Rank: commissioned officers of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps

§ 741. Rank: commissioned officers of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps (a) The commissioned officers listed below rank among themselves as follows: Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps Navy and Coast Guard Lieutenant general Vice admiral. Major general Rear admiral entitled to pay of upper half. Brigadier general Rear admiral entitled to pay of lower half. Colonel Captain. Lieutenant colonel Commander. Major Lieutenant commander. Captain Lieutenant. First lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade). Second lieutenant Ensign. 34 (b) The rank, within each grade, among major generals of the Army, rear admirals entitled to the pay of the upper half of that grade in the Navy, major generals of the Air Force, and major generals of the Marine Corps, and among brigadier generals of the Army, rear admirals entitled to the pay of the lower half of that grade in the Navy, brigadier generals of the Air Force, and brigadier generals of the Marine Corps, is determined by their dates of rank. (c) A commissioned officer of the Army or the Air Force who is senior in rank to a commissioned officer of the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, as the case may be, is senior to a commissioned officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is junior to that officer.