NATO Standard

OF-1 is the bottom officer band of the NATO rank code system, standardized in STANAG 2116 so coalition headquarters can instantly ...

OF-2 marks the senior company officer grade: captain in most armies and marines, lieutenant in most navies, a source of constant c...

OF-3 begins the field officer band: major in most land forces, lieutenant commander in most navies, squadron leader in the old Com...

OF-4 covers lieutenant colonel in armies, commander in navies, and wing commander in Commonwealth air forces. In most militaries t...

OF-5 is the summit of field rank: colonel in armies, captain in navies, group captain in Commonwealth air forces. Officers at this...

OF-6 opens the general and flag officer band, one star in most services: brigadier general in the US and many armies, brigadier in...

OF-7 marks the two-star grade: major general in armies, rear admiral upper half in the US Navy, rear admiral in the Royal Navy, ai...

OF-8 is the three-star grade: lieutenant general, vice admiral, air marshal. Three-stars command corps, numbered fleets, service c...

OF-9 is the four-star grade: general, admiral, air chief marshal, the highest permanent rank in nearly every member military. Four...

OF-10 is the summit of the NATO rank table: five-star ranks such as US General of the Army and Fleet Admiral, British field marsha...

OR-8 is the first of the two senior enlisted supergrades created in the US forces in 1958 and standardized in NATO tables. It cove...

OR-9 is the apex enlisted grade in the NATO table: US sergeant major, command sergeant major, master chief petty officer, Air Forc...

OR-5 covers the junior sergeant level: the US Army and Marine Corps sergeant, the US Navy petty officer second class, and the US A...