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Rank comparison chart of officers for armies/land forces of Anglophone states.

Officers[]

Rank group General/flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
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No equivalent
Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel
Major Captain First
Lieutenant
Second
Lieutenant
Officer
Cadet


Australia Australia
(Edit)
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet Staff cadet


The Bahamas Bahamas No army


Barbados Barbados
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No equivalent
Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Belize Belize
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No equivalent
Major-General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Major-General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Botswana Botswana
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No equivalent
Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain 1st Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Brunei Brunei
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Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Burundi Burundi
(Edit)
No equivalent
Unknown
Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine-Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant


Cameroon Cameroon
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No equivalent Unknown
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant


Canada Canada
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No Equivalent No Equivalent
General Lieutenant-General Major-General Brigadier-General Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Général Lieutenant-général Major-général Brigadier-général Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant Élève-officier
Dominica Dominica No army
Officers
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Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Fiji Fiji
(Edit)
No equivalent
Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


The Gambia Gambia
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No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant


Ghana Ghana
(Edit)
Unknown
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant


Grenada Grenada No army


Guyana Guyana
(Edit)
Field Marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Ensign Officer Cadet


India India
(Edit)
Field
Marshal
General Lieutenant
General
Major
General
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel
Major Captain Lieutenant Officer Cadet

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Jamaica Jamaica
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No equivalent
Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Kenya Kenya
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant


Kiribati Kiribati No army


Lesotho Lesotho
(Edit)
Unknown
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant


Liberia Liberia
(Edit)
Unknown
General of the Army General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant


Malawi Malawi
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No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant


Malta Malta
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No equivalent
No equivalent
Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant


Marshall Islands Marshall Islands No army


Mauritius Mauritius No army


Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia No army


Namibia Namibia
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant


Nauru Nauru No army


New Zealand New Zealand
(Edit)
Field marshal
Field marshal
No equivalent Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Various
Field marshal Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


Nigeria Nigeria
(Edit)
Unknown
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant


Pakistan Pakistan
(Edit)
Unknown
Field marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant


Palau Palau No army


Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Edit)
No equivalent
Major
General
Brigadier
General
Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel
Major Captain First
Lieutenant
Second
Lieutenant
Officer Cadet


Philippines Philippines
(Edit)
No Equivalent General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General
Colonel
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Commandant
Commandant
Lieutenant Commandant
Lieutenant Commandant
First Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Sub-Lieutenant
Sub-Lieutenant
Unknown
No Equivalent Heneral Tenyente Heneral Magat Heneral Brigadyer Heneral Lakan Kalakan Magat Kamagat Pulimagat Himagat Unknown


Rwanda Rwanda
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No equivalent Unknown
Général Lieutenant général Général-major Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant


Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis
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No equivalent
Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Saint Lucia Saint Lucia No army


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No army


Samoa Samoa No army


Seychelles Seychelles
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No equivalent
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain 1st Lieutenant Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant


Singapore Singapore
(Edit)
No equivalent Insignia not known
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Professional Term Service Term Officer Cadet


Solomon Islands Solomon Islands No army


South Africa South Africa
(Edit)
No equivalent
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant Candidate officer


South Sudan South Sudan
(Edit)
Unknown
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant


Sudan Sudan
(Edit)
Unknown
Mushir Fariq awwal
(فريق أول)
Fariq
(فريق‎‎)
Liwaa'
(لواء‎‎)
'amid
(عميد)
'aqid
(عقيد)
Moqaddim
(مقدم)
Ra'id
(رائد‎‎)
Naqib
(نقيب)
Molazim awwal
(ملازم أول)
Molazim thani
(ملازم)


Tanzania Tanzania
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No equivalent
General
Jenerali
Lieutenant General
Luteni Jenerali
Major General
Meja Jenerali
Brigadier
Brigedia
Colonel
Kanali
Lieutenant Colonel
Luteni Kanali
Major
Meja
Captain
Kapteni
Lieutenant
Luteni wa Kwanza
2nd lieutenant
Luteni wa Pili
Officer candidate


Tonga Tonga
(Edit)
No equivalent
Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
(Edit)
No equivalent
Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain 1st Lieutenant Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Tuvalu Tuvalu No army


Uganda Uganda
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant


United Kingdom United Kingdom
(Edit)
Field Marshal
Field Marshal
General
General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Major-General
Major-General
Brigadier
Brigadier
Colonel
Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Major
Captain
Captain
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Officer Cadet
Officer Cadet
Not Found
Field Marshal1 General Lieutenant-General Major-General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
United States United States
(Edit)
General of the Army
General of the Army
General
General
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Major General
Major General
Brigadier General
Brigadier General
Colonel
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Major
Captain
Captain
First Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Various Various
General of the Army1 General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Candidate Officer Cadet


Vanuatu Vanuatu
(Edit)
No equivalent
Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain 1st Lieutenant Lieutenant Officer Cadet


Zambia Zambia
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant


Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant


Rank group General/flag officers Senior officers Junior officers

References[]

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