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A 4 page paper that begins with an overview of the structure of the Army, including non-commissioned and commissioned officer ranks to demonstrate the hierarchy. The writer reports the Army's new logistics system which is so good, it have received awards. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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massively complex. The head of the Army is a civilian who is appointed by the President to the post of the United States Secretary of the Army (Canaday, 2006). This
person reports to another civilian, the Secretary of Defense, also appointed by the President (Canaday, 2006). The next in rank is the U.S. Army Chief of Staff who is most
often a four-star General; he or she reports to the President, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Defense (Canaday, 2006). At this upper echelon, there is also
the Command Sergeant Major of the Army, a non-commissioned officer, who reports to the Secretaries just mentioned (Canaday, 2006). The U.S. Army has a vertical hierarchical structure, which means that
each lower-ranked person reports to the next higher-ranked person. The lowest rank is a Private, also known as an E-1 or just a plain soldier (Canaday, 2006). The next rank
is a Private First Class, which is an E-3; then, the soldier will gain Specialist status, which is an E-4 (Canaday, 2006). The actual titles depend somewhat on which job
the individual is doing. For example, an E-4 in the Infantry is a Corporal and becomes a Sergeant when he or she is promoted to E-5. The highest non-commissioned officer
in the ranks is an E-8, a 1st Sergeant (Canaday, 2006). The commissioned officer ranks begin with a 2nd Lieutenant. It then moves up to First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant
colonel, colonel, Brigadier General (One star), Major General (two stars), Lieutenant General (3 stars), General (4 stars) and General of the Army (5 stars). The actual structure of the
Army changes somewhat dependent upon the division and the times. For example, in a war, the structure changes. The editors of How the Army runs, 25th Edition, state: "the ultimate
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