| N.C.O.'s |
| USMC E-4s |
| Mil. ranks |
| Some NCO's |
| Certain N.C.O.s |
| PFCs' superiors |
| Army men: Abbr. |
| Pvts.' superiors |
| Some USMC noncoms |
| Sgt.'s underlings |
| Inferiors to sgts. |
| Sgts. subordinates |
| Sgts. outrank them |
| Lowest-ranking NCOs |
| Radar et al.: Abbr. |
| They're above pvts. |
| GIs with two stripes |
| Two-stripers (abbr.) |
| NCOs with two stripes |
| Radar and more: Abbr. |
| They rank above Pfc.'s |
| Two-stripe NCOs: Abbr. |
| Between pvts. and sgts. |
| They're over specialists: Abbr. |
| Sgts. outrank them in the U.S. Marines |