Other ranks (UK)
Other ranks (ORs) in the Royal Marines (RM), the British Army, and the Royal Air Force (RAF), along with the navies, armies, and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland, are those personnel who are not commissioned officers, but usually include non-commissioned officers (NCOs).[1][2] In the Royal Navy (RN), these personnel are called 'ratings'[3] rather than 'other ranks'. Non-commissioned member (NCM) is the equivalent term in the Canadian Armed Forces. Colloquially, members of the other ranks are often known as 'rankers'.[citation needed]
The term 'other ranks' is often considered to exclude warrant officers (WO), and occasionally in some militaries 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[edit]
| NATO rank scale | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 British Army[7] |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Royal Air Force[8] (Aircrew) |
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| Master aircrew | Flight sergeant aircrew | Sergeant aircrew
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| NATO rank scale | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Berman, Gavin; Rutherford, Tom (17 November 2011). "Defence personnel statistics (SN/SG/02183)". www.Parliament.uk. House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "PACMAN Chapter 3 Part 1 Part B Division 5: Salary (Other Ranks)". Defence.gov.au. Ministry of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2014.[failed verification]
- ^ "Life as a Rating". www.RoyalNavy.MoD.uk. Royal Navy. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Roll of Honour of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment. 1951.[ISBN missing]
- ^ "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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