Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia
The Military ranks of Romania are the military insignia used by the Romanian Armed Forces.
Branch colors in the Romanian Armed Forces
[edit]The colors depend on the service branch (armă, literally "weapon") the bearer is a member of. They show on the shoulder slides which hold the rank insignia, on the band of combination caps, and on collar insignia. Because many different branches share a color (for example black or light blue), each branch has distinctive branch insignia (semne de armă), which is worn next to the rank insignia on the shoulder slides. Other militarized institutions, such as the Romanian Gendarmerie and the Military Firefighters Corps, also have branch insignia worn in the same way.
Service branch | Colour | |
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Marshals (all branches) Land Forces Generals (except Military Medicine and Military Justice) Infantry Military Music |
Red | |
Air force (all staff) Paratroopers Radar Troops |
Light blue | |
Naval forces (all staff) Artillery Tanks Military Automobile Troops Anti-air Artillery and Missiles Communication and Informatics structures Engineers Troops NBC defence |
Black | |
Military Medicine (incl. Generals) | Burgundy red | |
Mountain Troops | Green | |
Military Logistics Administration |
Violet | |
Military Justice (incl. Generals) | Dark Blue/Dark Violet | |
Military Police | Gray |
The same ranks and basic insignia are used in the other militarised institutions. They differ in the color and branch insignia on the shoulder boards.
- Gendarmerie
- Firefighters
- General Inspectorate of Aviation
- Intelligence Service
- Foreign Intelligence Service
- Protection and Guard Service
- Special Telecommunications Service
Armed forces
[edit]Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | ||||||||||||||
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Romanian Land Forces[1] |
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Mareșal | General | General-locotenent | General-maior | General de brigadă | Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | ||||||||||||||
Romanian Land Forces[1] (Paratroopers) |
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Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | |||||||||||||||||||
Romanian Naval Forces[1] |
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Mareșal | Amiral | Viceamiral | Contraamiral | Contraamiral de flotilă | Comandor | Căpitan-comandor | Locotenent-comandor | Căpitan | Locotenent | Aspirant | ||||||||||||||
Romanian Air Force[2] |
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Mareșal | General | General-locotenent | General-maior | General de flotilă aeriană | Comandor | Căpitan-comandor | Locotenent-comandor | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | ||||||||||||||
NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 |
Warrant officers ranks
[edit]NATO rank | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | |
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Romanian Land Forces | ||||||
Maistru militar principal | Maistru militar clasa I | Maistru militar clasa II | Maistru militar clasa III | Maistru militar clasa IV | Maistru militar clasa V | |
Romanian Naval Forces | ||||||
Maistru militar principal | Maistru militar clasa I | Maistru militar clasa II | Maistru militar clasa III | Maistru militar clasa IV | Maistru militar clasa V | |
Romanian Air Force | ||||||
Maistru militar principal | Maistru militar clasa I | Maistru militar clasa II | Maistru militar clasa III | Maistru militar clasa IV | Maistru militar clasa V | |
NATO rank | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 |
Enlisted/Non-commissioned officers ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Romanian Land Forces[1] |
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Plutonier adjutant principal | Plutonier adjutant | Plutonier-major | Plutonier | Sergent-major | Sergent | Caporal clasa I | Caporal clasa a II-a | Caporal clasa a III-a | Fruntaș | Soldat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romanian Naval Forces[1] |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plutonier adjutant principal | Plutonier adjutant | Plutonier-major | Plutonier | Sergent-major | Sergent | Caporal clasa I | Caporal clasa a II-a | Caporal clasa a III-a | Fruntaș | Soldat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romanian Air Force[2] |
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Plutonier adjutant principal | Plutonier adjutant | Plutonier-major | Plutonier | Sergent-major | Sergent | Caporal clasa I | Caporal clasa a II-a | Caporal clasa a III-a | Fruntaș | Soldat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 |
Gendarmerie
[edit]Unlike the Romanian Police, the Gendarmerie is a military force, and uses the same ranking system as the Romanian Land Forces.
Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | ||||||||||||||
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Jandarmeria Română |
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Mareșal | General | General-locotenent | General-maior | General de brigadă | Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent |
Other ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jandarmeria Română |
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Plutonier adjutant șef | Plutonier adjutant | Plutonier-major | Plutonier | Sergent-major | Sergent | Caporal | Fruntaș | Jandarm |
Military firefighters corps
[edit]Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corpului Pompierilor Militari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mareșal | General | General-locotenent | General-maior | General de brigadă | Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent |
Other ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corpului Pompierilor Militari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plutonier adjutant șef | Plutonier adjutant | Plutonier-major | Plutonier | Sergent-major | Sergent |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Grade militare (Military ranks)". defense.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Defence Staff. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Grade militare (Military ranks)". roaf.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Air Force. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- "Grade militare (Military ranks)". defense.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Defence Staff. Retrieved 1 February 2021.