A question about rank

Kesse81

Kesse81

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When I met soldiers from the U.S. Army, I never see a corporal among them. In contrast, in the USMC I often see several.

Is the rank of corporal not in use in the Army?

Another thing.

Are Chaplains Commissioned Officers in U.S. and do you salute them?
 
All Chaplains are Commissioned Officers and Corporal is a rank in the US Army.
 
To add to Sarah’s post, I believe the Marines have two corporal ranks: Corporal, Enlisted grade E-4; and Lance Corporal, Enlisted grade E-3.

In the Army an E-3 is a Private First Class so the Marines do have more “Corporals”
 
Thanks all you for your response.

What I meant was, that I have never seen a Corporal in a U.S. Army Infantry Company. Seems like this rank is not in use.
 
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Bet you old timers have some good stories to tell your grandchildren; and mightily bored they'll be. :mrgreen:
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In the U.S. Army when you see a corporal he was a sergeant who was busted! No actually, a corporal is a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) and is authorized to direct the activities of others. The U.S. Army makes extensive use of Specialist ranks, someone who receives extra pay for skills, length of service, but who are not authorized to direct others outside of the limited field of their specialty. There is no specific job that requires a corporals rank, so you don't see it very often. Almost all jobs call for either a specialist rank or a sergeants.
 
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muscogeemike said:
Two of the hardest (and unappreciated) jobs in the Army - MP's and Cooks, and I'm was neither.
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I once investigated a barrack room assault, I asked his Sergeant Major if there were any suspects, he replied, "aye lad, bloody hundreds!" I asked why? he replied, "he's the the regimental cook!!! :lol:
 
Remington 1858 said:
In the U.S. Army when you see a corporal he was a sergeant who was busted! No actually, a corporal is a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) and is authorized to direct the activities of others. The U.S. Army makes extensive use of Specialist ranks, someone who receives extra pay for skills, length of service, but who are not authorized to direct others outside of the limited field of their specialty. There is no specific job that requires a corporals rank, so you don't see it very often. Almost all jobs call for either a specialist rank or a sergeants.
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So that´s why Corporal and Specialist have the same pay grade, and since the Marine Corps don´t have no other rank at the pay grade of E-4, is why I see more Corporals in the Marines than in the Army.
 
BritinAfrica said:
I had the power to run you tossers over, wiv a ten tonner.:angel:
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Know why you feel three shakes in your truck when you run down an MP?

The first when you enter the pavement
The second when you hit the MP
And the third when you leave the pavement


muscogeemike said:
Two of the hardest (and unappreciated) jobs in the Army - MP's and Cooks, and I'm was neither.
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An MP is a pain in the ass, and a cook can literally give you pain in the ass.
 
There was a standing joke, "Who called the cook a bastard?" The reply was "Who called the bastard a cook?":mrgreen:

My Granddad was a WW1 vet he served in the Infantry right from 1914 to 1918, he hated the Military Police, not dislike a real down deep hatred.
 
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Usually the Army only promotes someone to corporal in what is called a lateral promotion from specialist to corporal. There may be any number of reasons that they are made a corporal as opposed to a SGT such as; doesn't meet time in grade or time in service requirements, there aren't enough SGT's in a unit and they need to quickly fill an NCO billet without going through the administrative red tape and timeline to promote them to SGT, or it could just be to give a soldier some leadership experience before they are groomed to be promoted.

In the US Army, SGT's are generally the first line supervisors of soldiers down at the team level...Specialists are simply proficient lower enlisted in their MOS and basic soldier skills. Corporals are used to fill a gap if it is needed between the two...but most the time if that gap exists then the squad leader or platoon sergeant simply puts a specialist in that first line supervisor position, and after a time to prove themselves, send them to the board to get promoted without the formality of making them a corporal because the pay is exactly the same.
 
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