Military question: How are people divided up?

enlisted ranking

E1-Pvt :Private

E2-PFC: Private First Class

E3-LCpl : Lance Corporal

E4-Cpl : Corporal

E5-Sgt : Sargent

E6-SSgt : Staff Sargent

E7-GySgt : Gunnery Sargent

E8-MSgt :Master Sargent

also E8-1stSgt : First Sargent

E9- MGySgt: Master Gunnery Sargent

also E9-SgtMaj: Sargent Major

than its Sargent Major of the Marine Corps E9

Warrant officers and Officers are ranked differently I don't know theirs tho

Warrent Officers are like W1-W5

Officers are O-1 - O-10 from a First Lieutenant all the way to General

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_en...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_of...

Soldiers make up teams. (lead by a corporal or sergeant)

Teams make squads (lead by a sergeant or staff sergeant)

Squads make platoons (lead by 2LT-1LT)

Platoons make companies, troops (in cavalry), or batteries (in artillery) (lead by a CPT)

Companies/batteries make battalions, troops make squadrons (lead by a LtCol)

Battalions/Squadrons make Brigades (or occasionally Regiments still) (lead by a Col)

Brigades/Regiments make up divisions (lead by a 2 star Gen)

Divisions make up Corps (lead by a 3 star)

Corps make up Armies (lead by a 4 star)

Hmm well according to my boyfriend it is according to how their go up the levels such as in training and their level of excellence achieved in it. Then some have talents others don't etc. Private is what all of them be upon starting...also called "maggots" by the drill sergeant etc. As they upgrade they go corporal...then keep going up the scale until they reach sergeant...and so on

why would tubagirl even attempt to answer a question she obviously knows nothing about?

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