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I'm a bit annoyed at the massive amounts of rank insignia images on Halo Fanon taken directly from Wikipedia, and i'm sure others might be as well. Considering a large number of the site are military enthusiasts, it's obvious that a large number of us love to use military insignia from the American, British, and Canadian militaries. However, there are dozens and dozens of the same exact rank insignia on this wiki and it just gets worse as time progresses.

If you remember from a couple months back when I was making a "promotion infobox" for my Carter-A259, you'll have likely noticed that the recent changes and the new files page were filled with dozens of high-resolution insignias. This included rank insignia images from the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps in stunning quality and over 2000px in size. Now i've decided to add the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard insignias for those who think those are still necessary branches. Enjoy!

Also, if you find better versions of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard enlisted ranks, please feel free to add them to this database.

Love,
Grizzlei ♥ ツ

(NOTE: Any rank insignia missing and filled with "N/A" designates that a particular rank has not been used by a particular branch, or hasn't been used in awhile.)
(NOTE: Commodore was a rank used by the United States Navy until the end of World War II, then revived in 1982 and removed shortly after. It may be used as an alternate to Rear Admiral (Lower Half) without being a breach of canon.)
(NOTE: There is no corresponding O-11 (five-star officer) and above rank for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard. In addition, there has not been an O-12 rank used by the U.S. Air Force.)

Insignia	Rank	Grade	Navy	Coast Guard
	Second Lieutenant (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Ensign (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-1
	First Lieutenant (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Lieutenant Junior Grade (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-2
	Captain (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Lieutenant (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-3
	Major (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Lieutenant Commander (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-4
	Lieutenant Colonel (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Commander (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-5
	Colonel (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Captain (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-6
	Brigadier General (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Rear Admiral (Lower Half) (Navy and Coast Guard) (alt.) Commodore Admiral (Navy)	O-7
	Major General (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Rear Admiral (Upper Half) (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-8
	Lieutenant General (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Vice Admiral (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-9
	General (Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force) Admiral (Navy and Coast Guard)	O-10
	General of the Army (Army) Fleet Admiral (Navy) General of the Air Force (Air Force)	O-11		N/A
	General of the Armies (Army) Admiral of the Navy (Navy)	O-12		N/A

(NOTE: Any rank insignia missing and filled with "N/A" designates that a particular rank has not been used by a particular branch, or hasn't been used in awhile.)
(NOTE: The "Warrant Officer One" rank has not been used by the United States Navy or Coast Guard since 1975.)
(NOTE: While the "Chief Warrant Officer Five" rank has authorized for use in the U.S. Coast Guard, no insignia has been created and no personnel have been promoted to it.)
(NOTE: The U.S. Air Force ceased to promote officers to the Warrant Officer grades in 1959. Since the last active warrant officer retired in 1992, the W-1 through W-5 ranks, though authorized, have not been in use.)

Rank	Grade	Army	Marines	Air Force	Navy	Coast Guard
Warrant Officer One	W-1
Chief Warrant Officer Two	W-2
Chief Warrant Officer Three	W-3
Chief Warrant Officer Four	W-4
Chief Warrant Officer Five	W-5					N/A

Insignia	Rank	Grade
	Private	E-1
	Private Grade 2	E-2
	Private First Class	E-3
	(From top to bottom) Specialist Corporal	E-4
	Sergeant	E-5
	Staff Sergeant	E-6
	Sergeant First Class	E-7
	(From top to bottom) Master Sergeant First Sergeant	E-8
	(From top to bottom) Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Sergeant Major of the Army	E-9

Insignia	Rank	Grade
	Crewman Recruit	E-1
	Crewman Apprentice	E-2
	Crewman	E-3
	Petty Officer Third Class	E-4
	Petty Officer Second Class	E-5
	Petty Officer First Class	E-6
	Chief Petty Officer	E-7
	Senior Chief Petty Officer	E-8
	(From top to bottom) Master Chief Petty Officer Fleet/Force Master Chief Petty Officer Command Master Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy	E-9

Insignia	Rank	Grade
	Private	E-1
	Private First Class	E-2
	Lance Corporal	E-3
	Corporal	E-4
	Sergeant	E-5
	Staff Sergeant	E-6
	Gunnery Sergeant	E-7
	(From top to bottom) Master Sergeant First Sergeant	E-8
	(From top to bottom) Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps	E-9

Insignia	Rank	Grade
	Airman Basic	E-1
	Airman	E-2
	Airman First Class	E-3
	Senior Airman	E-4
	Staff Sergeant	E-5
	Technical Sergeant	E-6
	First Sergeant (E-7) Master Sergeant	E-7
	(From top to bottom) First Sergeant (E-8) Senior Master Sergeant	E-8
	(From top to bottom) First Sergeant (E-9) Chief Master Sergeant Command Chief Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force	E-9

Insignia	Rank	Grade
	Crewman Recruit	E-1
	Crewman Apprentice	E-2
	Crewman	E-3
	Petty Officer Third Class	E-4
	Petty Officer Second Class	E-5
	Petty Officer First Class	E-6
	Chief Petty Officer	E-7
	Senior Chief Petty Officer	E-8
	(From top to bottom) Master Chief Petty Officer Command Master Chief Petty Officer Area Command Master Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard	E-9

Comments

Please keep your comments civil, short (five-word minimum), to the point, and good. Thank you!

Grizzlei — You Are What You Dare
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Just as a head's up, i'll be doing the Warrant Officer and Enlisted sections either later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Maslab — _{I am assuming direct control.}^{I am the harbinger of your destiny.}_{Preserve <insert name here>'s body if possible.}^{Releasing control.}
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This is going straight in to my bookmarks.

Spartan-091 — Senior Bureaucrat Orpheus 10/105 M56S
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You deserve a medal.

Camp Froman — Assassin - Technician - Lone Wolf - Demolition - Hacker - Rookie
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Good job!

We'll most definitely move this to a proper project page. "HaloFanon:Rank-Insignia Database", anyone?- 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 03:00, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

Another Poetic Spartan — "I live for service. How about you?"
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Agreed

Bravo Zulu, Nat! Well done!FightWithHonor ^{Contact me} 03:20, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

Jolly good show, but I've been using "Halo-fied" versions of Royal Air Force ranks for my version of the UNSCAF, and intend to use similar insignia . This isn't a problem, is it?--The All-knowing Sith'ari 20:25, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

Lordofmonsterisland — There are... no strings... on me...
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Beautiful job Nat! Five stars!... however, at the risk of sounding somewhat unappreciative, is that all the insignia? I thought there were more ranks with insignia?

Grizzlei — You Are What You Dare
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Thanks LOMI, but no it's not yet complete. I still have to do the enlisted rank insignia tables for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard...with every pay grade variation and title. Should be fun.

Lordofmonsterisland — There are... no strings... on me...
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Just wanted to make sure I wasn't imagining things. Good luck Tony; you'll probably need it

This annoys me just a bit: Why would the UNSC use the Great Seal of the United States on its rank insignias when it's a multinational force? Isn't it more likely that they'd use the UNSC Phoenix?--The All-knowing Sith'ari 16:36, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

Grizzlei — You Are What You Dare
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Because the U.S. Armed Forces has style, why shouldn't the UNSC Defense Forces emulate them? :)

What?! Have you not seen the British Army's parade dress?! :-)--The All-knowing Sith'ari 19:40, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

Raven's wing — "I'm fine with being a demon... I'll just use my hellish tools to get you to listen!"
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Except we know that the UNSC uses its own Eagle at least on the Navy Enlisted insignia - see the insignia taped to the Voi memorial next to the "117" engraving.

Grizzlei — You Are What You Dare
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Raven's wing — "I'm fine with being a demon... I'll just use my hellish tools to get you to listen!"
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Then again you already made up insignia for Airman Basic and both Privates, so... (Ranks which in the real world US Military have no insignia)

Grizzlei — You Are What You Dare
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...are you smart mouthing me, boy? Huh? HUH!?

Alternative set of UNSC Navy Enlisted Insignias

Sev40 - Zealot • Patriot • Daredevil
TALK - 11:05, Saturday, November 11, 2020

G'day guys. I've created an alternative set of the Navy Enlisted ranks, which replaces the US eagle with the UNSC logo instead. You can find those here.

EDIT: I've also added a couple of adapted UNSC Army Enlisted insignias too.