Military ranks of Bhutan

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]

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Royal Bhutan Army [2] v t e
					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 group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Royal Bhutan Army [2] v t e																													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

References

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

Further reading

• Makeig, Douglas C. (1993). Savada, Andrea Matles (ed.). Nepal and Bhutan: Country studies. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 368. LCCN   93012226 . Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

• "Royal Bhutan Army". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. 9 March 2013.