How many officers in the U. S. military are of a rank O-8 or higher?
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THe entire air force only has 12 four stars (O-10)  If that is any indication.
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In 2000 there were nearly 800,000 full-time sworn law enforcement officers in the United States. The actual total was 796,518. This is the latest year that numbers are available from the US Dept of Justice.\n\nThe Army National Guard is composed of 325,000 soldiers. I could not find numbers on the Air Guard or the Reserve components of the Armed Forces.
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Commissioned officers assume the duty of command starting with four star generals who assume duty for the entire command, such as the war in Iraq.  Actually, I believe that general is a lieutenant general.  All the way down to platoon or unit command which is usually held by a first or second lieutenant.\nNCO's are usually entrusted with the responsibility of commanding the enlisted ranks, some of which are operations, and some of which are administrative.  A 1st sergeant as an example, may command the entire company as senior enlisted NCO, however he will report to the commanding officer who will be a commissioned officer, probably a captain.  A Sgt/mjr may command at a higher level, but again the enlisted ranks of a larger unit, such as a battalion.  Again, the Sgt/mjr. will report to the commanding officer of the battalion, probably a major or Lieutenant Colonel.\n\nThe chain of command sometimes gets a little fuzzy when dealing with a battalion level Sgt/Mjr, as it pertains to officers within the battalion.  Obviously, the Sgt/mjr has a lot of sway at that level, after all, he answers only to the boss, so he's treated with respect even by the junior officers.  To say, these junior officers take orders from the Sgt/mjr would not be accurate, however, if the Sgt/mjr is passing on verbal orders from the CO, they had better be listening to the Sgt/mjr.
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Enlisted\nPrivate(PVT), Private(PV2, Private First Class (PFC), Specialist (SPC), Segeant (SGT), Staff Sergeant(SSG), Sergeant First Class(SFC), Master Sergeant(MSG), First Sergeant (1SG), Sergeant Major(SGM) Command Sergeant Major (CSM)   Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) [ Top Enlisted in the Army, Only one at a time]\n\n                                     Officer\n2nd Lieutenant (2LT), First Lieutenant (1LT), Captain (CPT), Major (MAJ) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), Colonel (COL), Brigadier General (BG), Major General (MG), Lieutenant General (LG), General [4 Stars] (GEN) General of the Army [only during a major war , such as WWII or Vietnam... 5 Stars] \n       Army Chief of Staff [ TOP DOG in the Army... 4 Stars... Only one at a time.]
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As of 2005, there were 12,276 Warrant Officers in the active duty Army which is 15.1% of the officers total.  I don't know how many of those are 5's, but I hope that helps to narrow the field for you a little bit.
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Naval Officers who have exceptional grades or like a congressmans referal. Ita a big deal.
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About the only time you see a Company Commander in the navy is in boot camp or at OCS. The Navy tends to be organized for efficient specialty groups to run ships and these groups are called Divisions.  OC Division is communications - with radiomen and signalmen. The fall under an "O" or Operations department head. So the heirarchy goes from the CO (captain) to the XO (executive officer) to the Deparment Head usually referred to by OPPS or DECK or GUNS for example ... to the Division Officer (equivalent perhaps of a company commander in other services.)  Now, what would  be the acronym for a Division Officer? Well - if you were a surface warfare officer - you might be called a SWO (but the captain and xo are also SWOs). It does seem that shore based operations for the Navy sometimes configure themselves with "company" designations. I guess in that case you'd just call them the "Company Commander".  Maybe we can give them an anacronym. Let's do it. Let's call them a "CC".
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There are only two jobs in the Military: Infantry and Infantry Support. All the other jobs in the military are simply designed to help and assist ground troops. So take that for what it's worth... \n\nThe United States Army is transitioning to a new model in which they will have 10 Divisions, each division has 4 Brigades with 2 Battalions per brigade. There are 8 Infantry Divisions: \n\n1st Infantry, 2nd Infantry, 3rd Infantry, 4th Infantry, 10th Mountain (Light Infantry basically), 25th Light Infantry, 82nd Airborne, 101st Air Assault.) I believe there are also a few more Stryker Infantry Brigades (4 to be precise) and 2 more seperate Airborne Brigades and the Ranger Regiment with 3 more battalions. So all told, you've got 79 Infantry Battalions (approximately, I might be forgetting one or two.) \n\nThere are also four types of infantry... \n\nLight Infantry (Traditional grunts. Walk everywhere and carry everything on their backs.) \n\nInfantry (Mechanized Infantry, they travel in M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and can fight mounted in these vehicles or dismount and operate like Light Infantry.) \n\nAirborne Infantry (Operate like Light Infantry only they get to battle by jumping in on parachutes. Often times are behind enemy lines because of the nature of the airborne aspect.) \n\nAir Assault Infantry (Operate like Light Infantry only get to the battle by riding in on helicopters. Again, often used to attack behind enemy lines and "vertically envelop" enemy positions) \n\nRangers (A more elite Airborne Infantry used for spearhead operations, tougher missions or special operations)
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Small.  As of June 22, 2004, there were ~111,000 soldiers in the IRR.  To date, the Army has recalled a total of around 5,000 soldiers.  Those odds or slim, but they are dependent on your MOS.
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They are called differently for each service, but they are all based on the same pay "grade". I'll list the paygrade lowest to highest and include the Air Force and Army (if I can remember them)\n\nEnlisted (Air Force then Army)\nE-1 Airmen Basic or Private\nE-2 Airmen or Private 2nd Class\nE-3 Airmen 1st Class or Private 1st Class\nE-4 Senior Airmen or (Corporal and/or Specialist)\nE-5 Staff Sergeant or Sergeant\nE-6 Technical Sergeant or Staff Sergeant\nE-7 Master Sergeant or Sergeant 1st Class\nE-8 Senior Master Sergeant or Master Sergeant\nE-9 Chief or Sergeant Major\n\nOfficer Titles are the same for Air Force and Army\nO-1 2nd Lieutenant\nO-2 1st Lieutenant\nO-3 Captain\nO-4 Major\nO-5 Lieutenant Colonel\nO-6 Colonel\nO-7 Brig General\nO-8 Major General\nO-9 Lieutenant General\nO-10 General
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according to USA about fifty eight thousand
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Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps members become military officers, unlike the RCAC.\n\nThe Boy Scouts of America used to have something called the Air Scouts, with four ranks: Apprentice, Observer, Craftsman, and Ace; but abolished it.\n\nThe closest thing left in the States is the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol#The_Cadet_Program
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Remember that members of the military get paid not only by rank/pay grade but also by number of years in.  This is as of Jan 1 2006\n\nPay is as follows (without benefits)\nO-10 13365-14196 (20years-26 years)\nO-9   11689-12525 "                            "\nO-8   8271-11348 (<2-26)   11075 (at 20 years)\nO-7   6872-10066 (<2-26)   10015 "                  "\n\nI've never met an O-7 or above with less than 20years but the site had the numbers, so they're shown.\n\nWhen you get up there you start raking in the money, especially as a nuke...benefits add a few thousand dollars on all of these figures.
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British officer ranks\n \n  Student Officer OF(D) OF-1 OF-2 OF-3 OF-4 OF-5 OF-6 OF-7 OF-8 OF-9 OF-10 \nRoyal Navy: O/C Mid SLt Lt Lt Cdr Cdr Capt Cdre RAdm VAdm Adm Adm of the Fleet \nRoyal Marines: OCdt  2Lt Lt Capt Maj Lt Col Col Brig Maj Gen Lt Gen Gen  \nArmy: OCdt  2Lt Lt Capt Maj Lt Col Col Brig Maj Gen Lt Gen Gen FM \nRoyal Air Force: OC / SO  APO / PO Fg Off Flt Lt Sqn Ldr Wg Cdr Gp Capt ACdre AVM AM ACM MRAF \n\nU.S. commissioned officer ranks \n  Student Officer O-1 O-2 O-3 O-4 O-5 O-6 O-7 O-8 O-9 O-10 O-11 (wartime only) Special Grade \nUnited States Navy: MIDN/OC ENS LTJG LT LCDR CDR CAPT RDML RADM VADM ADM FADM Admiral of\nthe Navy \nUnited States Marine Corps: Midn 2ndLt 1stLt Capt Maj LtCol Col BGen MajGen LtGen Gen (no equivalent) (no equivalent) \nUnited States Army: CDT/OC 2LT 1LT CPT MAJ LTC COL BG MG LTG GEN General of\nthe Army General of the Armies \nUnited States Air Force: Cadet 2nd Lt 1st Lt Capt Maj Lt Col Col Brig Gen Maj Gen Lt Gen Gen General of\nthe Air Force (no equivalent)
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Enlisted \n  \n Private E-1 \n Private First Class E-2 \n Lance Corporal E-3  \n Corporal E-4  \n Sergeant E-5 \n Staff Sergeant E-6  \n Gunnery Sergeant E-7  \n Master Sergeant E-8  \n First Sergeant E-8 \n Master Gunnery Sergeant E-9  \n Sergeant Major E-9  \n Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps E-9 \n\n  \nWarrant Officer\n  \n Warrant Officer W-1  \n Chief Warrant Officer 2 W-2 \n Chief Warrant Officer 3 W-3 \n Chief Warrant Officer 4 W-4 \n Chief Warrant Officer 5 W-5 \n\n  \nOfficer   \n\n Second Lieutenant O-1 \n First Lieutenant O-2  \n Captain O-3  \n Major O-4  \n Lieutenant Colonel O-5 \n Colonel O-6  \n Brigadier General O-7 \n Major General O-8 \n Lieutenant General O-9  \n General O-10
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Generals, with 59 members of the graduating class of 164 becoming at least brigadier (1 star) generals. There were two who made General of the Army (5 star) in Dwight Eisenhauer and Omar Bradley.\n\nA complete list can be found at
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442nd Regimental Combat Team received more unit and individual citations/medals than all other units in WWII, they were a self contained regiment assigned to various commands, not necessarily the same division.  Pres. Clinton awarded 20 medals of honor to these men, who were overlooked during the war due to their ancestry. The men emerged from seven major campaigns in France and Italy with eight presidential unit citations, 9,486 Purple Hearts and 18,143 individual decorations. The latter included 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, the second-highest award for valor.