Marine Corps Ranks

E-1

• Private

• Master Gunnery Sergeant / Sergeant Major

• Staff Sergeant

• Lance Corporal

E-2

• Master Sergeant / First Sergeant

• Private

• Corporal

• Major

E-3

• First Lieutenant

• Lance Corporal

• Colonel

• Private

E-4

• Sergeant

• Lance Corporal

• Brigadier General

• Corporal

E-5

• Sergeant Major

• Lance Corporal

• Sergeant

• Private

E-6

• Staff Sergeant

• Sergeant

• Lance Corporal

• Second Lieutenant

E-7

• General

• Master Gunnery Sergeant / Sergeant Major

• Lieutenant General

• Gunnery Sergeant

E-8

• Lance Corporal

• Master Sergeant / First Sergeant

• Staff Sergeant

• First Lieutenant

E-9

• General

• Sergeant

• Master Gunnery Sergeant / Sergeant Major

• Major General

E-10

• Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

• Master Gunnery Sergeant / Sergeant Major

• Major

• Major General