The military rank system is a means of categorizing the hierarchy of an armed force.

References to modern military:

British and US military ranks compared

U.S. Army officer rank insignia

U.S. Air Force officer rank insignia

U.S. Marine Corps officer rank insignia

U.S. Navy officer rank insignia

U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia

U.S. Air Force enlisted rank insignia

U.S. Marine Corps enlisted rank insignia

U.S. Navy enlisted rank insignia

British Army officer rank insignia

British Army enlisted rank insignia

Ranks and insignia of NATO

Russian military ranks

Ranks of the Israeli Defence Forces

German Armed Forces enlisted rank insignia

Military rank for details on the history of the rank system.

For a comparison of major participants in the First and Second World War see:

Comparative military ranks of World War I

Comparative military ranks of World War II

For more extensive lists of ranks in different languages see:

Air force officer ranks

Army officer ranks

Naval officer ranks

External Links

• World Rank Insignia