Military ranks of East Timor
Appearance
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The Military ranks of East Timor are the military insignia used by the Timor Leste Defence Force. Being a former colony of Portugal, East Timor shares a rank structure similar to that of Portugal.
Officers
The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army and navy respectively.
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General | Tenente-general | Major-general | Brigadeiro-general | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes | Aspirante
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Capitão de Mar e Guerra | Capitão de Fragata | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Guarda-marinha | Aspirante |
Enlisted
The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army and navy respectively.
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Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Furriel | Segundo-furriel | Cabo-adjunto | Primeiro-cabo | Segundo-cabo | Soldado
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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 |
References
East Timor Ministry for Defence:
- Army ranks Accessed 26 November 2007
- Navy ranks Accessed 26 November 2007
- Decree Law no 18. "Regime of Military Ranks"[dead link] Accessed 26 November 2007
- ^ a b "Army ranks". Archived from the original on 29 October 2008.