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Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas

Rank comparison chart of all armies and land forces of North and South American states.

Officers

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Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
  Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1]
            
Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
  Argentine Army[2]
                      
Teniente general General de división General de brigada Coronel mayor Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente primero Teniente Subteniente
  Bahamas No army


  Barbados Regiment[3]
                
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
  Belize Defence Force
                
Major-general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
  Bolivian Army[4]
                  
General de ejército General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Captáin Teniente Subteniente


  Brazilian Army[5]
                    
Marechal General de exército General de divisão General de brigada Coronel Tenente-coronel Major Capitão Primeiro tenente Segundo tenente
  Canadian Army[6][7]
                    
General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Général(e) Lieutenant(e)-général(e) Major(e)-général(e) Brigadier(ère)-général(e) Colonel(le) Lieutenant(e)-colonel(le) Major(e) Capitaine Lieutenant(e) Sous-lieutenant(e)
  Chilean Army[8]
                      
General de ejército General de división General de brigada Brigadier Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente Alférez
  Colombian National Army[9]
                  
General de ejercito Mayor general Brigadier general Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
  Costa Rica No army


  Cuban Revolutionary Army[10]
                        
General de ejército General de cuerpo de ejército General de división General de brigada Primer coronel Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Primer teniente Teniente Subteniente
  Dominica No army


  Dominican Army[11]
                  
Teniente general Mayor general General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Primer teniente Segundo teniente
  Ecuadorian Army[12]
                  
General de ejército General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente


  Salvadoran Army[13]
                
General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente


  Grenada No army


  Guatemalan Army[14]
                      
Ministro de defensa nacional General jefe de estado mayor General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán primero Capitán segundo Teniente Subteniente
  Guyana Army[15]
                      
Commander-in-Chief Minister of Defence Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Ensign
  Haitian Army
                  
Lieutenant général Major général Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Lyetnan jeneral Majò jeneral Jeneral de brigad Kolonèl Lyetnan kolonèl Majò Kapitèn Lyetnan Soulyetnan
  Honduran Army[16]
                
General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente
  Jamaican Army[17]
                  
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
  Mexican Army[18]
                      
Secretario de la defensa nacional General de división General de brigada General brigadier Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitan primero Capitán segundo Teniente Subteniente
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
  Nicaraguan Army[19]
                  
General de ejército Mayor general General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente primero Teniente
  Panama No army


  Paraguayan Army[20]
                    
General de ejército General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente primero Teniente Subteniente
  Peruvian Army[21]
                    
Gran Mariscal del Perú General de ejército General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente
  SKN Regiment[22]
          
Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
  Saint Lucia No army


  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No army


  Suriname Army[23]
              
Brigadegeneraal Kolonel Luitenant-kolonel Majoor Kapitein/
Ritmeester 		Eerste luitenant Tweede luitenant
  Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[24]
                
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
  United States Army[25]
                      
General of the Army General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
  National Army of Uruguay[26]
                  
General de ejército General Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente primero Teniente segundo Alférez
  Venezuelan Army[27][28][29]
                    
General en jefe Mayor general General de division General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Primer teniente Teniente
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force. "Paratus" (PDF). Regional Publications Ltd. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Grados". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Barbados Defence Force Medal Ceremony". YouTube. Barbados Defence Force. 18 Jul 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (10 December 2019). "Conoce la jerarquía de los grados del #Ejército" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Postos e Graduações - Exército". eb.mil.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Army. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ^ "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Canada. Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Distintivos de grados" [Badges of degrees]. ejercito.cl (in Spanish). Chilean Army. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Capítulo V: Insignias militares". RGE 4-20.1: Reglamento de Uniformes, Insignias y Distinciones (in Spanish) (7th ed.). Colombia: National Army of Colombia. pp. 301–331. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Insignias". mide.gob.do (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Dominican Republic). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Resolución No. MRL-2012". trabajo.gob.ec (in Spanish). Government of Ecuador. 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Grados Militares". mindef.mil.gt (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Guatemala). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  15. ^ Merrill, Tim (1993). Guyana and Belize: country studies. Library of Congress. p. 138. LCCN 93010956. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  16. ^ Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  17. ^ "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  18. ^ Secretary of National Defense (27 June 2019). "Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M." [Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force] (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  20. ^ Cooke, Melinda W. (1990). "Chapter 5: National Security". In Hanratty, Dennis M.; Meditz, Sandra W. (eds.). Paraguay: A Country Study. Area Handbook Series (2nd ed.). Library of Congress. pp. 216–217. LCCN 89600299. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  21. ^ "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  22. ^ SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS DEFENCE FORCE ACT. Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. 31 December 2009. pp. 110–111.
  23. ^ Dyer, Gwynne (1979). "Surinam". In Keegan, John (ed.). World armies. Sandhurst: Royal Military Academy. p. 663. LCCN 79-9217. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Rank Chart (Commissioned Officers)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  25. ^ "U.S. Army Ranks". army.mil. United States Army. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  26. ^ Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Grados de Generales y Almirantes". ejercito.mil.ve. Government of Venezuela. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  28. ^ "Grados de Oficiales Superiores". ejercito.mil.ve. Government of Venezuela. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  29. ^ "Grados de Oficiales Subalternos". ejercito.mil.ve. Government of Venezuela. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
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