The Military ranks of Myanmar are the military insignia used by the Myanmar Defence Services, its auxiliary services, some government departments and some civilian organizations.

All the government employees are called "civil service personnel" (). Their ranks and appointments are grouped into two categories: Officer or gazetted officer , "(a) Officer means the service personnel at the ranks of the gazetted officer and above; (b) Staff means the service personnel at the ranks below the gazetted officer" whose promotion and posting are recorded in the Gazette of Myanmar. Staff or Other Ranks ranks below the gazetted officers.

Personnel of the Defence Services and the Myanmar Police Force are included in the civil service personnel but the rules of civil service personnel are not applied to them because of the special nature of their duties.

The rank insignia of Myanmar Defence Services is the basic form for all other rank insignia in Myanmar. Some departments/organizations use the same insignia as that of the Defence Services but with different colour, (example: rank insignia of Myanmar Police Force use silver stars instead of golden ones).Myanmar police chief Major General Zaw Win cautions reporters in Naypyidaw to accept only information that the police confirm about the killing of prominent rights attorney Ko Ni, Feb. 1, 2016. / RFA / Some use the same style as that of the Defence Services but with organization's symbol in place of military stars (example: rank insignia of Myanmar Red Cross Society use red crosses in place of rank stars). Those departments that don't use the military-like uniform system, use the pin badges with rank insignia (example: rank insignia of General Administration Department).The badge of a civil servant working at the Eastern Yangon General Administration Department office in Thingangyun Township. (Teza Hlaing / Frontier)

Myanmar Defence Services All three branches of Myanmar Defence Services use the same rank system and insignia. While the titles are the same across all branches in Burmese, English translations are different depending on the branch.

Officers In Myanmar Defence Services, the officer cadets who have graduated from Defense Services Academies (DSA, DSMA, DSTA, etc.) and Officer Training Schools (OTS) are directly commissioned as gazetted officers with the rank of Second Lieutenant or Sub-lieutenant.news from "cincds.gov.mm" (Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services), for example: , , , , etc. () serves as the root word for each officer rank.

Burmese ALA-LC Myanmar Defence Services Full dress Armycasual uniform Navycasual uniformFleet Exercise-2020 conducted with involvement of attack submarine Minye Theinkhathu of Tatmadaw (Navy) to enhance defence prowess of State Navy sleeve Air Forcecasual uniformSenior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing receives a model plane from Gen. Maung Maung Kyaw in 2019. Army and air force translation Senior general Vice-senior general General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Navy translation Senior general Vice-senior general Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade) Sub-lieutenant

Student officer ranks Rank group Student officer Burmese ALA-LC Myanmar Armed Forces Translation Officer cadet

Special insignia of general/flag officers In addition the general/flag officers have additional special insignia.

Burmese title English title Senior general Vice-senior general General/Admiral Lieutenant general/Vice admiral Major general/Rear admiral Brigadier general/Commodore Rank medal worn on left chest Rank stars on name plate of car

Other ranks In Myanmar Defence Services, Lance corporals and Corporals are commonly referred to as (, ) by both enlisted staffs and officers. Warrant officers (Class 1 and Class 2) are referred to as (, ), Sergeant and Staff Sergeant are referred to as Gyi. These unofficial ranks are in used throughout the daily life of all branches of Myanmar Defence Services. Insignia-wearing OR within the Myanmar Defence Services are usually seasoned veteran soldiers with wide-ranging experience of the battlefield, thus both officers and enlisted men refer to them as "teacher" out of respect as well as affection.

Rank groupOther Ranks (Insignia Wearing)Other Ranks (No Insignia) Burmese ALA-LC Myanmar Defence Services No insignia No insignia Army translation Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff Sergeant (aka Company Quartermaster Sergeant) Sergeant/Sergeant (Clerk) Corporal Lance corporal Private Recruit Navy translation Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer/ Petty Officer (clerk) Leading seaman Acting leading Able-body Recruit Air force translation Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Flight sergeant Sergeant/Sergeant (clerk) Corporal Lance corporal Private Recruit

Myanmar Police Force Myanmar Police Force is an independent department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, one of the ministries under administration of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. The rank insignia of Myanmar Police Force are the insignia of Myanmar Defence Services with different colours and with different titles.

Officers In the Myanmar Police Force, a person of the rank of Police second lieutenant and above is called an officer; while an officer of the rank of Police Captain and above is called a gazetted officer. Burmese ALA-LC Myanmar Police Force Translation Commissioner General Deputy Commissioner General Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Senior Superintendent Deputy Senior Superintendent Superintendent Senior Inspector Inspector Sub-Inspector Officer Cadet

Other ranks Rank group Insignia-wearing staffs Enlisted staffs Burmese ALA-LC Myanmar Police Force No insignia No insignia Translation Police warrant officer Police sergeant Police corporal Police lance corporal Police constable Recruit

Prisons Department Prisons Department is a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, one of the ministries under administration of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. The rank insignia of its officers are the same as that of Myanmar Police Force but with different titles.

Officers Burmese ALA-LC Full insignia Translation Director general Deputy director general Director Deputy director Assistant director Staff officer (first class) Staff officer (second class) Staff officer (third class) Chief jailor/Deputy supervisor Jailor/Assistant supervisor

Other ranks Rank group Insignia-wearing staffs Enlisted staffs Burmese ALA-LC No insignia No insignia Translation Assistant jailor (2)/ Assistant supervisor Assistant jailor (1)/ Deputy assistant supervisor Prison sergeant Prison corporal Prison lance corporal Prison private Prison recruit

General Administration Department General Administration Department is a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, one of the ministries under administration of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. As its uniform is not the military style, pin badges are used to show ranks.A civil servant stands outside the Eastern Yangon General Administration Department office in Thingangyun Township. (Teza Hlaing / Frontier)

Officers Rank group Burmese ALA-LC Rank symbol Pin badgeပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ အထွေထွေအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးဦးစီးဌာန၏ ဝန်ထမ်းအဆင့်အလိုက်သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ရင်ထိုးတံဆိပ်သင်္ကေတများ / photo- myo kyaw kyaw Translation Director general/Permanent secretary Deputy director general/Divisional administrator Director/District administrator Deputy director/Deputy district administrator Assistant director/Township administrator Staff officer/Deputy township administrator Deputy chief officer/Manager (1)

Staffs Rank group Staffs Burmese ALA-LC Rank symbol Pin badge Translation Superintendent Branch clerk Upper divisional clerk Lower divisional clerk Office factotum/Mailman/Driver

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