Military ranks of Bhutan
The Military ranks of Bhutan are the military insignia used by the Military of Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy. Additionally, Bhutan does not have an air force. India is responsible for military training, arms supplies and the air defense of Bhutan.[1]
Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Royal Bhutan Army[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
གུང་ བློན་ གོང མ ། Gung blon gong ma | གུང་ བློན་ འོག མ ། Gung blon 'og ma | མདོ་ འཛིན ། Mdo 'dzin | དམག་ སྲིད་ གོང མ ། Dmag srid gong ma | དམག་ སྲིད་ འོག མ ། Dmag srid 'og ma | ལིང་ དཔོན ། Ling dpon | སྤྱི་ དཔོན ། Spyi dpon | སྡེ་ གོང་ ། Sde gong | |||||||||||||||||
Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant |
Other ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Royal Bhutan Army[2] | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
འགྲིམ་ དཔོན་ གོང མ ། Drimpongom | སྡེ་ འགྲིམ ། Dedrim | འགྲིམ་ དཔོན ། Drimpon | སྤེལ་ དཔོན ། Pelpon | སྤེལ་ རྒྱབ ། Peljab | འགོ་ པ ། Gopa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer 1st class | Warrant officer 2nd class | Warrant officer 3rd class | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private |
References
[edit]- ^ "Eastern air command chief visits Bhutan". Kuensel. 10 May 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006.
- ^ a b "Army ranks". rba.bt. Royal Bhutan Army. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Royal Bhutan Army". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. 9 March 2013.