Military ranks of Bhutan

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The Military ranks of Bhutan are the military insignia used by the Military of Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy. Additionally, Bhutan does not have an air force. India is responsible for military training, arms supplies and the air defense of Bhutan. [1]

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Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank groupGeneral / flag officersSenior officersJunior officersOfficer cadet
Flag of the Royal Bhutan Army.svg  Royal Bhutan Army [2]
15.Bhutan Army-LG.svg 14.Bhutan Army-MG.svg 13.Bhutan Army-BG.svg 12.Bhutan Army-COL.svg 11.Bhutan Army-LTC.svg 10.Bhutan Army-MAJ.svg 09.Bhutan Army-CAPT.svg 08.Bhutan Army-1LT.svg
གུང་ བློན་ གོང མ །
Gung blon gong ma
གུང་ བློན་ འོག མ །
Gung blon 'og ma
མདོ་ འཛིན །
Mdo 'dzin
དམག་ སྲིད་ གོང མ །
Dmag srid gong ma
དམག་ སྲིད་ འོག མ །
Dmag srid 'og ma
ལིང་ དཔོན །
Ling dpon
སྤྱི་ དཔོན །
Spyi dpon
སྡེ་ གོང་ །
Sde gong
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant

Other ranks

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

Rank groupSenior NCOsJunior NCOsEnlisted
Flag of the Royal Bhutan Army.svg  Royal Bhutan Army [2]
06.Bhutan Army-WO1.svg 05.Bhutan Army-WO2.svg 04.Bhutan Army-WO3.svg 03.Bhutan Army-SGT.svg 02.Bhutan Army-CPL.svg 01.Bhutan Army-LCPL.svg No insignia
འགྲིམ་ དཔོན་ གོང མ །
Drimpongom
སྡེ་ འགྲིམ །
Dedrim
འགྲིམ་ དཔོན །
Drimpon
སྤེལ་ དཔོན །
Pelpon
སྤེལ་ རྒྱབ །
Peljab
འགོ་ པ །
Gopa
Warrant officer 1st class Warrant officer 2nd class Warrant officer 3rd class Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private

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References

  1. "Eastern air command chief visits Bhutan". Kuensel. 10 May 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006.
  2. 1 2 "Army ranks". rba.bt. Royal Bhutan Army. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2021.