The Military ranks of Yemen are the military insignia used by the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces, which are based on the British insignia used by the Yemen Arab Republic and the former Federation of South Arabia, later the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, whose armed forces used Soviet styled insignia of the British pattern.
Commissioned officers[]
The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.
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Field Marshal | General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant
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Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Sub Lieutenant | Ensign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
'amid (عميد) |
'aqid (عقيد) |
Moqaddim (مقدم) |
Ra'id (رائد) |
Naqib (نقيب) |
Molazim awwal (ملازم أول) |
Molazim Thani (ملازم)
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Air Marshal | General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant
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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 commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.