welcome to the web army , i'm sure the name tell's you what were all about !
go to the forums and discuss war among the web , go to the intro page to see all the ranks , new member's start from private or private first class . but please , have a look around , you'll be surprised .
i acctually surprised myself with the MEGA cool forum . (im very proud ......)

Pay grade E-9 E-8 E-7 E-6 E-5 E-4 E-3 E-2 E-1

Insignia

No Insignia

Title

Sergeant Major of the Army

Command Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major

First Sergeant

Master Sergeant

Sergeant First Class

Staff Sergeant

Sergeant

Corporal

Specialist

Private First Class

Private

Private

Abbreviation

SMA

CSM

SGM

1SG

MSG

SFC

SSG

SGT

CPL

SPC ²

PFC

PV2 ¹

PV1 ¹

¹ PVT is also used as an abbreviation for both Private ranks when pay grade need not be distinguished. ² SP4 is sometimes encountered as an abbreviation for Specialist. This is a holdover from when there were additional specialist ranks at higher pay grades.

NATO Code

OR-9

OR-9

OR-9

OR-8

OR-8

OR-7

OR-6

OR-5

OR-4

OR-4

OR-3

OR-2

OR-1