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Ranks & Insignia

Enlisted Soldier

PRIVATE (PV/PV2)

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC)

SPECIALIST (SPC)

CORPORAL (CPL)

SERGEANT (SGT)

STAFF SERGEANT (SSG)

SERGEANT FIRST CLASS (SFC)

MASTER SERGEANT (MSG)

FIRST SERGEANT (1SG)

SERGEANT MAJOR (SGM)

COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR (CSM)

SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY

Warrant Officer

WARRANT OFFICER 1 (WO1)

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 (CW2)

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 3 (CW3)

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 4 (CW4)

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 5 (CW5)

Officer

SECOND LIEUTENANT (2LT)

FIRST LIEUTENANT (1LT)

CAPTAIN (CPT)

MAJOR (MAJ)

LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LTC)

COLONEL (COL)

BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG)

MAJOR GENERAL (MG)

LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LTG)

GENERAL (GEN)

GENERAL OF THE ARMY (GOA)

American Airlines Flight 11 :-

Life Goes On : 9/11!

Under Attack

Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175, which departed from Boston en route for Los Angeles, is shown in a flight path for the South Tower of the World Trade Towers Sept, 11, 2001. The North Tower burns after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the tower at 8:45 a.m.

Crashed: 08:48 EDT into north tower of World Trade Center.

Killed: 92, including nine flight attendants and both pilots, plus many others in the tower. The Boeing 767 from Boston to Los Angeles, departed from Boston's Logan airport at 08:02 EDT. It hit the north tower between the 95th and the 103rd floor.

Hijackers: The men who took over the plane are thought to have been armed with knives. Their leader has been identified by the FBI as Mohammad Atta, who had a United Arab Emirates passport and underwent flight training with a number of the suspected hijackers. His suitcase, found at Logan airport, contained a video on flying airliners, a fuel consumption calculator and a copy of the Koran. Other suspected hijackers have been named as: Waleed M Alshehri, and Wail Alshehri, possibly brothers; Abdulaziz Alomari; and Satam Al Suqami. The FBI is investigating whether the hijackers could have been using false identification.

On board: When the hijackers took over the aircraft one of the crew managed to hit a control that allows air traffic controllers to hear the cockpit conversation. "Don't do anything foolish. You are not going to get hurt. We have more planes. We have other planes," a hijacker was heard to say at 08:28. More...