Todays Rankings

I want to know the ArmyMilitary rankings of today, like from scale 1-10 or something.

Like
1) General
2) Major
etc etc

What are the correct rankings for USA, UK and germany?

[Graeme]

For the UK and starting at the top:

Air Chief Marshal
Air Marshal
Air Vice-Marshal
Air Commodore
Group Captain
Wing Commander
Squadron Leader
Flight Lieutenant
Flying Officer
Pilot Officer

The Army (and RFC and early RAF) equivalents would be:

Field Marshal
General
Lieutenant-General
Major-General
Brigadier-General
Colonel
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant

Correction:

Marshal of the Royal Air Force = Field Marshal
Air Chief Marshal = General
Air Marshal = Lieutenant-General
Air Vice-Marshal = Major-General
Air Commodore = Brigadier
Group Captain = Colonel
Wing Commander = Lieutenant-Colonel
Squadron Leader = Major
Flight Lieutenant = Captain
Flying Officer = Lieutenant
Pilot Officer = 2nd Lieutenant

[Graeme]

Hugh

Thanks for that. I was wondering what had happened (I'd tried copying part of the information from a three-column spreadsheet and it looks like it slipped somewhat. Should have checked before I hit the 'submit message' button, though. Still, it's late, been a long day etc, etc.

Graeme

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know someone will) but I think the highest American rank is a five star general aka General of the ARMY but at one time wasn't someone given the rank of six stars aka General of the ARMIES? As I recall this was done to put him on the same footing as a Field Marshall. Perhaps it was General Marshall.

The only 6 star I've ever heard of in the U.S. military was Blackjack Pershing. Even 5 stars are hard to spot outside the leading WWII brass.

Pershing was named General of the Armies after WWI. He was the only person ever to hold that rank. The rank of General of the Army was created in the 40's to honor the US's top brass, MacArthur, Marshall, "Hap" Arnold, and Eisenhower. It was originally going to be Field Marshall, but George Marshall did not want to be called Marshall Marshall.

Grant

[Barrett]

The highest US rank is five stars, either general of the army (occasionally armies) or fleet admiral. Other than Pershing there were:

Gen. Henry Arnold (USAAF)
Gen. Omar Bradley
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Gen. George Marshall

Adm. William Halsey
Adm. Ernest King
Adm. William Leahy
Adm. Chester Nimitz

Most are well known, though Leahy was a political appointment owing to his seniority in DC and his affiliation with Roosevelt. IMHO, Raymond Spruance deserved the honor at least as much as Halsey, who made his rep because of his willingness to fight in '42; after that he was way out of his depth. The fiasco at Leyte Gulf should've got him relieved, let alone driving his fleet thru two typhoons with loss of hundreds of lives.

Bradley was the only 5-star "christened" after WW II, as the others were all c. Nov. '44. The only reason Bradley was elevated (in 1951, I believe) was that as Chief of Staff he was technically subordinate to MacArthur, the theater commander in Korea. At that time Mac was making things difficult for the Truman administration in that he wanted to prosecute the war all the way north to the Yalu River. He'd reversed the Korean disaster of 1950 with his amphibious assault on Inchon Harbor against all advice, including that of Bradley who insisted in 1949 that 'phib ops were impossible in the age of nukes.

There was some absurd talk about giving Norman Schwartzkopf a 5th star, and while he may have displayed a MacArthur-sized ero, Desert Storm in no way compared to the WW II European or Pacific theater of operation.

Thank you guys for the Information =)

I have what i need now.

Sincerly
Tir