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How high of a rank is a Major in the United States Army?
Hi Advicenators! I was reading the news today and saw that some guy in the U.S. army named Major Nidal Malik Hasan killed and injured his own guys from Fort Hood Army post with two pistols! I'm really shocked because I know that there are some pretty high ranks you can earn in the Army and these guys are suppose to be trained to defend us, not attack each other.
Well, how high of a rank is (or was) Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan then? Is Major higher than Lieutenant? I'm just curious how high of a rank this crazy man was and I'd really appreciate it if someone could explain the U.S. Army ranking system to me! THANKS, ADVICENATORS! :D
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newsflash: the bastard's alive. and he will pay for his crimes.
heres how it goes from bottom to top
E-1 Private (joe snuffy trigger puller)
E-2 Private(2) (same as above)
E-3 Private first class (trigger puller of higher rank)
E-4 Specialist/corporal (head trigger-puller)
E-5 Sergeant (team leader/ vehicle commander)
E-6 Staff sergeant (squad/ section leader)
E-7 sergeant first class (Platoon sergeant)
E-8 Mater sergeant/ First sergeant (MSG- staff NCO, 1SG- senior NCO of a troop/ company)
E-9 Sergeant Major/ Command Sergeant Major(SGM-Ops NCOIC, CSM- senior NCO for BN, BCT, Corps, and army formations)
O-1 second lieutenant(platoon leaders)
O-2 First lieutenant (troop/co executive officers)
O-3 Captain (troop/ company commanders)
O-4 Major (battalion Executive officers)
O-5 Lieutenant Colonel (battalion/ squadron
commanders)
O-6 Colonel (brigade commanders)
O-7 thru O-10 the generals (division, Corps, army commanders)
heres the deal with this twisted piece of shit: he was a psychiatrist, they have a different system than the rest of the Officers, they're sent through med school, get brought in as a captain most of the time, and have no command responsibilities. they get free school, but have to serve a mandatory service time(most likely five years). their rank is to compensate for the money they would be making out of the army, so obviously they start out at a higher pay grade than your run of the mill armor officer, who has to earn his rank. My initial conclusion, on hearing that there was a shooting, was that some guy from a line unit finally went bonkers after a fourth deployment and shot a few guys. this is a completely different scenario. this guy was "fighting his own jihad". had never deployed before, and like the rest of those blood scared pussies, was bitching about going to war. except he obviously had no problem with shooting people. This would never happen, NEVER, with a real officer from the line. An army major usually has been in the army for at least twelve years, commanded soldiers, and acts as the right hand man to his Squadron commander. This prick came into the army, got frocked, and went about his merry way. In their own way, The doctors are in a league of their own, they have the grade, but not the experience or responsibilities, they only do their job as a medical practitioner, and scan their medical lane.
This situation's lead-up was special, there's no way to categorize it.
-Gunner
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He was in charge of his section. You have the trainers, trainees wo help the trainers, the major who is in charge of one section of people, and then you have the lieutenant who is in chrage of all sections. You have a major for each section. He was pretty high and I was also shocked that our men are shooting our men. It makes you wonder what really goes in their heads.
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