The Military ranks of East Timor are the military insignia used by the Timor Leste Defence Force. [1] Being a former colony of Portugal, East Timor shares a rank structure similar to that of Portuguese Armed Forces.
The Military ranks of East Timor are the military insignia used by the Timor Leste Defence Force. [1] Being a former colony of Portugal, East Timor shares a rank structure similar to that of Portuguese Armed Forces.
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timor-Leste Army [2] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
| General | Tenente-general | Major-general | Brigadeiro-general | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes | |||||||||||||||
| Tetum | Jenerál | Tenente Jenerál | Maijór Jenerál | Brigadeiru Jenerál | Koronel | Tenente Koronel | Maijór | - | Tenente | - | ||||||||||||||
| Slip on rank slides |  | | | |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
| Timor-Leste Navy [3] |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Capitão de Mar e Guerra | Capitão de Fragata | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Guarda-marinha | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Student officer |
|---|---|
| Timor-Leste Navy [3] |  |
| Aspirante |
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timor-Leste Army [2] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Furriel | Segundo-furriel | Cabo-adjunto | Primeiro-cabo | Segundo-cabo | Soldado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tetum | Sarjentu-mor | Sarjentu-xefe | Sarjentu-adjuntu | Primeiru-sarjentu | Segundu-sarjentu | Furriel- | Segundu-furriel | Kabu-adjuntu | Primeiru-kabu | Segundu-kabu | Soldadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timor-Leste Navy [3] | | | | | | | |  |  |  | Trade insignia in red on a black backing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Primerio-subsargento | Segundo-subsargento | Cabo | Primeiro-marinheiro | Segundo-marinheiro | Grumete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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