Military ranks of Mexico

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The military ranks of Mexico are the military insignia used by the Mexican Armed Forces. Mexico shares a rank structure similar to that of Spain.

Ranks

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Mexico (Edit)	No Equivalent	General	Division General	Brigade General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	First Captain Second Captain	First Lieutenant	Sub-Lieutenant	Unknown
	No Equivalent	Secretario de la Defensa Nacional	General de División	General de Brigada	General Brigadier	Coronel	Teniente Coronel	Mayor	Capitán Primero Capitán Segundo	Teniente	Subteniente	Unknown
Mexico (Edit)	No equivalent
			Secretario de Marina		Almirante		Vicealmirante		Contraalmirante		Capitán de Navío		Capitán de Fragata		Capitán de Corbeta		Teniente de Navio		Teniente de Fragata			Teniente de Corbeta			Guardiamarina
Mexico (Edit)	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	General de División	General de Ala	General de Grupo	Coronel	Teniente Coronel	Mayor	Capitan Primero	Capitán Segundo	Teniente	Subteniente	No Equivalent
	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	General de División	General de Ala	General de Grupo	Coronel	Teniente Coronel	Mayor	Capitan Primero	Capitán Segundo	Teniente	Subteniente	No Equivalent Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/Mexico (National Guard)

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Mexico (Edit)	No equivalent										No equivalent																No equivalent
									Sargento Primero								Sargento Segundo						Cabo						Soldado de Primera						Soldado
Mexico (Edit)	No equivalent																												No equivalent						No insignia
																	Segundo Maestre						Tercer Maestre				Cabo								Marinero Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Air Forces/OR/Mexico Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/Mexico (National Guard)

Branch colors

Rank badges have a band of colour indicating branch:

Colour		Branch/service
	Gold	General officers
	Light brown	General staff; Presidential Guards Corps, Presidential High Command
	Purple	Army aviation (includes the Air Force); Parachutist Fusiliers
	Red	Infantry
	Crimson red	Artillery
	Red-brown	Quartermaster Command (Spanish language: Materiales de Guerra )
	Light orange-brown	Transportation
	Green	Judicial Corps (Spanish language: Justicia ); military police
	cobalt blue	Engineers; signals and communications (Spanish language: transmisiones )
	Light blue	Cavalry, Veterinarians
	Sky Blue	Cartography
	Gray	Military bands and drummers and buglers
	Light gray	armored
	Brownish gray	Service corps (Spanish language: administracion e intendencia )
	Yellow	Medical
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External links

• "Generales" (in es). Government of Mexico. https://www.gob.mx/sedena/documentos/generales. 
• "Jefes" (in es). Government of Mexico. https://www.gob.mx/sedena/documentos/jefes. 
• "Oficiales" (in es). Government of Mexico. https://www.gob.mx/sedena/documentos/oficiales. 
• "Tropa" (in es). Government of Mexico. https://www.gob.mx/sedena/documentos/tropa. 
• "Ley Orgánica del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea Mexicanos" (in es). 21 July 2018. pp. 21–23. http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/169_210618.pdf.