Isikhulu se-01 Isigaba seMpi
IsiKhulu esiPhezulu i-Rank
Kusukela ngaphambi kokuba i-United States ibe izwe ngokusemthethweni, uGenerali wethu wokuqala uGeorge Washington wabona isidingo sokuba nezinhlu kanye nobuqili obubonakalayo bokuhlukanisa izikhulu ezivela kubhalisiwe ngoba kwakungenayo ifomifomu. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, izinhlu zezigaba zifake lezi zimpawu njengezimpaphe, amasondo, imivimbo nemifino yokubonisa. Ngisho nokuphatha izikhali ezahlukene kubonise isikhundla. Amabheji wezinga agqoke ngezigqoko, emahlombe naseceleni kwesiqhwa nesifuba.
Ibutho lempi laseMelika lathintsha iningi lezinhlamvu zalo ezivela eBrithani. Ngaphambi kweMpi Yezivunguvungu, abaseMelika bavotela izingubo zempi ezisekelwe emthweni waseBrithani. Abasolwandle balandela isibonelo sezindiza eziphumelela kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi - iRoyal Navy.
Ngakho-ke, i-Army Continental yayinezimfihlo, ama-sergeants, ama-lieutenants, izinduna, amakholoni, izikhulu.
Amagatsha amathathu ensizakalo abelana ngezilinganiso ezifanayo ngamagama nezinsizwa yi-Army, Air Force, ne-Marine Corps. Ama-Rank, isihloko, nama-collar afana nalawa magatsha. Noma kunjalo, i-Navy ingabelana ngamadivayisi afanayo wekholomu yesistimu yabo yesimo.
I-Army, Air Force, kanye ne-USMC Officer Ranks
O-1: uLieutenant wesibili (2 uLt)
O-2: uLieutenant wokuqala (1st Lt)
O-3: uCaptain (Capt)
O-4: Omkhulu (Maj)
O-5: uLieutenant Colonel (uLt Col)
O-6: Colonel (Col)
O-7: UBrigadier General (uBrig Gen)
O-8: Omkhulu Jikelele (Maj Gen)
O-9: uLieutenant General (uLt Gen)
O-10: Okujwayelekile (Gen)
O-11: Jikelele Wezempi - Ngesikhathi sempi, uMongameli angamisa i-General of the Army (5 Star). Izigaba eziyisihlanu zokuqala zi-Generals ziye zaba:
• UGeorge Marshall
• UDouglas MacArthur
• UDwight D. Eisenhower
• UHenry H. Arnold
• U-Omar Bradley
Indlela Yokuba Isikhulu Esikhulu
Ukuba isikhulu sekuguqukile eminyakeni edlule. Kunezinhlelo eziningi zezinsizakalo kunomuntu ohlala emphakathini noma obhalisiwe angahlanganyela ekuba yisikhulu. Kunezinhlelo ezifana ne-Seaman kuya ku-Admiral Programme ku-Navy noma i-Airman Education and Commissioning Program (AECP) lapho uMbutho Wezempi Nama-Air uzonikeza abafundi abafundi ekolishi (ngenkathi bebhalisiwe) futhi bathole ukukhokha kanye nokufundiswa, igumbi kanye nebhodi. Kumele ube ngumklomelo ohlukile njengoba lezi zinhlelo zincintisana kakhulu. Ezinye izindlela zokuba yisiphathimandla zihamba ngezinhlelo ezintathu eziyinhloko ze-officer:
I-ROTC - Isikhulu se-Reserve Corp Training Corps - Izinhlelo ze-ROTC zinamathele emakolishi futhi ngokuvamile zinamasebe akhethiwe ezinsizakalo ezimelelwe. Amanye amakolishi ayenamagatsha atholakalayo. Kumele ukhethwe ekolishi kuqala futhi uma uqeqeshiwe kakhulu impi izokhokhela ikolishi lakho ngenkathi ufunda ukuthi ungayilungu lezempi phakathi neminyaka yakho emine ohlelweni.
I-Service Academy - I-Air Force Academy, i-Naval Academy (i-Navy ne-USMC), i-Military Academy (i-Army), i-Academy ye-Coast Guard, kanye ne-Merchant Marine Academy (ukukhetha inkonzo yamasosha) ilungiselela izinsizwa nezinsizwa ukukhonza empini uhlelo lwekholeji lweminyaka emine olufundela mahhala, igumbi, kanye nebhodi.
I-OCS - Isikole Sokubamba Isikhulu Kungaba yilabo abahlali kanye namalungu abhalisiwe ngamakhodi ekolishi. Ngokuya ngegatsha lenkonzo, i-OCS ngokuvamile iviki eli-14-16 lokuqeqeshwa okujulile - kokubili ngokomzimba, efundeni, nangokweqhinga.
Uhlu olungenhla luyizindlela eziyinhloko zokuba yisikhulu empi. Abaningi baya emiphakathini ye-ROTC ukuze balungiselele izindima zokuhola emisebenzini yezempi. Abanye baya eSikoleni Sezemisebenzi (iWest Point, i-Naval Academy, i-Air Force Academy, i-Academy Guard Coast, ne-Merchant Marine Academy) kanye nokuya eSikoleni Sokuzikhethela Isikhulu . Kodwa-ke, kunezinhlelo ezincane ezinjenge-Limited Duty Officer ye-Navy kanye nezinhlelo zeWarrant Officer zokubhalisa ukuze zithuthukise imisebenzi yazo.
Isikhulu se-Navy ne-Coast Guard
Amanani e-United States Navy afana namanye amasevisi kuphela kumadivayisi wekholomu. Amapulangwe amahlombe kanye nemikhono yokusebenzisa imishayo ibonisa izinhlu ezihlukene ngaphakathi kweNavy and Coast Guard.
Ngezansi yiNavy Officer kanye neGold Coast Officer Izigaba ezibalwe ukusuka eziphansi kuya eziphezulu:
O-1: Isigoli (ENS)
O-2: uLieutenant Junior Grade (LTjg)
O-3: uLieutenant (LT)
O-4: uLieutenant Commander (LCDR)
O-5: Umlawuli (CDR)
O-6: uCaptain (CAPT)
O-7: I-Admiral yangemuva (isigamu esingaphansi se-RADM)
O-8: I-Admiral yangemuva (isigamu esiphezulu se-RADM)
O-9: i-Vice Admiral (VADM)
O-10: i-Admiral (i-ADM)
O-11: I-Fleet Admiral (i-FLT ADM) - Ngezikhathi zempi, uMongameli uzoqoka i-Fleet Admiral kanye nenkanyezi yesihlanu embukisweni ofanelekayo wokuphatha yonke imisebenzi ye-Naval empini. I-Fleet Admirals phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yombili yayiyi:
- UWilliam D. Leahy
- U-Ernest J. King
- UChester W. Nimitz
- UWilliam F. Halsey, Jr.
03 Ukuqeqeshwa Kwezempi
UCadet Greg Zielinski, ilungu eliphakeme lesigaba esiphakeme ngo-2005, unikeza umphathi weWest Point, inkanyezi ezintathu uGeneral William Lennox, umhlangano ongenayo impromptu phakathi nemincintiswano yaseSandhurst. Abafundi abangaphezu kuka-70% bazobe behola amabutho empini phakathi nonyaka. (Isithombe ngu-Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis nge-Getty Images)