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Rank comparison chart of
officers
for navies of
Oceanian
states.
Officers
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edit
]
Rank group
General / flag officers
Senior officers
Junior officers
Royal Australian Navy
[
1
]
v
t
e
TBU
TBU
TBU
TBU
TBU
Admiral of the fleet
Admiral
Vice admiral
Rear admiral
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant commander
Lieutenant
Sub lieutenant
Acting sub lieutenant
Federated States of Micronesia
No navy
Republic of Fiji Navy
v
t
e
Rear admiral
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant commander
Lieutenant
Sub-Lieutenant
Ensign
Kiribati
No navy
Marshall Islands
No navy
Nauru
No navy
Royal New Zealand Navy
[
2
]
v
t
e
Admiral of the fleet
[
3
]
Vice admiral
Rear admiral
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant commander
Lieutenant
Sub lieutenant
Ensign
Palau
No navy
Papua New Guinea Maritime Element
v
t
e
Rear Admiral
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant
Commander
Lieutenant
Sub
Lieutenant
Samoa
No navy
Solomon Islands
No navy
Tongan Navy
[
4
]
v
t
e
Commander-in-chief
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant commander
Lieutenant
Sub lieutenant
Midshipman
Tuvalu
No navy
Vanuatu Maritime Wing
v
t
e
Commander
Komanda
Lieutenant commander
Lietnen Komanda
Lieutenant
Lietnen
Sub lieutenant
Sab-Lietnen
Rank group
General / flag officers
Senior officers
Junior officers
See also
[
edit
]
Comparative navy officer ranks of the Americas
Ranks and insignia of NATO navies officers
References
[
edit
]
^
"Ranks"
.
Royal Australian Navy
. Retrieved
2025-08-04
.
^
"Badges of Rank"
(PDF)
.
nzdf.mil.nz
. New Zealand Defence Force
. Retrieved
28 July
2022
.
^
Shown with cipher of
Elizabeth II
^
"Tonga Defence Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009"
(PDF)
.
Tonga Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary
.
5
:
151–
153. 10 May 2010
. Retrieved
26 September
2021
.
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Military ranks
and insignia by country
List of comparative military ranks
Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
DR Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
States with
limited recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland
Former
People's Republic of Angola
Biafra
Bophuthatswana
Ciskei
Kingdom of Egypt
Ethiopian Empire
Katanga
People's Republic of Mozambique
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Transkei
Venda
Zaire
Comparative
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Apartheid States in Southern Africa
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Officers:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Enlisted:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Other:
Marine Corps
Space Force
Warrant officer
Opposing forces
Uruguay
Venezuela
Former
Canada (pre-Unification)
Confederate States of America
Union
Army
Navy
Costa Rica
Republic of Cuba
Empire of Brazil
Panama
Republic of Texas
Army
Navy
United States Army enlisted
World War I
World War II
Comparative
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Asia
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
PR of China
Army
Navy
Air Force
Rocket Force
Armed Police
India
Army
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Border Roads Organisation
Paramilitary forces
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea
North
South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Civil Armed Forces
Maritime Security Agency
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
States with
limited recognition
Abkhazia
Palestine
South Ossetia
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Former
Artsakh
China
Empire
Republic (1912–1949)
Dutch East Indies
East Turkestan
(
Second Republic
)
People's Republic of Kampuchea
Imperial Iran
Imperial Japan
Army
Navy
Korea
Empire
Liberation Army
Kingdom of Laos
Manchukuo
Mengjiang
Mongolian People's Republic
Vietnam
State
South
South Yemen
Tibet
Tuva
Comparative
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Europe
Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Army
Navy
Air Force
Home Guard
Estonia
Finland
France
Army
Navy
Gendarmerie
Air and Space Force
Foresters
Germany
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Land Forces
Coast Guard
Ireland
Italy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Carabinieri
Finance Guard
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
North Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Cossacks
Between 1994 and 2010
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Officers:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Other:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Vatican
States with
limited recognition
Kosovo
Northern Cyprus
Transnistria
Former
Albania
Kingdom
People's Socialist Republic
Austria–Hungary
Army
Navy
Bulgaria
Kingdom
People's Republic
Independent State of Croatia
Czechoslovakia
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Army
Navy
Air Force
East Germany
Kingdom of Greece
Army
Navy
Air Force
France
Napoleonic Grand Army
Hungary
Kingdom
People's Republic
Italy
Kingdom
Social Republic
Ottoman Empire
Polish People's Republic
Republika Srpska
Romania
Kingdom
Socialist Republic
Russian Empire
White Movement
Slovakia (First Republic)
Soviet Union
1918–35
1935–40
1940–43
1943–55
1955–91
Spain
2nd Republic
State
Yugoslavia
Kingdom
Socialist Federal Republic
Federal Republic
Comparative
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Oceania
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Tonga
Vanuatu
Comparative
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Language
Anglophone
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Arabophone
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Francophone
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Gendarmerie
Officers
Enlisted
Hispanophone
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Lusophone
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Military police
Officers
Enlisted
Post-Soviet states
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
Commonwealth of Nations
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
European Union
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air force
Officers
Enlisted
NATO
Army
Officers
Enlisted
Navy
Officers
Enlisted
Air Force
Officers
Enlisted
Comparative ranks of
Star ranking
WWI
Officers
WWII
Officers
Women's services
Marine forces
Space forces
Gendarmeries
UK and US
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