Other ranks (UK)
Other ranks (ORs) in the Royal Marines, British Army, Royal Air Force, and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland, are those personnel who are not commissioned officers, usually including non-commissioned officers (NCOs).[1][2] In the Royal Navy, these personnel are called "ratings"[3] rather than "other ranks". Non-commissioned member is the equivalent term for the Canadian Armed Forces. Colloquially, members of the other ranks are known as "rankers".[citation needed]
The term is often considered to exclude warrant officers, and occasionally also excludes NCOs. Formally, a regiment consists of the "officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men" or the "officers, warrant officers and other ranks".[4]
British other ranks
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| Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Chief petty officer | Petty officer | Leading rate | Able rate
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| Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff/Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Warrant officer | Flight sergeant | Chief technician | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal (RAF Regiment only) |
Air specialist (class 1) technician | Air specialist (class 1) | Air specialist (class 2) | Air recruit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Master aircrew | Flight sergeant aircrew | Sergeant aircrew
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| NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
See also
References
- ^ "PACMAN Chapter 3 Part 1 Part B Division 5: Salary (Other Ranks)". Defence.gov.au. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Berman, Gavin; Rutherford, Tom (19 September 2013). "Defence personnel statistics (SN/SG/02183)" (PDF). House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Royal Navy. "Life as a Rating". Royal Navy. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Roll of Honour of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
- ^ "RM Officers & Other Ranks Badges of Rank". Royal Navy website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Rank structure". army.mod.uk. British Army. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b "RAF Ranks". raf.mod.uk/. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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