Trades and Specialties
In 1920, the Army rank and pay system received a major overhaul. All enlisted and non-commissioned ranks were reduced from 128 different insignias and several pay grades to only 7 rank insignias and 7 pay grades, which were numbered in seniority from 7th Grade (lowest) to 1st Grade (highest). The 2nd grade had two rank titles: first sergeant, which was three stripes, two rockers, and a lozenge (diamond) in the middle; and technical sergeant, which was three stripes and two rockers. By WWII, the rank of first sergeant had been elevated to 1st Grade and a third rocker was added, with the lozenge in the center to distinguish it from master sergeant. The wearing of Specialist badges inset in rank insignia was abolished, and a generic system of chevrons and arcs replaced them.
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