MD, NY, CT (four times), Va and Germany. Our commissary grocery bags said NAVY WIFE, THE BEST PART OF THE NAVY on them. When my husband retied I was given a pacque by his CO commending my 23 years of service to my country. Judie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" <ndbrill@comcast.net> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > Raising two children in CA, VA, MD, Japan and also as teenagers in The > Netherlands, yes, I had very active duty as a military wife. > Nedra > At 02:38 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, you wrote: > > Picky, picky Nedra....:) > Were you on active duty?? > ~ Ron W, CW3, Army Security Agency 1956-76 ~ > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" <ndbrill@comcast.net> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:52 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > > > Sylvia, > > If your question is about Civil War era it would be Private, > Corporal, > > Sergeant, Lieutenant, then Captain. My husband's grandfather > served as > > an E7 > > Master Sergeant in the cavalry in World Wars 1 & 2, so the ranks > have > > changed and expanded. > > Corrections to the list below-- > > E-8 MSG Master Sgt has 3 + 3 with nothing in the middle. > > E-8 1SG First Sgt has 3 + 3 with diamond in the middle (not a > E-9) -- > my > > husband was one. > > E-9 SGM Sgt Major has star in middle > > E-9 CSM Command Sgt Major has star and wreath > > Warrant Officers are WOx and a separate "set" from the O-1, etc. > Ron > has > > corrected the General ranks. > > Other services are a bit different. For instance, a Navy Captain > is an > > O-6, > > just below an Admiral. The Air Force has Airmen, not Privates. > > Nedra > > At 12:13 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, ~ Ron W. ~ wrote: > > > > Army Ranks > > Enlisted: > > E-1&E-2 Pvt. > > E-3 Pvt. First Class - 1 stripe > > E-4 Corporal/Sp4 - 2 stripes/ bird patch > > E-5 Sergeant/Sp5 - 3 up / bird w/cover > > E-6 Staff Sgt./Sp6 - 3 up 1 down/ bird w/2covers > > E-7 Sgt. 1st Class/Sp7 - 3 up two down/ bird w/3 > > E-8 Master Sgt/Master Specialist - 3 up 3 down/ bird w/4 > > E-9 First Sgt. - 3 up 3 down w/diamond in center > > E-9 Sgt. Major - Same but w/wreath in center > > Officers: > > O-1 2nd Lt./WO1 > > O-2 1st Lt./CW2 > > O-3 Captain/CW3 > > O-4 Major/CW4 > > O-5 Lt. Colonel > > O-6 Colonel > > O-7 Maj. General > > 4 more Gen. Ranks up to 5-Star General of the Army. > > ~ Ron W ~ > > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> > > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 11:29 AM > > Subject: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > > OK, I am lost does corporal come before sergeant, and before > > captain? > > What > > > is the order for these? > > > > > > Sylvia > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That retirment plaque brought back memories. I too was a Navy wife, and only time Navy recognized me was that plaque thanking me for my service as a Navy wife when my husband retired. Sure enjoyed those years, looking back. Thanks for letting me remember. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: Kinwanted <kinwanted@ida.net> To: nygreene@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 04 May 2011 13:33:08 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks I applaud you-- I was a Navy wife for 23 years raised my kids in RI, MD, NY, CT (four times), Va and Germany. Our commissary grocery bags said NAVY WIFE, THE BEST PART OF THE NAVY on them. When my husband retied I was given a pacque by his CO commending my 23 years of service to my country. Judie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > Raising two children in CA, VA, MD, Japan and also as teenagers in The > Netherlands, yes, I had very active duty as a military wife. > Nedra > At 02:38 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, you wrote: > > Picky, picky Nedra....:) > Were you on active duty?? > ~ Ron W, CW3, Army Security Agency 1956-76 ~ > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" > To: > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:52 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > > > Sylvia, > > If your question is about Civil War era it would be Private, > Corporal, > > Sergeant, Lieutenant, then Captain. My husband's grandfather > served as > > an E7 > > Master Sergeant in the cavalry in World Wars 1 & 2, so the ranks > have > > changed and expanded. > > Corrections to the list below-- > > E-8 MSG Master Sgt has 3 + 3 with nothing in the middle. > > E-8 1SG First Sgt has 3 + 3 with diamond in the middle (not a > E-9) -- > my > > husband was one. > > E-9 SGM Sgt Major has star in middle > > E-9 CSM Command Sgt Major has star and wreath > > Warrant Officers are WOx and a separate "set" from the O-1, etc. > Ron > has > > corrected the General ranks. > > Other services are a bit different. For instance, a Navy Captain > is an > > O-6, > > just below an Admiral. The Air Force has Airmen, not Privates. > > Nedra > > At 12:13 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, ~ Ron W. ~ wrote: > > > > Army Ranks > > Enlisted: > > E-1&E-2 Pvt. > > E-3 Pvt. First Class - 1 stripe > > E-4 Corporal/Sp4 - 2 stripes/ bird patch > > E-5 Sergeant/Sp5 - 3 up / bird w/cover > > E-6 Staff Sgt./Sp6 - 3 up 1 down/ bird w/2covers > > E-7 Sgt. 1st Class/Sp7 - 3 up two down/ bird w/3 > > E-8 Master Sgt/Master Specialist - 3 up 3 down/ bird w/4 > > E-9 First Sgt. - 3 up 3 down w/diamond in center > > E-9 Sgt. Major - Same but w/wreath in center > > Officers: > > O-1 2nd Lt./WO1 > > O-2 1st Lt./CW2 > > O-3 Captain/CW3 > > O-4 Major/CW4 > > O-5 Lt. Colonel > > O-6 Colonel > > O-7 Maj. General > > 4 more Gen. Ranks up to 5-Star General of the Army. > > ~ Ron W ~ > > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 11:29 AM > > Subject: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > > OK, I am lost does corporal come before sergeant, and before > > captain? > > What > > > is the order for these? > > > > > > Sylvia > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

20 yrs, Army Security Agency '56-'76 Wed in '59 in Germany to Danish wife; Went from Pvt E-2 to SFC then appointed to WO1 in '69 Vietnam; Retired as CW3 in '76 and haven't looked back. 2 daughters raised during those years. Have been collecting 50% back-pay ever since.... Shot at but not hit, other maladies are ignored..... :) ~ Ron W ~ In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor ----- Original Message ----- From: <carolfaby@comcast.net> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > That retirment plaque brought back memories. I too was a Navy wife, and > only time Navy recognized me was that plaque thanking me for my service as > a Navy wife when my husband retired. Sure enjoyed those years, looking > back. Thanks for letting me remember. > > Carol > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kinwanted <kinwanted@ida.net> > To: nygreene@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 04 May 2011 13:33:08 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > I applaud you-- I was a Navy wife for 23 years raised my kids in RI, MD, > NY, > CT (four times), Va and Germany. Our commissary grocery bags said NAVY > WIFE, THE BEST PART OF THE NAVY on them. When my husband retied I was > given > a pacque by his CO commending my 23 years of service to my country. > > Judie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:29 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > >> >> Raising two children in CA, VA, MD, Japan and also as teenagers in The >> Netherlands, yes, I had very active duty as a military wife. >> Nedra >> At 02:38 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, you wrote: >> >> Picky, picky Nedra....:) >> Were you on active duty?? >> ~ Ron W, CW3, Army Security Agency 1956-76 ~ >> In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" >> To: >> Cc: >> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:52 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks >> > >> > Sylvia, >> > If your question is about Civil War era it would be Private, >> Corporal, >> > Sergeant, Lieutenant, then Captain. My husband's grandfather >> served as >> > an E7 >> > Master Sergeant in the cavalry in World Wars 1 & 2, so the ranks >> have >> > changed and expanded. >> > Corrections to the list below-- >> > E-8 MSG Master Sgt has 3 + 3 with nothing in the middle. >> > E-8 1SG First Sgt has 3 + 3 with diamond in the middle (not a >> E-9) -- >> my >> > husband was one. >> > E-9 SGM Sgt Major has star in middle >> > E-9 CSM Command Sgt Major has star and wreath >> > Warrant Officers are WOx and a separate "set" from the O-1, etc. >> Ron >> has >> > corrected the General ranks. >> > Other services are a bit different. For instance, a Navy Captain >> is an >> > O-6, >> > just below an Admiral. The Air Force has Airmen, not Privates. >> > Nedra >> > At 12:13 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, ~ Ron W. ~ wrote: >> > >> > Army Ranks >> > Enlisted: >> > E-1&E-2 Pvt. >> > E-3 Pvt. First Class - 1 stripe >> > E-4 Corporal/Sp4 - 2 stripes/ bird patch >> > E-5 Sergeant/Sp5 - 3 up / bird w/cover >> > E-6 Staff Sgt./Sp6 - 3 up 1 down/ bird w/2covers >> > E-7 Sgt. 1st Class/Sp7 - 3 up two down/ bird w/3 >> > E-8 Master Sgt/Master Specialist - 3 up 3 down/ bird w/4 >> > E-9 First Sgt. - 3 up 3 down w/diamond in center >> > E-9 Sgt. Major - Same but w/wreath in center >> > Officers: >> > O-1 2nd Lt./WO1 >> > O-2 1st Lt./CW2 >> > O-3 Captain/CW3 >> > O-4 Major/CW4 >> > O-5 Lt. Colonel >> > O-6 Colonel >> > O-7 Maj. General >> > 4 more Gen. Ranks up to 5-Star General of the Army. >> > ~ Ron W ~ >> > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" >> > To: >> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 11:29 AM >> > Subject: [NYGREENE] Military ranks >> > > OK, I am lost does corporal come before sergeant, and before >> > captain? >> > What >> > > is the order for these? >> > > >> > > Sylvia >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> > the >> > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to >> > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message