Defence Forces Ranks and Structure

Ranks of Indian Army

The ranks of the Indian Army are categorized into:

1. Commissioned Officers
2. Personnel Below Officer Rank

Commissioned Officers:

They are Grade - A officers who join the Indian Army through exams such as NDA, CDS, TGC, TES, TA etc. They lead the men into the battlefield & command platoon/company to brigades, division, corps, and the whole army.

Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR):

They are soldiers who execute responsibilities assigned to them by the commissioned officers. They are recruited through exams like Air Force Group X & Y, Indian Navy SSR, MR, and AA.

They are further classified into:

1. JCO’s (Junior Commissioned Officer)
2. NCO’s (Non - Commissioned Officer)

Here is the table that provides information about equivalent ranks in the armed forces:

Ranks of Officers of Armed Forces

Ranks of Personnel Below Officer Ranks

Insignia of Armed Forces:

Insignia or shoulder insignia is a badge that represents the ranks of an officer or a person below officer rank. The badges provide a distinction between various ranks of armed forces. Below is an image that represents the insignia used by armed forces:

Indian Army:

Insignia of Commissioned Officers

Insignia of PBOR:

Insignia of Indian Navy:

Insignia of Commissioned Officers

Insignia of PBOR:

Insignia of Indian Air Force:

Insignia of Commissioned Officers

Insignia of PBOR:

Here are some special facts about Indian Armed Forces:

1. The rank of Field Marshal is the ceremonial rank and has been conferred only to two officers of the Indian Army - Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw (1973) & Field Marshal K.M Carriappa (1983).

2. The rank of Marshal of the Air Force is the ceremonial rank of the Indian Air Force and has been conferred once in 2002 to Marshal of the  Indian Air Force Arjan Singh.

3. The highest rank in the Indian Navy - Admiral of the fleet has not yet been conferred yet.

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