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Eastern Region
Rhode Island
Wing
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Senior Grades
Transitional Member Grades
(Senior Members who have not yet reached 21 are
considered transitional members)
Grade Insignia
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Grade Name
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Addressed As
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SM
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Mr/Miss,
Sir/Ma'am
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FO
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Mr/Miss,
Sir/Ma'am
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TFO
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Mr/Miss,
Sir/Ma'am
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SFO
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Mr/Miss,
Sir/Ma'am |
Senior Member NCO Grades
(NOTE: Must be military or ex-military; must request NCO
grade equivalent to grade earned while in service in
lieu of officer grade)
Grade Insignia
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Grade Name
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Addressed As
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Sgt
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Sergeant
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SSgt
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Staff Sergeant,
Sergeant
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TSgt
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Technical
Sergeant, Sergeant
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MSgt
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Master Sergeant,
Sergeant
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SMSgt
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Senior Master
Sergeant, Sergeant
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CMSgt
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Chief Master
Sergeant, Chief
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Senior Member Officer Grades (over 21)
Grade Insignia
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Grade Name
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Addressed
As
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Special Notes
and Automatic Grade Initiation
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SM
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Mr/Miss,
Sir/Ma'am
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Senior Members
w/o grade
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2Lt
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Second
Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Sir/Ma'am
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Earned Mitchell as
cadet; FAA Rating of Private Pilot; A or P
Mechanic, Basic Instructor (Ground Instructor);
sixty hours of study beyond high school;
licensed practical or vocational nurse,
paramedic, EMT or other health technician
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1Lt
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First Lieutenant,
Lieutenant, Sir/Ma'am
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CWO 1 or 2; earned
Earhart as cadet, FAA Rating of Instructor or
Commercial; A&P Mechanic; General Radiotelephone
Operators License; Advanced Instructor (Ground
Instructor); college degree w/practical
experience as chaplain; registered nurse,
physician assistant or health professional with
a bachelors or masters degree; graduate of
recognized college or university and certified
by state dept. of education or university
professor or family member; associate degree in
accounting with two years work experience or
high school diploma with five years experience
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Cpt
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Captain,
Sir/Ma'am
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CWO 3; earned Spaatz
as cadet; FAA Rating of CFI/CFII or ATP; A&P
Mechanic w/Inspection Authorization; Instrument
Instructor (Ground Instructor); licensed
physician, dentist, or other health professional
with an earned doctorate degree in a health care
discipline; five years service as teacher,
counselor, school administrator, college or
university professor or other faculty member (or
three years if Masters degree held); licensed
attorney appointed as legal officers; Bachelors
Degree in accounting with two years work
experience or Masters Degree in accounting, CPA
or CMA
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Maj
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Major, Sir/Ma'am
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CWO 4 or 5; licensed
physician appointed unit health service program
officer with one year as captain; five years as
professional educator and an earned doctorate
degree with one year as captain; ten years
service as attorney with one year as captain;
Masters Degree in accounting, CPA or CMA with
one year as captain
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LtC
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Lieutenant
Colonel, Colonel, Sir/Ma'am
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Col
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Colonel,
Sir/Ma'am
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Temporary
Position unless otherwise enacted by commander
in charge of individual
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Brig Gen
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Brigadier
General, General, Sir/Ma'am
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Fmr. National
Commanders and Vice National Commanders Only
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Maj Gen
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Major General,
General, Sir/Ma'am
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Current National
Commander Only
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