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Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Asia

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Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.

Enlisted[]

Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Afghanistan Afghanistan No navy


Armenia Armenia No navy


Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Baş miçman Miçman Kiçik miçman Birinci starşina Ikinci starşina Üçüncü starşina Baş dәnizçi Dәnizçi
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer 1st Class Petty Officer 2nd Class Petty Officer 3rd Class Seaman 1st Class Seaman


Bahrain Bahrain
(Edit) 		No equivalent
 No equivalent No equivalent
Master Sergeant
رقیب اول 		Sergeant
رقیب 		Corporal
عریف 		Lance Corporal
جندی اول


Bangladesh Bangladesh
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia No equivalent No insignia
Master Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman


Bhutan Bhutan No navy


Brunei Brunei
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Navy Sergeant Major Warrant Officer 1st Class Warrant Officer 2nd Class Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


Cambodia Cambodia
(Edit)
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Junior Warrant Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer 1st Class Petty Officer 2nd Class Petty Officer 3rd Class Seaman 1st Class Seaman


China People's Republic of China
(Edit) 		No Equivalent
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
(海军一级军士长) 		Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
(海军二级军士长) 		Chief Petty Officer 3rd Class
(海军三级军士长) 		Chief Petty Officer 4th Class
(海军四级军士长) 		Petty Officer First Class
(海军上士) 		Petty Officer Second Class
(海军中士) 		Petty Officer Third Class
(海军下士) 		Seaman
(海军上等兵) 		Seaman Apprentice
(水兵)


 Taiwan Navy[1]
[]
一等士官長
Yīděng shìguānzhǎng 		二等士官長
Èrděng shìguānzhǎng 		三等士官長
Sānděng shìguānzhǎng 		上士
Shàngshì 		中士
Zhōngshì 		下士
Xiàshì 		上等兵
Shàngděngbīng 		一等兵
Yīděngbīng 		二等兵
Èrděngbīng
India India
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent
 No insignia
Master Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Master Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer Leading Seaman Ordinary Seaman


Indonesia Indonesia
(Edit)
Pembantu Letnan Satu Pembantu Letnan Dua Sersan Mayor Sersan Kepala Sersan Satu Sersan Dua Kopral Kepala Kopral Satu Kopral Dua Kelasi Kepala Kelasi Satu Kelasi Dua
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Master Chief Petty Officer First Class Master Chief Petty Officer Second Class Senior Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer Third Class Seaman Seaman Apprentice Seaman recruit


Iran Iran
(Edit)
Nāvostovār Yekom Nāvostovār Dovom Mahnāvi Yekom Mahnāvi Dovom Mahnāvi Sevom Sarnāvi Nāvi Yekom Nāvi Dovom Nāvi
ناواستوار یکم ناواستوار دوم مهناوی یکم مهناوی دوم مهناوی سوم سرناوی ناوی یکم ناوی دوم ناوی
Master Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer Third Class Seaman Seaman Apprentice Seaman Recruit


Iraq Iraq
(Edit) 		No equivalent
No equivalent
رقيب أول (Rayiys eurafa) رقيب (Arif) نائب عريف (Nāyīb arīf) جندي أول (Jundi 'Awwal) جندى (Jundi)
Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Able Seaman Seaman


Israel Israel
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia No equivalent
Chief warrant officer
(רב-נגד (רנ"ג 		Command Sergeant Major
(רב-סמל בכיר (רס"ב 		Sergeant Major
(רב-סמל מתקדם (רס"מ 		Master Sergeant
(רב-סמל ראשון (רס"ר 		Sergeant First Class
(רב-סמל (רס"ל 		Staff Sergeant
(סמל ראשון (סמ"ר 		Sergeant
סמל 		Corporal
(רב טוראי (רב"ט 		Private
טוראי


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
 Japan Navy[2]
[]
海曹長
Kaisōchō 		1等海曹
Ittō kaisō 		2等海曹
Nitō kaisō 		3等海曹
Santō kaisō 		海士長
Kaishichō 		1等海士
Ittō kaishi 		2等海士
Nitō kaishi 		自衛官候補生
Jieikan kōhosei
Jordan Jordan
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Agent First Class
وکیل اول 		Agent
وکیل 		Sergeant First Class
رقیب اول 		Sergeant
رقیب 		Corporal
عریف 		Private 1st Class
وکیل عریف 		Private
جندي‎‎


Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Master Sergeant
Шебер-сержант 		Staff Sergeant
Штаб-сержант 		Petty officer first class
Бiрiншi сыныпты старшина 		Petty officer second class
Екiншi сыныпты старшина 		Petty officer third class
Үшiншi сыныпты старшина 		Senior Sergeant
Бас старшина 		First class sergeant
Бiрiншi сатылы старшина 		Second class sergeant
Екiншi сатылы старшина 		Senior seaman
Аға матрос 		Seaman
Матрос


 Korean People's Navy[3]
[]
특무상사
T'ŭkmu-sangsa 		상사
Sangsa 		중사
Chungsa 		하사
Hasa 		상급병사
Sanggŭp-pyŏngsa 		중급병사
Chungŭp-pyŏngsa 		하급병사
Hagŭp-pyŏngsa 		전사
Chŏnsa
 South Korea Navy[4]
[]
원사
Wonsa 		상사
Sangsa 		중사
Jungsa 		하사
Hasa 		병장
Byeongjang 		상등병
Sangdeungbyeong 		일등병
Ildeungbyeong 		이등병
Ideungbyeong
Kuwait Kuwait
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent
Chief Warrant Officer
وکیل اول 		Warrant Officer
وکیل 		Chief petty officer
رقیب اول 		Petty officer
رقیب 		Leading seaman
عریف 		Seaman
وکیل عریف


Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan No navy


Laos Laos No navy


Malaysia Malaysia
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Pegawai Waren I
Warrant Officer Class 1 		Pegawai Waren II
Warrant Officer Class 2 		Bintara Kanan
Chief Petty Officer 		Bintara Muda
Petty Officer 		Laskar Kanan
Leading Seaman 		Laskar Kelas I
Able seaman 		Laskar Kelas II
Ordinary Seaman 		Laskar Muda
Seaman 		Perajurit Muda
Seaman recruit


Mongolia Mongolia No navy


Myanmar Myanmar
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Chief Petty Officer
အရာခံဗိုလ် 		Senior Chief Petty Officer
ဒုအရာခံဗိုလ် 		Chief Petty Officer
တပ်ခွဲတပ်ကြပ်ကြီး 		Petty Officer
တပ်ကြပ်ကြီး 		Senior Leading
တပ်ကြပ် 		Leading
ဒုတပ်ကြပ် 		Able Body


Nepal Nepal No navy


Oman Oman
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent
Warrant Officer Class I Warrant Officer Class II Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer Leading Seaman Able Seaman


Pakistan Pakistan
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Chief Petty Officer Fleet Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer Leading Seaman Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman


 Philippine Navy[5]
[]
Master chief petty officer Senior chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer, first class Petty officer, second class Petty officer, third class Seaman first class Seaman second class Apprentice seaman
Qatar Qatar
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent
Warrant Officer Class I Warrant Officer Class II Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman


Russia Russia
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Senior michman
(Старший мичман) 		Michman
(Мичман) 		Glavny starshina of the ship
(Главный корабельный старшина) 		Glavny starshina
(Главный старшина) 		Starshina 1st stage
(Старшина 1 статьи) 		Starshina 2nd class
(Старшина 2 статьи) 		Starshiy matros
(Старший матрос) 		Seaman
(Матрос)


Singapore Singapore
(Edit) 		No Insignia No Insignia
Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant First Sergeant Second Sergeant Third Sergeant Corporal First Class Corporal Lance Corporal Private First Class Private Recruit


Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia No equivalent No insignia
Master chief petty officer Fleet chief petty officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer Leading Seaman Able Seaman Seaman recruit


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Tajikistan Tajikistan No navy


Thailand Thailand
(Edit) 		Special Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Chief Petty Officer 3rd Class No equivalent Petty Officer 1st Class Petty Officer 2nd Class Petty Officer 3rd Class No equivalent No insignia
พันจ่าเอกพิเศษ พันจ่าเอก พันจ่าโท พันจ่าตรี จ่าเอก จ่าโท จ่าตรี พลทหาร
Fleet Chief Petty Officer
(special rank) 		Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Chief Petty Officer 3rd Class Petty Officer 1st Class Petty Officer 2nd Class Petty Officer 3rd Class Seaman


East Timor Timor-Leste
(Edit) 		No insignia
Sargento-mor Sargento-chefe Sargento-ajudante Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Primerio-subsargento Segundo-subsargento Cabo Primeiro-marinheiro Segundo-marinheiro Grumete


United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Sergeant Sergeant First Class Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private


Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
No equivalent
Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Leading Seaman Seaman


Vietnam Vietnam
(Edit) 		No equivalent File:Vietnam People's Navy Sergeant major.png No equivalent File:Vietnam People's Navy Sergeant.png No equivalent File:Vietnam People's Navy Corporal.png No equivalent File:Vietnam People's Navy private first class.png File:Vietnam People's Navy Private second class.png
Chief petty officer
Thượng sĩ 		Petty officer 1st class
Trung sĩ 		Petty officer 2nd class
Hạ sĩ 		Leading Seaman
Binh nhất 		Seaman
Binh nhì


Yemen Yemen
(Edit) 		No equivalent
No equivalent
Warrant Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer Third Class Seaman


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

See also[]

Military ranks and insignia by country
Africa
States with
limited recognition
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • Somaliland
    • Former
    Comparative
    Americas
    Former
  • Canada (pre-Unification)
  • Confederate States of America
  • Union
  • Costa Rica
  • Republic of Cuba
  • Empire of Brazil
  • Panama
  • Republic of Texas
  • United States Army enlisted
    • Comparative
    Asia
    States with
    limited recognition
  • Abkhazia
  • Artsakh
  • Palestine
  • South Ossetia
  • Taiwan (Republic of China)
    • Former
    Comparative
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air force
    • Europe
    States with
    limited recognition
  • Kosovo
  • Northern Cyprus
  • Transnistria
    • Former
    Comparative
    Oceania
    Comparative
    Language
    Anglophone
    Arabophone
    Francophone
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air force
  • Gendarmerie
    • Officers
    • Enlisted
    • Hispanophone
    Lusophone
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air force
  • Military police
    • Post-Soviet states
    Commonwealth of Nations
    European Union
    NATO
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    1. ↑ "Lùhǎikōng jūnfú zhì tiáolì fù tú". 7 November 1996. pp. 65-67. https://www.president.gov.tw/Portals/0/Bulletins/paper/PDF/6769-2.PDF. 
    2. ↑ "自衛官の階級" (in ja). Japanese Ministry of Defense. https://www.mod.go.jp/j/profile/mod_sdf/class/. 
    3. ↑ Minnich, James M. (2008). "National Security". In Worden, Robert L.. North Korea: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 266, 268. LCCN 2008028547. https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.northkoreacountr00word/?sp=312. Retrieved 20 October 2021. 
    4. ↑ "해군계급장/해군흉.휘장" (in ko). Republic of Korea Navy. https://www.navy.mil.kr/mbshome/mbs/navy/subview.do?id=navy_060605000000. 
    5. ↑ "Philippine Navy Ranks". https://navy.mil.ph/ranks.php. 
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