The Military ranks of El Salvador are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of El Salvador. Being a former colony of Spain, El Salvador shares a rank structure similar to that of Spain with insignia among similar lines to other armed forces in Central America.
Commissioned officers[]
Different rank insignia are used by officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force respectively.
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| Capitán General[1] | General de Ejército[2] | General de División | General de Brigada | Coronel | Teniente Coronel | Mayor | Capitán | Teniente | Subteniente
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| Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Capitán de Navío | Capitán de Fragata | Capitán de Corbeta | Teniente de Navio | Teniente de Fragata | Teniente de Corbeta
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| General de Avación | General de Brigada Aérea | Coronel | Teniente Coronel | Mayor | Capitán | Teniente | Subteniente
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Enlisted[]
The rank insignia for enlisted personnel for the army, navy and air force respectively.
| Equivalent NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sargento mayor de brigada | Sargento mayor primero | Sargento mayor | Sargento de primera | Sargento | Subsargento | Cabo | Dragoneante | Soldado
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References[]
- Uniforminsignia.org (Salvadoran Army)
- Uniforminsignia.org (Navy of El Salvador)
- Uniforminsignia.org (Salvadoran Air Force)
The original article can be found at Military ranks of El Salvador and the edit history here.