Other ranks
Other ranks (ORs) in the British Army, Royal Marines, Royal Air Force and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries 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] Non-commissioned member is the equivalent term for the Canadian Armed Forces. Colloquially, members of the other ranks are known as "rankers".
The term is sometimes considered to exclude warrant officers, and occasionally also excludes NCOs.[4]
In the United States military, and in the military forces of many non-Commonwealth countries, the equivalent term is enlisted rank, which generally includes non-commissioned officers (unless specifying junior enlisted), but always excludes the American type of warrant officer.
In the "standard rank scale" maintained by NATO, "other ranks" are coded from OR1 (lowest) to OR9.
British India
In British India, a distinction was made between British other ranks (BORs) and Indian other ranks (IORs).
Comparative ranks
NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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British Army[5] |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff/Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | Cdr | WO1 | WO2 | S/Sgt CSgt |
Sgt | Cpl | L/Cpl | Pte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Air Force[6] |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Air Force[6] (Aircrew) |
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Master aircrew | Flight sergeant aircrew | Sergeant aircrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Navy (United Kingdom) | No equivalent | No equivalent | No equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Chief petty officer | Petty officer | Leading rate | Able rate | Able rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | WO1 | WO2 | CPO | PO | LH | AB | ORD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom (Royal Marines) (Edit) |
No equivalent | No insignia | No equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Marine |
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
- ^ "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.
See also