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Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.
Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | No navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armenia | No navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Azerbaijani Navy [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral | Vitse-admiral | Kontr-admiral | Birinci dәrәcәli kapitan | Ikinci dәrәcәli kapitan | Üçüncü dәrәcәli kapitan | Kapitan-leytenant | Baş leytenant | Leytenant | Kiçik leytenant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Bahrain Naval Force | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مشیر Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh Navy [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral | Vice Admiral | Rear Admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Acting Sub-lieutenant | Midshipman | Officer Cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bhutan | No navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Brunei Navy [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laksamana armada | Laksamana | Laksamana madya | Laksamana muda | Laksamana pertama | Kepten | Komander | Leftenan komander | Leftenan | Leftenan madya | Leftenan muda | Pegawai kadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral of the fleet | Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | First admiral | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant junior grade | Sub-lieutenant | Midshipman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Cambodian Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
នាយឧត្តមនាវី Neay uttam neavi | ឧត្តមនាវីឯក Uttam neavi ek | ឧត្តមនាវីទោ Uttam neavi to | ឧត្តមនាវីត្រី Uttam neavi trei | វរនាវីឯក Vorneaviek | វរនាវីទោ Vorneavito | វរនាវីត្រី Vorneavitrei | អនុនាវីឯក Anounaviek | អនុនាវីទោ Anounavito | អនុនាវីត្រី Anounavitrei | នាយចំណង់ Neaychamnng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PLA Navy [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
海军上将 Hǎijūn shàngjiàng | 海军中将 Hǎijūn zhōngjiàng | 海军少将 Hǎijūn shàojiàng | 海军大校 Hǎijūn dàxiào | 海军上校 Hǎijūn shàngxiào | 海军中校 Hǎijūn zhōngxiào | 海军少校 Hǎijūn shàoxiào | 海军上尉 Hǎijūn shàngwèi | 海军中尉 Hǎijūn zhōngwèi | 海军少尉 Hǎijūn shàowèi | 海军学员 Hǎijūn xuéyuán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of China Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full Admiral 一級上將 | Admiral 二級上將 | Vice admiral 中將 | Rear admiral 少將 | Captain 上校 | Commander 中校 | Lieutenant commander 少校 | Lieutenant 上尉 | Lieutenant (junior grade) 中尉 | Ensign 少尉 | Officer cadet 軍校生 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of China Marine Corps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General 二級上將 | Lieutenant general 中將 | Major general 少將 | Colonel 上校 | Lieutenant colonel 中校 | Major 少校 | Captain 上尉 | First lieutenant 中尉 | Second lieutenant 少尉 | Third lieutenant 尉 | Officer cadet 軍校生 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Navy [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral of the fleet एडमिरल ऑफ़ द फ्लीट | Admiral एडमिरल | Vice Admiral वाइस एडमिरल | Rear Admiral रियर एडमिरल | Commodore कमोडोर | Captain कैप्टन | Commander कमांडर | Lieutenant commander लेफ्टिनेंट कमांडर | Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट | Sub-lieutenant सब-लेफ्टिनेंट | Midshipman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian Navy [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laksamana besar | Laksamana | Laksamana madya | Laksamana muda | Laksamana pertama | Kolonel | Letnan kolonel | Mayor | Kapten | Letnan satu | Letnan dua | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iranian Navy [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
دریابد Daryabod | دریاسالار Dryasalar | دریابان Daryaban | دریادار Daryadar | دریادار دوم Daryadar dome | ناخدا یکم Nakhuda yakam | ناخدا دوم Nakhuda dome | ناخدا سوم Nakhuda some | ناوسروان Nausroan | ناوبان یکم Nauban yakam | ناوبان دوم Nauban dome | ناوبان سوم Nauban some | دانشجوی دانشگاه امام خمینیره Danishjoye daneshgah amam khminira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fleet admiral | Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral (upper half) | Rear admiral (lower half) | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant Junior Grade | Ensign | Ensign Junior Grade | Imam Khomeini Naval University officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iraqi Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral of the fleet (مهيب) | Admiral (فريق أول) | Vice admiral (فريق) | Rear admiral (لواء) | Flotilla Admiral (عميد) | Captain (عقيد) | Commander (مقدم) | Lieutenant commander (رائد) | Lieutenant (نقيب) | Sub-lieutenant (ملازم أول) | Ensign (ملازم) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Israeli Navy [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
רב-אלוף Rav aluf | אלוף Aluf | תת-אלוף Tat aluf | אלוף משנה Aluf mishne | סגן-אלוף Sgan aluf | רב סרן Rav seren | סרן Seren | סגן Segen | סגן-משנה Segen mishne | קצין אקדמאי בכיר Katzín akademai bakhír | קצין מקצועי אקדמאי Katzín miktsoí akademai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
幕僚長たる海将 Bakuryōchō-taru-kaishō | 海将 Kaishō | 海将補 Kaishō-ho | 1等海佐 Ittō kaisa | 2等海佐 Nitō kaisa | 3等海佐 Santō kaisa | 1等海尉 Ittō kaii | 2等海尉 Nitō kaii | 3等海尉 Santō kaii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Jordanian Navy [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مشیر Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | تلميذ مرشح Tilmidh murashah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kazakh Naval Forces [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Жоғарғы Бас қолбасшының Joğarğı Bas qolbasşınıñ | Адмирал Admïral | Вице-адмирал Vice-admïral | Контр-адмирал Kontr-admïral | Бірінші дәрежелі капитан Birinşi därejeli kapïtan | Екінші дәрежелі капитан Ekinşi därejeli kapïtan | Үшінші дәрежелі капитан Üşinşi därejeli kapïtan | Капитан-лейтенант Kapïtan-leytenant | Аға лейтенант Ağa leytenant | Лейтенант Leytenant | Кадет Kadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean People's Army Naval Force | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
대장 Daejang | 상장 Sangjang | 중장 Chungjang | 소장 Sojang | 대좌 Daechwa | 상좌 Sangjwa | 중좌 Chungjwa | 소좌 Sojwa | 대위 Taewi | 상위 Daewi | 중위 Chungwi | 소위 Sowi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Korea Navy [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
원수 Wonsu | 대장 Daejang | 중장 Jungjang | 소장 Sojang | 준장 Junjang | 대령 Daeryeong | 중령 Jungnyeong | 소령 Soryeong | 대위 Daewi | 중위 Jungwi | 소위 Sowi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Korea Marine Corps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
대장 Daejang | 중장 Jungjang | 소장 Sojang | 준장 Junjang | 대령 Daeryeong | 중령 Jungnyeong | 소령 Soryeong | 대위 Daewi | 중위 Jungwi | 소위 Sowi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kuwait Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | No navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lao People's Navy [13] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General ພົນເອກ | Lieutenant general ພົນໂທ | Major general ພົນຕີ | Brigadier general ພົນຈັດຕະວາ | Colonel ພັນເອກ | Lieutenant Colonel ພັນໂທ | Major ພັນຕີ | Captain ຮ້ອຍເອກ | Lieutenant ຮ້ອຍໂທ | Second Lieutenant ຮ້ອຍຕີ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lebanese Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fleet Admiral عميد قائد القوات البحرية | Brigadier General عميد | Colonel عقيد | Lieutenant Colonel مقدم | Major رائد | Captain نقيب | First Lieutenant ملازم أول | Second Lieutenant ملازم | 3rd Year Student | 2nd Year Student | 1st Year Student | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Malaysian Navy [14] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laksamana armada | Laksamana | Laksamana madya | Laksamana muda | Laksamana pertama | Kepten | Komander | Leftenan komander | Leftenan | Leftenan madya | Leftenan muda | Kadet kanan | Pegawai kadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maldivian Coast Guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brigadier general ބްރިގޭޑިއަރ ޖެނެރަލް | Colonel ކާނަލް | Lieutenant colonel ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ކާނަލް | Major މޭޖަރ | Captain ކެޕްޓަން | Lieutenant ފަސްޓް ލެފްޓިނަންޓް | Second lieutenant ލެފްޓިނަންޓް | Officer Cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mongolia | No navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Myanmar Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး Bolhkyaotekyee | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး Dutiy bolhkyaotekyee | ဗိုလ်ချုပ် Bolhkyaote | ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် Bolmhauuhkyaote | ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး Bolmhauukyee | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး Dutiy bolmhauukyee | ဗိုလ်မှူး Bolmhauu | ဗိုလ်ကြီး Bolkyee | ဗိုလ် Bol | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ် Dutiy bol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nepal | No navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Navy of Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral of the Fleet | Admiral | Vice Admiral | Rear Admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Sublieutenant 1 | Sublieutenant 2 | Midshipman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pakistan Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral of the fleet | Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Midshipman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philippine Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Ensign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qatari Emiri Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russian Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Адмирал флота Admiral flota | Адмирал Admiral | Вице-адмирал Vitse-admiral | Контр-адмирал Contre-admiral | Капитан 1-го ранга Kapitan 1-go ranga | Капитан 2-го ранга Kapitan 2-go ranga | Капитан 3-го ранга Kapitan 3-go ranga | Капитан-лейтенант Kapitan-leytenant | Старший лейтенант Starshey leytenant | Лейтенант Leytenant | Младший лейтенант Mladshiy leytenant | Курсант Kursant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Saudi Navy [15] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Singapore Navy [16] | No insignia yet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral (junior grade) | Colonel | Senior lieutenant colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Midshipman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sri Lanka Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral of the fleet | Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Acting Sub-lieutenant | Midshipman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syrian Arab Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice Admiral | Rear Admiral | Flotilla Admiral | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Ensign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tajikistan | No navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Thai Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
จอมพลเรือ | พลเรือเอก | พลเรือโท | พลเรือตรี | พลเรือจัตวา | นาวาเอก | นาวาโท | นาวาตรี | เรือเอก | เรือโท | เรือตรี | นักเรียนนายเรือ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiral of the Fleet | Admiral | Vice Admiral | Rear Admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant Junior Grade | Sub-Lieutenant | Midshipman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Timor Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capitão de Mar e Guerra | Capitão de Fragata | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Guarda-marinha | Aspirante | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turkmen Naval Forces [17] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flot admiraly | Admiral | Wise-admiral | Kontr-admiral | 1-nji derejeli kapitan | 2-nji derejeli kapitan | 3-nji derejeli kapitan | Kapitan-leýtenant | Uly leýtenant | Leýtenant | Kiçi leýtenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uzbek River Force [18] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I rang kapitani | II rang kapitani | III rang kapitani | Kapitan-leytenant | Katta leytenant | Leytenant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnam People's Navy [19] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Đô đốc | Phó Đô đốc | Chuẩn Đô đốc | Đại tá | Thượng tá | Trung tá | Thiếu tá | Đại úy | Thượng úy | Trung úy | Thiếu úy | Học viên Sĩ quan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yemeni Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. In NATO, admirals have a rank code of OF-9 as a four-star rank.
Lieutenant general or lieutenant-general is a three-star military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general.
Polkovnik is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries. The term originates from an ancient Slavic word for a group of soldiers and folk. However, in Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine, polkovnyk was an administrative rank similar to a governor. Usually this word is translated as colonel, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical and social context. Polkovnik began as a commander of a distinct group of troops (polk), arranged for battle.
Podpolkovnik is a military rank in Slavic and nearby countries which corresponds to the lieutenant colonel in the English-speaking states and military.
Senior lieutenant is a military grade between a lieutenant and a captain, often used by countries from the former Eastern Bloc. It is comparable to first lieutenant.
Junior lieutenant is a junior officer rank in several countries, equivalent to Sub-lieutenant.
Colonel general is a three or four-star rank in some armies, usually equivalent to that of a full general in other armies. North Korea and Russia have used the rank in that fashion throughout their histories. The rank is also closely associated with Germany, where Generaloberst has formerly been a higher rank above full General but below Generalfeldmarschall.
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