The color was white (infantry), yellow (artillery), or blue (cavalry). In 1779, sergeants were authorized two silk epaulets, corporals one worsted to wear on the right shoulder. From May 1778, the newly created ranks of SNCOs (i.e., sergeants major, quartermaster sergeants, drum majors, and fife majors) wore a red epaulette on each shoulder. See also: Continental Army § Rank insigniaįrom the creation of the United States Army to 1821, non-commissioned officer (NCO) and staff non-commissioned officer (SNCO) rank was distinguished by the wearing of usually worsted epaulets.įrom 1775 to 1779, sergeants and corporals wore one epaulet on the right shoulder, corporals of green color, sergeants of red color.
Around the turn of the 20th century, point-up wear of chevrons returned and has remained so. The use of chevrons came into being in 1821, with the orientation changing over time from point-down to point-up and back again, to the point-down orientation seen in the American Civil War. Army enlisted rank was indicated by colored epaulets. A first sergeant can revert to master sergeant upon leaving assignment. ³ First sergeant is considered a temporary and lateral rank and is senior to master sergeant. This is a holdover from when there were additional specialist ranks at pay grades E-5 to E-7. ² SP4 is sometimes encountered as an abbreviation for specialist instead of SPC. ¹ PVT is also used as an abbreviation for both private ranks when pay grade need not be distinguished.
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