Nicaragua military ranks
The Military ranks of Nicaragua are the military insignia used by the Nicaraguan Armed Forces.
Current ranks
Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of
commissioned officers
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Other ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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Historic ranks
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The
US Navy
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Guardia ranks (Ground Forces and National Police)
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Air Force ranks
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| Coronel piloto aviador | Teniente coronel piloto aviador | Mayor piloto aviador | Capitán piloto aviador | Teniente piloto aviador | Subteniente piloto aviador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Soldado – Seaman (no insignia)
- Soldado de primera – Able seaman (one pointed chevron)
- Cabo – Seaman 1st class (two pointed chevrons)
- Sargento Segundo – Petty officer, 2nd class(three pointed chevrons)
- Sargento Primero – Chief petty officer (three pointed chevrons above one arc)
- Alférez – Ensign (one five-pointed star above one narrow bar)
- Teniente de Corbeta – Lieutenant junior grade(one five-pointed star above one bar)
- Teniente de Fragata – Senior lieutenant (one five-pointed star above one narrow and one wider bars)
- Teniente de Navío – Lieutenant (one five-pointed star above two bars)
- Capitán de Corbeta – Lieutenant commander (one five-pointed star above one narrow between two wider bars)
- Capitán de Fragata – Commander (one five-pointed star above three bars)
- Capitán de Navío – Captain (one five-pointed star above four bars)
- Contra Almirante – Commodore (one five-pointed star above one very wide bar)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Caballero Jurado & Thomas, Central American Wars 1959–89 (1990), p. 44.
- ^ Bunkley, Joel William (1943). Military And Naval Recognition Book: A Handbook On The Organization, Uniforms And Insignia Of Rank Of The World's Armed Forces; Etiquette And Customs Of The American Services (4th ed.). New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. pp. 406–407. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Military rank insignia of Nicaragua.
- Tartter, Jean R. (1994). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Nicaragua: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 210. LCCN 94021664. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- "Nicaragua". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 21 October 2021.