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				Senior officers			Junior officers
Royal Bhutan Army^[2] v t e
	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] v t e							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.

External links

"Royal Bhutan Army". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. 9 March 2013.

[1] "Eastern air command chief visits Bhutan". Kuensel. 10 May 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006.

[Bhutan-2] "Army ranks". rba.bt. Royal Bhutan Army. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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