Thursday, October 8, 2020

Timeline of U.S. Army Enlisted Ranks, 1920 to Present

A really interesting look at the NCO structure from a century ago until the present.

Timeline of U.S. Army Enlisted Ranks, 1920 to Present

I'm really quite surprised that Private E1s were at one time one stripers, where as now they are E2s. Likewise, I'm surprised that Corporals were E3s up until 1948 and likewise Sergeants were E4s.

The lack of "buck sergeants" (three stripes) between 1948 and 1959 is extremely surprising, although I see the E5 grade was called Sergeant and had three stripes and a rocker.

I'm most familiar with the 1959 to present structure and had always assumed Army Sergeants, as opposed to USAF Sergeants, were E5s or the equivalent.

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