Editorial and corrections policy

Recruits, families, veterans, students and writers read these pages to know what a rank is called, what it looks like and what it pays. A wrong title or a wrong rate misleads, so every figure points back to the official page it was read on, with the day it was read.

Who is responsible

Radif Partners, reachable at contact@militaryranksus.com.

What we read

• the Department of War rank chart for titles, abbreviations, insignia and the notes that go with them;
• the services' own sites, such as army.mil for descriptions, unit sizes and promotion minimums, and af.mil for Air Force warrant officers;
• the DFAS basic pay tables and their notes;
• Title 37 of the United States Code, and Congressional Research Service reports for the history and the pending raise;
• congress.gov for the status of each bill.

Sources we refuse

Forums, recruiting brochures, unofficial rank charts and news stories never supply a fact here, even when they are right; they can only point us to the page to read. When an official page is out of date or silent, as the rank chart is on Air Force warrant officers, the page says so instead of filling the gap.

Future figures

A pay rate is published only once DFAS has published its table. Before that, a figure for the next year is labeled an estimate and names the proposal it comes from; it is never shown as the rate in force.

Review cycle

We re-read the sources when DFAS publishes new tables, when Congress acts on the raise, when the chart changes, and at least every quarter.

Corrections

1. We open the official page again.
2. We correct the data file and its reading date, and add a test when a calculation is involved.
3. The site rebuilds and every page shows the new date.

Independence

No department, service, recruiting command, bank, insurer or advocacy group pays for or reviews what is published here. See also the method page. Version of November 1, 2026.