The Worst Rank In The Army. #shorts#army

[nathanreichwein]

As a Marine, a soldier friend of mine explained that Specialists are overpaid privates and Corporals are underpaid NCOs

[HisDudeness]

I was a Corporal and I hated it. I also realized people’s true colors when I got the rank, too. NCOs loved giving me the shit details and shitty soldiers to be in charge of, and some of (whom I thought were) my friends quickly had issues with authority. Fortunately for me, I made Sergeant and PCSd to a better unit.

[gabrielcarrillo]

That was my last rank. You get all the responsibility of a Sargent with no respect. Like the Rodney Dangerfield of your platoon.

[davidm.]

Was my favorite rank in the Marines. Got to do a lot of the fun stuff, passed off a lot of the BS to my Lance Criminals and PFC's. All the fun stuff disappeared at Sgt.

[armynationBVP]

Was promoted in the US Army as a Corporal after Airborne School. Lots of responsibilities. Led two Soldiers during Hurricane Andrews in Helmsted, FL. Felt really GREAT assisting and protecting civilians in the areas.

[tainopride]

I used to be a corporal, then my alarm went off. What a nightmare 😟🥹

[mexicool]

Skipped corporal went to sergeant then after sergeant went to second lieutenant!!!

[brianpartlow]

As an NCO I treated corporals like fellow NCO's. When I was lower enlisted, I laughed at them. They got bullshit pay for more responsibility.

[shawnr]

There were two kinds of Corporals in the 1980s.

One was a Department of the Army Corporal.
The orders were issued by the DA for promotion. The rank would stay with the soldier during a duty change.

The other was a temporary promotion of an E4 who was in a Team Leader slot for more than 60 days.
The Battalion commander had promotion authority
The moment the soldier was moved to a non leadership duty position, they reverted to a Specialist.

Either way glad a I went straight from E4 Specialist to E5.

Corporals because they technically "leaders" cant hang out with their buddies or the can get fraternization charges.
And Sergeants dont want them around.

I agree worst rank to be in the Army.

[Crustymarine]

50 years ago, being promoted to Corporal was sort of a milestone in the Marine Corps. It meant something.

[jesusthroughmary]

Corporal and Specialist are the same pay grade but a corporal absolutely outranks a specialist

[jolanderphilip]

As an infantrymen

It was an honor to wear those stripes

[bryaneagon]

The worst rank in the army is whatever rank you are.

[MicahMeyer]

It's the extra duty and responsibility rank, without the pay...

[jacobgeary]

Three days after getting pinned CPL I was placed as a section NCO in charge of 11 people, all of them my friends and all of them older than me. You talk about the most enjoyable and the most stressful job in the world. You get to be the leader to people you care about and take care of them but now you have to find that balance of “During work I’m not your friend, I’m your NCO.” Definitely had some long and stressful days. Thankfully I just made points for June.

[smokeydapot]

I'd always get a kick out of the semi-sarcastic respect I'd give to soldiers I knew who made CPL. I'd lock it up tighter talking to them then my 1stSGT and only ever address them as "corporal".

[sethjr]

My units chaplain is a major and I was a lcpl, he would always sit and eat with us during mess and pray for us, I’m not religious but best experience ever

[clonescope]

And not to mention the extra responsibilities come with no extra benefits such as maybe even like a 50 Cent pay increase.

[wintonhudelson]

New rank of Corporal-Captain....
I remember Pierce and Hunnicutt pulling that off.
LOL

[sheepleslayer]

So, they're "bi-situational" 🤣