Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Americas

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Rank comparison chart of armies/ land forces of North and South American states.

## Enlisted[edit]

Rank group  | Senior NCOs  | Junior NCOs  | Enlisted

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Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private
(or equivalent)

Argentine Army[2]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Suboficial mayor | Suboficial principal | Sargento ayudante | Sargento primero | Sargento | Cabo primero | Cabo | Voluntario primero | Voluntario segundo | Soldado de segunda en comisión

Bahamas | No army

* * *

Barbados Regiment[3]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |

* * *

|  |  | No insignia

* * *

Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private
(or equivalent)

Belize Defence Force

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |

* * *

|  |  | No insignia

* * *

Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private
(or equivalent)

Bolivian Army[4]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sub-oficial maestre | Sub-oficial mayor | Sub-oficial 1° | Sub-oficial 2° | Sub-oficial inicial | Sargento 1° | Sargento 2° | Sargento inicial° | Cabo | Dragoneante | Soldado raso

Brazilian Army[5]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subtenente | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Terceiro-sargento | Taifeiro-mor | Cabo | Taifeiro primeira classe | Taifeiro segunda classe | Soldado

Canadian Army[6][7]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Chief warrant officer | Master warrant officer | Warrant officer | Sergeant | Master corporal | Corporal | Private (trained) | Private (basic)
Adjudant(e)-chef | Adjudant(e)-maître | Adjudant(e) | Sergent(e) | Caporal(e)-chef | Caporal(e) | Soldat(e) (formé(e)) | Soldat(e) (confirmé(e))
Chilean Army[8]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Suboficial mayor | Suboficial | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo primero | Cabo segundo | Cabo | Soldado de tropa profesional

Colombian National Army[9]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Sargento mayor de comando conjunto | Sargento mayor de ejército | Sargento mayor de comando | Sargento mayor | Sargento primero | Sargento vice primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo primero | Cabo segundo | Cabo tercero | Soldado profesional | Soldado

Rank group  | Senior NCOs  | Junior NCOs  | Enlisted
Costa Rica | No army

* * *

Cuban Revolutionary Army[10]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Mayor suboficial | Primer suboficial | Segundo suboficial | Suboficial | Sargento de primera | Sargento de segunda | Sargento de tercera | Cabo | Soldado

Dominica | No army

* * *

Dominican Army[11]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia |
Sub-teniente tercero | Sub-teniente segundo | Sub-teniente primero | Sargento mayor | Sargento de administracion | Sargento | Cabo | Raso

Ecuadorian Army

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sub-oficial mayor | Sub-oficial primero | Sub-oficial segundo | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo primero | Cabo segundo | Soldado
Salvadoran Army[12]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Sargento mayor de brigada | Sargento mayor primero | Sargento mayor | Sargento de primera | Sargento | Subsargento | Cabo | Dragoneante | Soldado

Grenada | No army

* * *

Guatemalan Army[13]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Sargento mayor | Sargento técnico | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo | Soldado de primera | Soldado

Guyana Army[14]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private
(or equivalent)

Haitian Army

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Honduran Army[15]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Sargento mayor | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Sargento raso | Cabo | Soldado

Jamaican Army[16]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private
(or equivalent)

Mexican Army[17]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo | Soldado
Rank group  | Senior NCOs  | Junior NCOs  | Enlisted
Nicaraguan Army[18]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Suboficial primero | Suboficial segundo | Suboficial | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Sargento tercero | Soldado de primera | Soldado

Panama | No army

* * *

Paraguayan Army[19]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sub-oficial principal | Sub-oficial mayor | Sub-oficial | Sargento ayudante | Sargento primero | Vice sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo primero | Cabo segundo | Soldado

Peruvian Army[20]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Suboficial primero | Suboficial segundo | Suboficial tercero | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo | Soldado

SKN Regiment[21]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Warrant officer 1 | Warrant officer 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private

Saint Lucia | No army

* * *

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | No army

* * *

Suriname Army[22]

* v
* t
* e

* * *

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjudant | Sergeant-majoor | Sergeant der 1e klasse | Sergeant | Korporaal der 1e klasse | Korporaal | Soldaat der 1e klasse | Soldaat

Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[23]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private

United States Army[24]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Command sergeant major | Sergeant major | First sergeant | Master sergeant | Sergeant first class | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Specialist | Corporal | Private first class | Private | Private
National Army of Uruguay[25][26]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Suboficial mayor | Sargento de primera | Sargento | Cabo de primera | Cabo de segunda | Soldado de primera | Aprendiz

Venezuelan Army[27]

* v
* t
* e

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia
Sargento supervisor | Sargento ayudante | Sargento mayor de primera | Sargento mayor de segunda | Sargento mayor de tercera | Sargento primero | Sargento segundo | Cabo primero | Cabo segundo | Distinguido | Soldado raso

Rank group  | Senior NCOs  | Junior NCOs  | Enlisted

## See also[edit]

* Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
* Ranks and insignia of NATO armies enlisted

## References[edit]

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2. ^ "Grados". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
3. ^ "Barbados Defence Force Medal Ceremony". YouTube. Barbados Defence Force. 18 Jul 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
4. ^ Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (16 December 2019). "Hoy te invitamos a conocer la jerarquía de los grados de Suboficiales, Sargentos y Tropa" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021 - via Twitter.
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6. ^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
7. ^ "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Canada. Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
8. ^ "Distintivos de grados" [Badges of degrees]. ejercito.cl (in Spanish). Chilean Army. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
9. ^ "Capítulo V: Insignias militares". RGE 4-20.1: Reglamento de Uniformes, Insignias y Distinciones (in Spanish) (7th ed.). Colombia: National Army of Colombia. pp. 301–331. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
10. ^ "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
11. ^ "Capítulo II: Insignias y Distintivos". Ejército de República Dominicana: Reglamento de uniforme (PDF) (in Spanish). Dominican Army. 18 August 2016. pp. 130–139. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
12. ^ "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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16. ^ "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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20. ^ "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
21. ^ SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS DEFENCE FORCE ACT. Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. 31 December 2009. pp. 110–111.
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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
* 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
* East Timor
* 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
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

States with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Artsakh
* Palestine
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan (Republic of China)

Former|

* 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
* Army officers
* Army other ranks
* Navy officers
* Navy ratings
* Air Force officers
* Air Force other ranks
* 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
* Army
* Navy
* Air Force
* 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

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

* Highest ranks
* Star ranking
* Officers of World War I
* Officers of World War II
* Women's Services in World War II
* Marine forces
* Space forces
* Gendarmeries
* UK and US

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Armies of the Americas

Sovereign states|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Dependencies and
other territories|

* Falkland Islands
* French Guiana
* Greenland
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Martin, (Collectivity of)

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