Marine Corps Enlisted and Officer Rank Structure
Marine Corps Rank Structure
NCO starts at Corporal and ends with Sergeant.
SNCO begins with Staff Sergeant and ends with Sergeant Major/Master Gunnery Sergeant.
Warrant Officers are of their own rank system and do not fall under enlisted or officer, however, a Chief Warrant Officer II begins the ranks of commissioned officer.
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Private
E-1
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Private First Class
E-2
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Lance Corporal
E-3
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Corporal
E-4
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Sergeant
E-5
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Staff Sergeant
E-6
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Gunnery Sergeant
E-7
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Master Sergeant
E-8
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First Sergeant
E-8
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Master Gunnery Sergeant
E-9
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Sergeant Major
E-9
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Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
E-9
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Warrant Officer
1
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Warrant Officer
2
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Warrant Officer
3
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Warrant Officer
4
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Warrant Officer
5
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2nd Lt. O-1
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1st Lt. O-2
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Captain
O-3
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Major
O-4
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Lt.
Colonel
O-5
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Colonel
O-6
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Brig.
General
O-7
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Major
General
O-8
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Lt.
General
O-9
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General
O-10
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To easily remember the order of generals remember the acronym “be my little General”
