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Headquarters Chief Master Capt Captain United States Auxiliary (O-3) Sergeant CMSgt

First 2003 Tri-Wing Encampment Chief

(E-9) Sergeant Camp Fretterd, Maryland

USAF/CAP Grade & Position Pamphlet First

Senior Master ant 1st Lt Lieutenant Sergeant SMSgt

Term of (O-2) First

Grade Abbrev. Grade Insignia (E-8) Sergeant Serge Address (silver) General of the Master (None) General Second Air Force Lieutenant 2d Lt Lieutenant Sergeant MSgt

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(O-11) (O-1) (E-7) Sergeant Sergeant (gold) General Technical Gen General (O-10) Sergeant TSgt Sergeant Senior Flight (E-6) SFO Flight Lieutenant Officer Staff Sergeant General Lt Gen General SSgt Sergeant (E-5) (O-9) Senior General Maj Gen General Technical SrA Airman TFO Flight Officer (O-8) Flight Officer (E-4) Airman General Brig Gen General First Class A1C Airman (O-7) (E-3) Airman Amn Airman Flight Officer FO Flight Officer (E-2) Col Colonel (O-6) Airman Basic (No USAF Grade AB Basic (E-1) Insignia is worn) Chief Master (No CAP Grade Lieutenant Sergeant Senior Senior Insignia is worn - wears SM Colonel Lt Col Colonel of the CMSAF Chief Member Member the CAP Cutout on both (O-5) Air Force lapels of the collar) (silver) (E-9) C/Col Colonel Command Colonel Major Chief Master Maj Major CCMSgt Chief (O-4) Sergeant Cadet (E-9) Lieutenant C/Lt Col Colonel (gold) Colonel entire echelon), therefore the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Cadet Airman Command Chief Master Sergeants, and Chief Master Sergeants are all Cadet C/A1C Airman E-9’s. C/Maj Major First Class Major o The CAP Grade of Cadet Flight Officer was phased out, and now when a cadet passes the Mitchell Exam, s/he becomes a Cadet . As well, all Cadet Flight Officers were "given" the CAP Cadet Airman C/Amn Airman Cadet Captain C/Capt Captain Grade of Cadet Second Lieutenant (to help phase out the C/FO’s).

o The CAP Grade of Cadet Sergeant was also phased out, and it was Cadet First (No CAP Grade replaced by the CAP Grade of Cadet Senior Airman, however the same C/1st Lt Lieutenant Cadet Airman Insignia is worn - wears Lieutenant C/AB Basic CAP Grade Insignia is used. Basic the CAP Cutout on both Cadet Second lapels of the collar) If you get only one thing out of reading this pamphlet, please note that C/2d Lt Lieutenant o Lieutenant Notes: all USAF and CAP grade and position abbreviations are never punctuated! o During a war, each branch of the military can appoint O-11’s. In the (USAF), an O-11’s grade is General of the Air Position Abbreviations: Force; in the (USA), an O-11’s grade is General of CC = Cadet Chief the Army; in the (USN), an O-11’s grade is Fleet CV = Vice Commander (the # 2 at wings and above) Master C/CMSgt Chief . There is not such grade as an O-11 in the United States CD = Deputy Commander (the #2 at groups and below) Sergeant Marine Corps (USMC) or the United Stated Coast Guard (USCG), CS = Chief of Staff (the #3 at wings and above) since they both fall under the USN during wartime. XO = Executive Officer (the #3 at groups and below) CoC = of CCMSgt = Command Chief Master Sergeant o Although there exists CAP Senior Member General Officers as high , this pamphlet shows general officers as high as the CCF = First Sergeant , since through General of Cadet Senior the Air Force exist in the Air Force. CAP Senior Member Major DA = Administration Master C/SMSgt Sergeant General is reserved for current and former CAP National DC = Communications Sergeant serving after 1 December 2002. CAP Senior Member Brigadier DO = Operations General is a temporary grade reserved for the CAP National Vice DOV = Standardization & Evaluations Commander (held only while in that position), as well as former CAP DT = Training National Commanders serving prior to 1 December 2002. FM = Finance LG = Logistics The Senior Member Flight Officer grades are for those SMs between PA = Public Affairs Cadet Master o C/MSgt Sergeant the ages of 18 and 21. Upon turning 18, a Mitchell cadet can become a SE = Safety Sergeant FO, an Earhart cadet a TFO, and a Spaatz cadet a SFO. Upon turning 21, those in flight officer grades can get 2d Lt or higher. OIC = Officer-in-Charge (for officers) NCOIC = Non-commissioned Officer-in-Charge (for NCO’s) The CAP Senior Member Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Grades o C/ = Cadet Cadet are shown on this pamphlet, however a senior member cannot hold one of these grades unless s/he received a grade transfer from one of the Technical C/TSgt Sergeant branches of the military. (Example: An Air Force Staff Sergeant can Examples: Sergeant get a grade transfer to a CAP Senior Member Staff Sergeant.) C/CD = Cadet Deputy Commander C/CCMSgt = Cadet Command Chief Master Sergeant o The USAF Grades of Master Sergeant through Chief Master Sergeant Cadet Staff are shown both with and without a diamond in the middle of the Sqdn 3/CCF = Squadron 3 First Sergeant C/SSgt Sergeant Alpha/CC = Alpha Flight Commander Sergeant insignia. The insignias on the right are those with the diamonds, which denotes a first sergeant. Bravo/Sgt = Bravo Flight Sergeant C/DA = Cadet Administrative Officer The USAF Grade of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is a C/LG OIC = Cadet Logistics Officer-in-Charge Cadet Senior o DC = Communications Officer (SM, not Cadet) C/SrA Airman position held by one Chief Master Sergeant at a time, and the USAF Airman Grade of Command Chief Master Sergeant is a position held by one Chief Master Sergeant per wing or above (as the “first sergeant” for that **See CAPR 10-1, Change 1 to Attachment 6 for additional info** © C/Col John F. Reutemann III, CAP, C/CC