Ranks of the Bangladesh Army

The Bangladesh Army (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী) is the land forces branch of the Military of Bangladesh.[1]

Ranks

The ranks are shown below.

Commissioned Officer (Class 1 Gazetted Officer)

Defense Officers Rank gradeO-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7O-8O-9O-10
Insignia
Title Second Lieutenant Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant colonel Colonel Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General
Abbreviation2LTLTCAPTMAJLT COLCOLBRIG GENMAJ GENLT GENGEN
NATO Code OF-1 OF-2 OF-3 OF-4 OF-5 OF-6 OF-7 OF-8 OF-9
Note: BD army has no 5 star rank.[2]

Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) (Class 1 Gazetted Officer)

Junior Commissioned Officers Rank gradeJCO-1JCO-2JCO-3SpecialSpecial
Insignia
Title Warrant Officer Senior

Warrant Officer

 Master

Warrant Officer

 Honorary

Lieutenant

 Honorary Captain
AbbreviationWOSWOMWOH/LtH/Capt
NATO Code WO-1 WO-2 WO-3 WO-4 WO-5
Note: Honorary ranks are reserved for the JCOs who have splendid contributions towards the service and the country.[3]

Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)(Class 2 Officer Sergeant) And Ordinary Soldiers

Since 2013 women are being recruited as Sainiks.[4]

Bd Army OR GradeOR-1OR-2OR-3OR-4OR-5OR-6OR-7OR-8
Insignia
Combat Insignia No Insignia
Title Sainik Lance Corporal Corporal Sergeant Company/Battery Quarter Master Sergeant Company/Battery Sergeant Major Battalion/Regiment Quarter Master Sergeant Battalion/Regiment Sergeant Major
AbbreviationSnkL CplCplSgtCQMS/BQMSCSM/BSMBQMS/RQMSBSM/RSM
NATO Code OR-1 OR-3 OR-4 OR-6 OR-7 OR-8 OR-9
Note: Bangladesh Army doesn't have any specialist rank insignia.[5]

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh Army". Army.mil.bd. 1957-06-02. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ http://bdloan.net/join-bangladesh-army-female-medical-corps-soldiers-2013.html
  5. ↑