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DeutschMilitary ranks of Sierra Leone
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The Military ranks of Sierra Leone are the military insignia used by the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces. Being a former British colony, Sierra Leone shares a rank structure similar to that of the United Kingdom.[1] While possessing an air force, the status of its equipment is unknown.[2]
Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sierra Leone Army |  | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||
| General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |||||||||||||||
 Sierra Leone Navy |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||||
| Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Sub-Lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone Army | |  | |  |  |  | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone Navy | | |  | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Chief petty officer | Petty officer | Leading seaman | Able seaman | Seaman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Mathews, L. L. (1979). "Sierra Leone". In Keegan, John (ed.). World armies. Sandhurst: Royal Military Academy. p. 624. ISBN 9780871964076. LCCN 79-9217. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ Sierra Leonean military aviation OrBat Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
[edit]- "Sierra Leone". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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