United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia

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United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia describes an officer's pay-grade. Rank is displayed on collar devices, shoulder boards, and on the sleeves of dress uniforms.

US DoD Pay Grade O-10 O-9 O-8 O-7 O-6 O-5 O-4 O-3 O-2 O-1
Insignia USCG O10 insignia.svg USCG O9 insignia.svg USCG O8 insignia.svg USCG O7 insignia.svg USCG O6 insignia.svg USCG O5 insignia.svg USCG O4 insignia.svg USCG O3 insignia.svg USCG O2 insignia.svg USCG O1 insignia.svg
Title Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Rear Admiral
(lower half)		 Captain Commander Lieutenant
Commander		 Lieutenant Lieutenant
(junior grade)		 Ensign
Abbreviation ADM VADM RADM RDML CAPT CDR LCDR LT LTJG ENS
NATO Code OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1

All Coast Guard officers are line officers, unlike the Navy, which has a staff corps to identify certain career fields.

Warrant Officer grade structure of the United States Coast Guard
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chief Warrant Officer 2
CWO4 CWO3 CWO2
USCG CW4 insignia.svg
USCG CW3 insignia.svg
USCG CW2 insignia.svg

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary[edit]

The volunteer United States Coast Guard Auxiliary also uses the USCG officer rank insignia system, albeit modified. USCG Auxiliary officers wear silver braid insignia (referred to as "office insignia") instead of gold; with a "hollow" USCG shield above containing the letters "USCG" superimposed above a red "A" (to signify an appointed officer") or silver "A" (to signify an elected officer). On metal insignia, appointed officers wear a red "A" and elected officers a blue "A."

Though this modified officer ranking system is used, USCG Auxiliary officers do not use rank titles; such as "Lieutenant," "Commander," etc.

Warrant Officer insignia is also not used in the USCG Auxiliary.

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United States uniformed services commissioned officer and officer candidate ranks
Pay grade / branch of service Officer
candidate		 O-1 O-2 O-3 O-4 O-5 O-6 O-7 O-8 O-9 O-10 O-11
(Obs.)		 Special
grade
Insignia Second lieutenant / Ensign First lieutenant / Lieutenant (junior grade) Captain / Lieutenant[6] Major / Lieutenant commander Lieutenant colonel / Commander Colonel / Captain Brigadier general / Rear admiral (lower half) Major General / Rear admiral[6] Lieutenant general / Vice admiral[6] General / Admiral[6] General of the Air Force / General of the Army / Fleet Admiral General of the Armies / Admiral of the Navy[2]
Army CDT / OC 2LT 1LT CPT MAJ LTC COL BG MG LTG GEN GA[3] GAS[3]
Marine Corps Midn / Cand 2ndLt 1stLt Capt Maj LtCol Col BGen MajGen LtGen Gen [5] [5]
Navy MIDN / OC ENS LTJG LT LCDR CDR CAPT RDML RADM VADM ADM FADM[3] AN[3]
Air Force Cadet / OT / OC 2d Lt 1st Lt Capt Maj Lt Col Col Brig Gen Maj Gen Lt Gen Gen GAF[3] [5]
Coast Guard CDT / OC ENS LTJG LT LCDR CDR CAPT RDML RADM VADM ADM [5] [5]
PHS Corps [OC] ENS LTJG LT LCDR CDR CAPT RADM RADM VADM ADM [5] [5]
NOAA Corps OC ENS LTJG LT LCDR CDR CAPT RDML RADM VADM [4] [5] [5]
[2]Official 1945 proposal for General of the Armies insignia; John J. Pershing's GAS insignia: General of the Armies; George Dewey's Admiral of the Navy insignia: Admiral of the Navy
[3] Rank used for specific officers in wartime only, not permanent addition to rank structure
[4] Grade is authorized by the U.S. Code for use but has not been created
[5] Grade has never been created or authorized
[6] USAF and U.S. Army insignia shown
United States warrant officer ranks
W-1 W-2 W-3 W-4 W-5
Army
 US-Army-WO1.svg
WO1		 US-Army-CW2.svg
CW2		 US-Army-CW3.svg
CW3		 US-Army-CW4.svg
CW4		 US-Army-CW5compare.svg
CW5
Marine Corps
 USMC WO1.svg
WO1		 USMC CWO2.svg
CWO2		 USMC CWO3.svg
CWO3		 USMC CWO4.svg
CWO4		 USMC CWO5.svg
CWO5
Navy
 US Navy WO1 insignia.svg
WO1[1]		 US Navy CW2 insignia.svg
CWO2		 US Navy CW3 insignia.svg
CWO3		 US Navy CW4 insignia.svg
CWO4		 US Navy CW5 insignia.svg
CWO5
Air Force
 USAF-WO1.svg
WO1[1]		 USAF-CW2.svg
CWO2[1]		 USAF-CW3.svg
CWO3[1]		 USAF-CW4.svg
CWO4[1]		 USAF CW5.png
CWO5[1]
Coast Guard
 USCG WO1 insignia.svg
WO1[1]		 USCG CW2 insignia.svg
CWO2		 USCG CW3 insignia.svg
CWO3		 USCG CW4 insignia.svg
CWO4		 [2]
PHS Corps
 [2] [2] [2] [2] [3]
NOAA Corps
 [3] [3] [3] [3] [3]
[1] Grade inactive
[2] Grade is authorized for use by U.S. Code but has not been created
[3] Grade never created or authorized
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