Dogs of War

Enlisted Rank Insignia

Pay Grade 
Army Title 
Marines  
Navy 
Air Force
Army / Marines 
Navy / Air Force
Famous Examples
E-10  
SMA Sergeant Major of the Army 

SgtMaj Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps 

MCPON Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy 

CMSAF Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

 
 
 
Current MCPON John Hagan 
E-9  
SGM Sergeant Major, 
CSM Command Sergeant Major 

SgtMaj Sergeant Major, 
MGySgt Master Gunnery Sergeant 

MCPO Master Chief Petty Officer 

CMsgt Chief Master Sergeant

  
  
 
James Caan in Gardens of Stone 
Jack Warden in The Presidio 
E-8  
1SG First Sergeant, 
MSG Master Sergeant 

1stSgt First Sergeant, 
MSgt Master Sergeant 

SCPO Senior Chief Petty Officer 

SMSgt Senior Master Sergeant

  
  
 
Sergeant Bilko 
Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity 
Glenn Ford in Imitation General 
Mickey Rooney in Operation Mad Ball 
Rod Steiger in The Sergeant 
E-7  
SFC Sergeant First Class, 
SP7 Specialist 7 

GySgt Gunnery Sergeant 

CPO Chief Petty Officer 

MSgt Master Sergeant

  
 
 
John A. Walker (spy) 

Chief O'Brien 
R. Lee Ermey (Sgt. Hartman) in Full Metal Jacket 
Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes) in Platoon 
Don Rickles in CPO Sharkey 
Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge 
Steven Seagal in Under Seige 
Johnathan Winters in Davis Rules 

E-6  
SSG Staff Sergeant, 
SP6 Specialist 6 

SSgt Staff Sergeant 

PO1 Petty Officer First Class 

TSgt Technical Sergeant

3 up, 1 down  
 
 
Willem Dafoe (Sgt. Elias) in Platoon 
T.S. Garp's father 
James Caan in A Bridge Too Far and Cinderella Liberty 
E-5  
SGT Sergeant, 
SP5 Specialist 5 

Sgt Sergeant 

PO2 Petty Officer 2nd Class 

SSgt Staff Sergeant

3 up  
 
 
Vince Carter in Gomer Pyle USMC 
Sergeant O'Rourke in F-Troop 
Terence Knox in Tour of Duty 
Chuck Connors in Branded 
Vic Morrow in Combat 
John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima 
Christopher George (Sgt. Troy), leader of the Rat Patrol 
Sgt Schultz in Hogan's Heroes (German Wehrmacht)
Dan Aykroyd in 1941 
Warren Oates (Sgt. Hulka) in Stripes 
George Montgomery in Battle of the Bulge 
Karl Malden in Bombers B-52 and Take the High Ground 
Dom DeLuise in Fail-Safe 
Louis Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman 
Lee Marvin in The Big Red One 
Sylvester Stallone in Victory 
Mr. T in The A-Team 
Leader of bucket of soldiers in Toy Story 
John Astin in Viva Max! 
E-4 
CPL Corporal, 
SPC or SP4 Specialist 4 

Cpl Corporal 

PO3 Petty Officer 3rd Class 

SrA Senior Airman, 
obsolete: SGT Sergeant

2 stripes up  
 
 
Adolf Hitler 

Yeoman Janice Rand 
Radar O'Riley & Max Klinger 
Linda Carter (Yeoman Diana Prince) in Wonder Woman 
Corporal Agarn in F-Troop 
Louie LeBeau in Hogan's Heroes 
Michael Biehn in Aliens 
Sidney Poitier in Red Ball Express 
Tony Curtis in Captain Newman, M.D. 
Errol Flynn in Northern Pursuit 
Don Knotts in No Time for Sergeants 
Jim Hutton in The Reluctant Heroes 

E-3  
PFC Private First Class 

LCpl Lance Corporal 

SN Seaman 

A1C Airman First Class

1 stripe up, 1 down 
 
 
Principal Skinner in The Simpsons
Robert Shaw in Hell in Korea  
Jim Varney in Operation Petticoat (TV) 
Randy Quaid in The Last Detail
E-2  
PV2 Private 

Pfc Private First Class 

SA Seaman Apprentice 

Amn Airman

1 stripe up 
 
 
Elvis Presley 

Gomer Pyle 
Forrest Gump 
Michael J. Fox in Casualties of War 
Shecky Greene in Combat 
Sean Connery in The Longest Day 
Bobby Darren in Hell is for Heroes 
Claude Akins in The Devil's Brigade 
Michael Caine in Too Late the Hero 
Bill Paxton in Aliens 
Private Parts in The Devil In Miss Jones Part II 
Paul Newman in The Secret War of Harry  Frigg

E-1  
PVT Private 

Pvt Private 

SR Seaman Recruit 

AB Airman Basic

(no Army insignia) 
(no Marine insignia) 
 
(no Air Force insignia)
Bill Murray & Harold Ramis in Stripes 
Goldie Hahn in Private Benjamin 
Matthew Broderick in Biloxi Blues 
Stacey Dash in Renaissance Man  
Pauly Shore in In the Army Now 
 
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