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'''Ranks and insignia of NATO affiliated nations''' are combined military ranks and insignia used by the member countries (and other affiliated nations) of the [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organization]].
 
The rank scale is used for specifying posts within NATO.
 
==Definitions Rank codes ==
NATO maintains a "standard rank scale" which is also known as a "standardized reference system" in an attempt to match every member country's military rankranks to corresponding ranks used by the other members.{{sfn|NATO|2021|p=1-1}} The NATO rank reference code categories were established in a 1978 document entitled [[STANAG]] 2116 (formally titled ''NATO Codes for Grades of Military Personnel'').
 
NATO rank codes are not the same as military ranks (US Army examples: Private, Corporal, Warrant Officer 1, Chief Warrant Officer 5, Captain, Major, Colonel, etc.) and military pay grades (US military examples: E-1, W-1, CW-5, O-1, O-1e, O-10, etc.). They are rank codes that allow for interoperability among NATO member nations.
===Officer ranks===▼
 
OF-1 – OF-10 (bottom to top) are used for [[commissioned officer]]s:{{sfn|NATO|2021|p=1-1}}▼
▲=== Officer ranksrank codes ===
* OF-6 – OF-10: [[General officer]]s▼
* OF-31 – OF-5:10 (lowest rank code to highest) are used for [[Seniorcommissioned officer]]s:{{sfn|NATO|2021|p=1-1}}
* OF-6 – OF-10: [[Flag officer]]s, [[general officer]]s, or [[air officer]]s
▲* OF-63 – OF-105: [[GeneralField officer|Senior officer]]s
* OF-1 – OF-2: [[Junior officer]]s
 
In [[US Forces]] the [[Warrant Officer]] is a separate and distinct category of officers. This officer rank and precedence is below those of officer personnel, but above that of non-officer personnel. Warrant Officer grades are as follows:{{sfn|NATO|2022|p=А-10}}
===Other ranks===<!-- Other ranks (NATO) redirects here -->▼
* W-5: Chief Warrant Officer 5 ([[US Army]], [[US Marine Corps]], [[US Navy]])
OR1–OR9 (bottom to top) are used for other ranks:{{sfn|NATO|2021|p=1-1}}
* W-4: Chief Warrant Officer 4 ([[US Army]], [[US Marine Corps]], [[US Navy]])
* OR-5 – OR-9: [[Non-commissioned officer]]s▼
* W-3: Chief Warrant Officer 3 ([[US Army]], [[US Marine Corps]], [[US Navy]])
* OR-1 – OR-4: [[Enlisted rank]]s▼
* W-2: Chief Warrant Officer 2 ([[US Army]], [[US Marine Corps]], [[US Navy]])
* W-1: Warrant Officer 1 ([[US Army]], [[US Marine Corps]]; no longer used in [[US Navy]])
 
The [[warrant officer]]s are the highest other ranks in [[British Armed Forces]] and [[Canadian Armed Forces]].{{sfn|NATO|2022|p=D-1, D-3}}
 
▲=== Other ranksrank codes ===<!-- Other ranks (NATO) redirects here -->
▲OF-1OR1–OR9 –(lowest OF-10rank (bottomcode to tophighest) are used for [[commissionedother officer]]sranks:{{sfn|NATO|2021|p=1-1}}
▲* OR-5 – OR-9: [[Non-commissioned officer]]s (for NATO purposes)
▲* OR-1 – OR-4: [[Enlisted rank]]s (usually)
 
At the same time, there are exceptions, for example:
* Non-Commissioned officers in [[British Armed Forces]] are called Senior Non-Commissioned Officers in OR-5 to OR-7 inclusive and Junior Non-Commissioned Officers in OR-3 and OR-4.{{sfn|NATO|2022|p=D-8, Е-7, F-7}}
 
This is not a new feature: it was present in previous editions of STANAG 2116, but was sometimes overlooked.
 
== Comparison to US system ==
The numbers in the system broadly correspond to the [[U.S. uniformed services pay grades]], with OR-x replacing E-x and WO-x replacing W-x. The main difference is in the commissioned officer ranks, where the US system recognises two ranks at OF-1 level (O-1 and O-2), meaning that all O-x numbers after O-1 are one point higher on the US scale than they are on the NATO scale (e.g. a [[major (rank)|major]] is OF-3 on the NATO scale and O-4 on the US scale).
 
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! Rank group
! colspan=2422| Non-commissioned officers
! colspan=1214| Enlisted
{{Ranks and Insignia of NATO Armies/OR/Blank}}
{{United States uniformed services pay grades/enlisted/blank}}
|}
 
== Ranks and insignia of member armed forces ==
'''Army'''
* [[Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers|Ranks and insignia of NATO member army officers]]
* [[Ranks and insignia of NATO armies enlisted|Ranks and insignia of NATO member army enlisted]]
 
'''Air Force'''
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'''Navy'''
* [[Ranks and insignia of NATO navies' officers|Ranks and insignia of NATO member navy officers]]
* [[Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted|Ranks and insignia of NATO member navy enlisted]]
 
== See also ==
* [[list of comparative military ranks|Comparative military ranks]]
 
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=== Sources ===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |author1=NATO |title=STANAG 2116 NATO |date=13 January 2021 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |edition=7th |location=Brussels, Belgium}}
* {{cite book |author1=NATO |title=APersP-01 Еd.A Ver.3 |date=16 June 2022 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |location=Brussels, Belgium}}
* {{cite web
* {{cite book |author1=NATO |title=APP-06 Еd.E Ver.1 |date=11 October 2023 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |location=Brussels, Belgium}}
| url = https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/documents/reference-library/br-2/BRd%202%20-%20Book/an03a.pdf
| title = NATO CODES FOR GRADES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL. STANAG 2116. (Edition No. 4) NAVY/ARMY/AIR
| publisher=[[Royal Navy]]
| access-date=2017-11-08
}}
*{{cite web
| url = http://www.militaria.lv/stanag.htm
| title=STANAG 2116 (Edition 5)
| publisher=[[Latvian National Armed Forces]]
| access-date=2017-11-08
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.mip-site.org/publicsite/04-Baseline_3.0/JC3IEDM-Joint_C3_Information_Exchange_Data_Model/HTML-Browser/domains/person-type-rank-code.html
| title=person-type-rank-code
| publisher=[[Multilateral Interoperability Programme]]
| date=13 December 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727085908/http://www.mip-site.org/publicsite/04-Baseline_3.0/JC3IEDM-Joint_C3_Information_Exchange_Data_Model/HTML-Browser/domains/person-type-rank-code.html
| access-date=2015-05-13
| archive-date=2011-07-27
}}
* {{cite web | url = http://army.ca/wiki/index.php/NATO_Rank_Comparison | title=NATO Rank Comparison | publisher=[[Canadian Forces]] | access-date=2009-06-24 }}
{{refend}}
 
== External links ==
* {{cite web |url=https://nso.nato.int/nso/nsdd/main/standards/ap-details/3319/EN |title=NATO Standard STANAG 2116 / APersP-01, NATO Codes for Grades of Military Personnel |website=nso.nato.int |access-date=2024-06-24 }}
* {{cite web |url=https://nso.nato.int/nso/nsdd/main/standards/ap-details/3169/EN |title=NATO Standard STANAG 2019 / APP-06, NATO Joint Military Symbology |website=nso.nato.int |access-date=2024-06-24 }}
* {{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/resources/site7234/General/BISCD040-002%20NATO%20NCO_JO%20Employment%20and%20Development%20Strat.pdf |title=Bi-SC Directive 040-002, NATO Non-Commissioned Officer and Junior Officer Bi-Strategic Command Employment and Development Strategy |website=shape.nato.int |date=19 December 2023 |access-date=2024-06-24 }}
 
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