CANADIAN MILITARY INSIGNIA FOR THE
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Ranks | Royal Canadian Navy | Canadian Army / Royal Canadian Air Force |
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General Officers | Admiral (Adm) |
General (Gen) |
Vice-Admiral (VAdm) |
Lieutenant-General (LGen) |
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Rear-Admiral (RAdm) |
Major-General (MGen) |
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Commodore (Cmdre) |
Brigadier-General (BGen) |
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Senior Officers | Captain (Capt (N)) |
Colonel (Col) |
Commander (Cdr) |
Lieutenant-Colonel (LCol) |
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Lieutenant-Commander (LCdr) |
Major (Maj) |
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Junior Officers | Lieutenant (Lt (N)) |
Captain |
Sub-Lieutenant (SLt) |
Lieutenant (Lt) |
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Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A/SLt) |
Second Lieutenant (2Lt) |
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Subordinate Officer | Naval Cadet (NCdt) |
Officer Cadet (OCdt) |
Senior Non-Commissioned members | Chief Petty Officer 1st class (CPO 1) |
Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) |
Chief Petty Officer 2nd class (CPO 2) |
Master Warrant Officer (MWO) |
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Petty Officer 1st class (PO 1) |
Warrant Officer (WO) |
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Petty Officer 2nd class (PO 2) |
Sergeant (Sgt) |
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Junior Non-Commissioned members | Master Seaman (MS) |
Master Corporal (MCpl) |
Leading Seaman (LS) |
Corporal (Cpl) |
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Able Seaman (AB) |
Private (Pte) |
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Ordinary Seaman (OS) |
Private Recruit (Pte (Recruit)) |
In the Canadian Forces, the Queen's Regulations and Orders formerly defined a non-commissioned officer as "A Canadian Forces member holding the rank of Sergeant or Corporal." In the 1990s, the term "non-commissioned member" (NCM) was introduced to indicate all ranks in the Canadian Forces from recruit to Chief Warrant Officer.
By definition, with the unification of the CF into one service, the rank of Sergeant included the naval rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class, and Corporal includes the Naval rank of Leading Seaman; Corporal also includes the appointment of Master Corporal (Naval Master Seaman). NCOs are officially divided into two categories: Junior Non-Commissioned Officers (Jr NCOs), consisting of Corporals/Leading Seamen and Master Corporals/Master Seamen; and Senior Non-Commissioned Members (Sr NCOs), consisting of Sergeants and Petty Officers 2nd Class. In the Canadian Navy, however, the accepted definition of "NCO" reflects the international use of the term (i.e. all grades of Petty Officer). Junior Non-Commissioned Officers mess and billet with Privates and Seamen; their mess is usually referred to as the Junior Ranks Mess. Conversely, Senior Non-Commissioned Officers' mess and billet with Warrant Officers; their mess is normally referred to as the Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess (Army and Air Force establishments) or the Chiefs and Petty Officers Mess (Naval establishments). As a group, NCOs rank above Privates and below Warrant Officers. The term "non-commissioned members" includes these ranks. |
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Ranks and Typical Appointments Within The Canadian Military Rank - Appointment |
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Ranks of Canadian ArmyThe order of Non Commissioned members in the Canadian Army is as follows The Officer Ranks are as follows The Navy non-commissioned ranks are; The Officer Ranks for Army & Air force Navy; Note that Master Corporal/Master Seaman is an appointment, not a rank |
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