Military ranks of Bhutan
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
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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
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
- ^ "Eastern air command chief visits Bhutan". Kuensel. 10 May 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006.
- ^ a b "Army ranks". rba.bt. Royal Bhutan Army. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
Further reading
- Makeig, Douglas C. (1993). Savada, Andrea Matles (ed.). Nepal and Bhutan: Country studies. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 368. LCCN 93012226. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
External links
- "Royal Bhutan Army". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. 9 March 2013.