The Military ranks of United Arab Emirates are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of UAE. Being a former British protectorate, United Arab Emirates shares a rank structure similar to that of United Kingdom.
Commissioned Officers[]
The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.
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| Fariq Awwal (فريق أول) |
Fariq (فريق) |
Liwa (لواء) |
Amid (عميد) |
Aqid (عقيد) |
Muqaddam (مقدم) |
Ra'id (رائد) |
Naqib (نقيب) |
Mulazim Awwal (ملازم أول) |
Mulazim (ملازم)
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| Fariq Awwal (فريق أول) |
Fariq (فريق) |
Liwa (لواء) |
Amid (عميد) |
Aqid (عقيد) |
Muqaddam (مقدم) |
Ra'id (رائد) |
Naqib (نقيب) |
Mulazim Awwal (ملازم أول) |
Mulazim (ملازم)
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| General | Lieutenant General |
Major General |
Brigadier General |
Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel |
Major | Captain | First Lieutenant |
Second Lieutenant
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| Equivalent NATO Code |
OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) & Student officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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| Master Sergeant | Sergeant First Class | Sergeant | Corporal | Private First Class | Private
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OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
The original article can be found at Military ranks of United Arab Emirates and the edit history here.