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2 Other ranks  





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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[edit]

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Royal Bhutan Army[2]
  • 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[edit]

    The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

    Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
     Royal Bhutan Army[2]
  • 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[edit]

    1. ^ "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[edit]


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