Structure
NCO ranks
Corporal
NCO ranks · Cpl · E-4
Corporal
Statistics How often it is reached, how long it takes, and who has held it.
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Held it
- 85
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Typical time to reach
- 6 months
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Promoted in a year
- 12
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Still serving
- 46%
Over time
Promoted to Corporal each year
- 9 2019, 9 promoted
- 26 2020, 26 promoted
- 19 2021, 19 promoted
- 14 2022, 14 promoted
- 7 2023, 7 promoted
- 1 2024, 1 promoted
- 12 2025, 12 promoted
- 6 2026, 6 promoted
Time to reach it
Months from joining to Corporal
Half have 6 mo or less
Who they are
Everyone who has held it, three ways
- 14% Private First Class 12 members
- 13% Corporal 11 members
- 12% Specialist 3rd Class 10 members
- 9% Specialist 2nd Class 8 members
- 52% Other ranks
- 40% Regular 34 members
- 33% Retired 28 members
- 18% Discharged 15 members
- 6% Reserves 5 members
- 4% Other statuses
- 42% United Kingdom 36 members
- 12% United States 10 members
- 5% Netherlands 4 members
- 5% Germany 4 members
- 36% Other nations