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Coat of Arms of the Colombian National Army

This is the Army section of the Military ranks of the Colombian Armed Forces.
The Colombian Army is the largest of the three service branches of the Military Forces of Colombia, tasked with defending sovereignty and law and order across the national territory. The tables below display the rank structures and rank insignias for the Colombian Army personnel.[1][2]

Officers[]

Ranks and Insignias - Colombian National Army
NATO code [n 1] OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1
Flag of Colombia Colombia No equivalent Insignia of general of colombian army Teniente general Rank insignia of mayor general of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of brigadier general of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of coronel of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of teniente coronel of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of mayor of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of capital of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of teniente of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of subteniente of the Colombian Army
(Spanish) - General Teniente General Mayor General Brigadier General Coronel Teniente Coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente
Abbr. - GR TG MG BG CR TC MY CT TE ST
(English) - General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
'"3B" Uniform sample No equivalent Gr.5 Tg.5 Mg.5 Bg.5 Cr.5 Tc.5 My.5 Ct.5 Te.5 St.5
Service branch - - - - - sample: Cavalry sample: Infantry sample: Engineers sample: Communications sample: Cavalry sample: Artillery
Camouflage Fatigues sample No equivalent Gr.c1 Tg.c1 Mg.c1 Bg.c1 Cr.c. Tc.c. MY.c Ct.c Te.c St.c
Service branch - - - - - sample: Cavalry sample: Infantry sample: Engineers sample: Artillery sample: Communications sample: Logistics (Armory)

Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and Soldiers[]

Ranks and Insignias - Colombian National Army
NATO code [n 1] OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Flag of Colombia Colombia Rank insignia of sargento mayor de comando conjunto of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of sargento mayor de comando of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of sargento mayor of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of sargento primero of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of sargento viceprimero of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of sargento segundo of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of cabo primero of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of cabo segundo of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of cabo tercero of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of dragoneante of the Colombian Army Rank insignia of soldado profesional of the Colombian Army No Insignia
(Spanish) Sargento Mayor de Comando Conjunto Sargento Mayor de Comando Sargento Mayor Sargento Primero Sargento Vice Primero Sargento Segundo Cabo Primero Cabo Segundo Cabo Tercero Dragoneante Soldado Profesional Soldado
Abbr. SMCC SMC SM SP SV SS CP CS C3 - - -
(English) Joint Command Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Sergeant Major First Sergeant Sergeant First Class Second Sergeant First Corporal Second Corporal Third Corporal Private First Class Private (Professional) Private Basic

Soldier types[]

  • Soldier: Conscripted soldier serving for a period of 22 months mandatory service [n 2].
  • Professional soldiers: Regular soldiers that stay in the army after completing their 22 months' mandatory conscription service, making it a permanent career.
  • Dragoneantes: soldiers who have gained recognition through their achievements and have special training. They have a certain degree of authority over regular soldiers.


See also[]

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Colombia is not a member of NATO, so there is not an official equivalence between the Colombian military ranks and those defined by NATO. The displayed parallel is approximate and for illustration purposes only.
  2. In 2010, the Constitutional Court (Spanish language: Corte Constitucional ), the highest constitutional court of the land, on grounds of discrimination and protection of equal rights, issued an order [3] to the Military Forces to stop the classification of conscripts into "regular", "peasant" and "baccalaureate" (Spanish language: "regular", "campesino" y "bachiller" ), and to standardize the terms and conditions for all conscripts to 22 months.

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