Marine Corp Officer Ranks

This table of the united states marine corps ranks from lowest to highest shows the marine corps rank structure from lowest to highest including rank insignia abbreviation and rank classification.

Marine corp officer ranks. Commissioned officer ranks are further subdivided into generals field grade and company grade officers. A marine gunner replaces the chief warrant officer insignia on the right collar with a bursting bomb insignia. Marine corps and their respective pay grades insignias abbreviations and classifications.

Commissioned officer ranks are further subdivided into general officers field grade officers and company grade officers. Those appointed would be selected from the noncommissioned officer ranks. Marine corps recruits must learn all marine corps ranks from private to general including enlisted officers and warrant officers.

The marine corps has had warranted officers since 1916 when the commandant of the marine corps made a request to the secretary of the navy for the creation of two warrant grades marine gunner and quartermaster clerk. The united states marine corps has twenty seven grades of enlisted marines and officers with most marines enlisting at the entry level rank of private. To determine your pay rate first choose your paygrade from o 1 to o 10 and then find the row that corresponds with your number of years experience in the marine corps.

Marine corps ranks for officers are split into two tiers. Mco 1020 34h 01 may 2018 4 c. Marine corps officer basic pay rates this pay table is used to determine the monthly basic pay for commissioned officers in the marine corps.

The table below lists all the standard ranks in the u s. The highest billets in the marine corps the commandant of the marine corps and the assistant commandant of the marine corps are by statute four star ranks as the marine corps is a separate naval service under the. United states marine corps ranks in order.

Marine corps customs and courtesies require junior marines to address all senior marines by their rank which is denoted by a rank insignia device usually worn on the collar. A chief warrant officer cwo2 cwo5 serving in the mos 0306 infantry weapons officer is designated as a special rank. Recommendations concerning the content of this manual are invited and should be forwarded to the commandant of the marine corps mcub via the.