Ranks and insignia of NATO: Difference between revisions

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 ranks 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 and military pay grades. They are rank codes that allow for interoperability among NATO member nations.