Military ranks of Bhutan

Summary

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 Officer cadet
  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
  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

  1. ^ "Eastern air command chief visits Bhutan". Kuensel. 10 May 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006.
  2. ^ 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.