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Croatian military ranks are as follows:

Army and air force ranks

Main articles: Croatian Ground Army and Croatian Air Force and Defense

Labels ranks for members of the Croatian Ground Army and Croatian Air Force and Defense are identical, except that the ranks of the Ground Army are gold and of the Air Force and Defense are silver.

Generali - Generals
stožerni general general zbora general pukovnik general bojnik brigadni general
General of the Army,
General of the Air Force 		General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General
Časnici - Officers
Viši časnici - Senior Officers Niži časnici - Junior Officers
brigadir pukovnik bojnik satnik natporučnik poručnik
Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Dočasnici - Non-commissioned officers (NCOs)
Viši dočasnici - Senior NCOs Niži dočasnici - Junior NCOs
časnički namjesnik stožerni narednik nadnarednik narednik desetnik skupnik
Sergeant Major,
Master Sergeant 		Staff Sergeant Senior Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal
Vojnici - Soldiers
razvodnik pozornik
Private First Class,
Airman First Class 		Private,
Airman
Main article: Croatian Navy
Admirali - Admirals
admiral flote admiral viceadmiral kontraadmiral komodor
Fleet Admiral Admiral Vice Admiral Counter Admiral,
Rear Admiral
(USN:Rear Admiral (upper half)) 		Commodore
(USN:Rear Admiral (lower half))
Časnici - Officers
Viši časnici - Senior Officers Niži časnici - Officers
kapetan bojnog broda kapetan fregate kapetan korvete poručnik bojnog broda poručnik fregate poručnik korvete
Ship-of-the-line Captain
(Captain) 		Fregattenkapitän
(Commander) 		Korvettenkapitän
(Lieutenant Commander) 		Linienschiffsleutnant
(Lieutenant) 		Frigate Lieutenant
(Sub-lieutenant),
(USN:Lieutenant (junior grade)) 		Corvette Lieutenant
(USN:Ensign)
Dočasnici - Non-commissioned officers (NCOs)
Viši dočasnici - Senior NCOs Niži dočasnici - NCOs
časnički namjesnik stožerni narednik nadnarednik narednik desetnik skupnik
Master Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer 1st Class Petty Officer 2nd Class Petty Officer 3rd Class
Mornari i kadeti - Seamen and cadets
razvodnik pozornik
Seaman Seaman Recruit

Etymology

  • Časnik - derived from čast (honour), and indicating "one who is honoured", i.e. with a commission, or "one who holds (the) honour".
  • Dočasnik - after two Croatian words, do (by) and čast (honour). The one who stands by the officer, the one who is subordinate to an officer.
  • Pozornik - after Croatian word pozor (attention). The one who follows the order pozor.
  • Razvodnik - after Croatian verb razvoditi. The one who leads.
  • Skupnik - after Croatian noun skup (group). The one who leads the group.
  • Desetnik - after Croatian number deset (ten). The one who leads ten men.
  • Narednik - after Croatian noun naredba (order). The one who orders.
  • Nadnarednik - after two Croatian words, nad (above) and naredba (order). The one who is above narednik.
  • Stožerni narednik - after two Croatian words, stožer (headquarters, staff) and naredba (order). The one who is a narednik to serve in the army staff.
  • Časnički namjesnik - after two Croatian words, časnik (officer) and namjesnik (governor). The one who governs as an officer.
  • Poručnik - after Croatian word poruka (message), the messenger.
  • Natporučnk - the one who is above poručnik.
  • Satnik - after old Croatian sat (hundred). The one who leads the group of hundred men.
  • Bojnik - after Croatian noun boj (battle). The one who leads the battle.
  • Pukovnik - after Croatian noun pukovnija (regiment) (this word came from puk which means folks). The one who leads the regiment.
  • Brigadir - after word brigada (from French brigade). The one who leads a brigade.
  • Brigadni general - a general of the brigade.
  • Kapetan korvete - captain of the corvette.
  • Kapetan fregate - captain of the frigate.
  • Kapetan bojnog broda - captain of the battleship.

See also

Sources

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