Military Ranks

This is a list of known ranks in the 21st century United States Armed Forces before the Great War, as well as in military organization descended from them - the Enclave Armed Forces.

Pre-war
Known pre-war US Armed Forces ranks were:
 * Private
 * PVT Dobbs and PVT Callow, both stored at the Sierra Army Depot,
 * Corporal
 * CPL. Dixon, serving at the Sierra Army Depot in 2077,
 * CPL. Armstrong the Great Midwest Commonwealth 4th or 13th Armored Infantry Division soldier in 2077 ,
 * CPL. Ben Shilling, serving at the Mariposa Military Base in 2077 ,
 * Sergeant
 * SGT. Platner, serving at the Mariposa Military Base in 2077 and SGT. Dennis Allen (in year 2134, 57 years after the War, Brotherhood of Steel member in fact),
 * SGT. Benjamin Montgomery, who follows you throughout the Operation Anchorage simulation.
 * Lieutenant
 * LT. Morgan, serving in Anchorage, Alaska.
 * Captain
 * CPT. Roger Maxson, serial number 072389, serving at the Mariposa Military Base in 2077 as security guard (MP) there, an active commanding officer there following the untimely death of Colonel Robert Spindel,
 * CPT. John Bloch, Blackfoot tribe founder ,
 * Major
 * MAJ. Barnett, in charge at the West Tech facility ,
 * Colonel
 * COL. Robert Spindel, CO of the security squad at the Mariposa Military Base,
 * COL. Green, the head of security and operations at the Los Alamos Nuclear Testing Facility ,
 * COL. Hartigan, Astronaut on Mothership Zeta.
 * General
 * GEN. Clifton, in charge at the Sierra Army Depot in 2077,
 * GEN. Constantine Chase, in charge of Liberty Prime and Operation Anchorage.
 * GEN. Martin Retslaf. In charge of the Hopeville Missile Base.

Enclave
Main article: Enclave Armed Forces

The Enclave of the United States of America was the legal continuation of the pre-war USA. Its Armed Forces ranks were:
 * Private: also: Troop, Soldier, Guard. Guards at Camp Navarro were called soldiers by senior staff. It included Private First Class rank also - described as pfc-tech, grade X, a soldier in a duty uniform in Navarro.
 * Sergeant :
 * Sgt. Bracks - in charge at the Enclave Patrolmen checkpoint 3 in Mariposa Military Base, K.I.A. there,
 * Sgt. Dornan - drill Sergeant at Camp Navarro, the only sergeant encountered there, had some insignia on the breastplate, like other military personnel there,
 * Sgt. Granite - leader of the Enclave Control Company squad, had Sergeant's chevrons on his shoulder,
 * some Sergeants on the oil rig: guards were floating "nothing to report Sarge", dr. Curling was going to complain to some Sergeant
 * Lieutenant - the only known example was Lt. Williamson.
 * Captain - the only known example was Cap. Pickard, in charge at the Enclave Patrolmen checkpoint 1 in Mariposa Military Base, K.I.A. there; the highest rank known the Enclave Patrolman also.
 * Lieutenant Colonel - the only known example was Lt. Col. dr. Charles Curling, head of the United States Chemical Corps, reporting to the Cabinet.
 * Colonel:
 * Col. Sanders, CO for Mariposa Military Base excavation, the highest rank known officer, the highest rank known officer present on the field also, subordinated to the CHQ then ,
 * Col. Autumn, acting commander of Enclave forces after destruction of the oil rig.
 * General.

There were also 2 billets at Camp Navarro with undefined rank:
 * the Base Commander, the superior officer there, a long-serving soldier ,
 * the Quartermaster.