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ROYAL NAVY ROYAL ARMY ROYAL AIR MOD CIVIL

MARINES FORCE SERVANTS
★★★★ ADMIRAL GENERAL GENERAL AIR CHIEF PUS
MARSHAL SECOND PUS

★★★ VICE ADMIRAL LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT AIR MARSHAL SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT
GENERAL GENERAL PAY BAND 3

MAJOR MAJOR AIR VICE- SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT

★★ REAR ADMIRAL GENERAL GENERAL MARSHAL PAY BAND 2

★ COMMODORE BRIGADIER BRIGADIER AIR SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT

COMMODORE PAY BAND 1
(Stars are
allocated BAND B1
to the
most
senior
ranks GROUP BAND B2
across CAPTAIN COLONEL COLONEL CAPTAIN
defence)

COMMANDER LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT WING BAND C1

COLONEL COLONEL COMMANDER

LIEUTENANT SQUADRON BAND C2

MAJOR MAJOR LEADER
COMMANDER

LIEUTENANT CAPTAIN FLIGHT BAND D/SKILL ZONE 4

CAPTAIN LIEUTENANT

SUB LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT FLYING (Within the MOD Civil Service there
LIEUTENANT OFFICER are also band E1/skill zones 2 &
3, and band E2/skill zone 1 staff.
However, no equivalent military
ranks have been established for
SECOND SECOND PILOT these grades)
MIDSHIPMAN LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT OFFICER

WARRANT WARRANT WARRANT WARRANT

OFFICER 1 OFFICER CLASS 1 OFFICER CLASS 1 OFFICER

WARRANT WARRANT WARRANT

OFFICER 2 OFFICER CLASS 2 OFFICER CLASS 2

CHIEF PETTY COLOUR STAFF FLIGHT

OFFICER SERGEANT SERGEANT SERGEANT

PETTY
OFFICER SERGEANT SERGEANT SERGEANT

LEADING
HAND CORPORAL CORPORAL CORPORAL

LANCE LANCE SENIOR

CORPORAL CORPORAL AIRCRAFTMAN

ABLE RATE MARINE PRIVATE AIRCRAFTMAN

THE PECKING ORDER

Design: David Barlow

AS ANYONE who works in defence knows, there are clearly defined rank mix of uniformed and civilian MOD staff, you need to know where you stand. If
structures. But, while the pecking order may be clear within your own Service, nothing else, we hope this poster helps you to know whom you should salute,
equivalent ranks or grades in the other Services may be less apparent. With and to find your way to the correct mess.
joint operations becoming increasingly common and many bases run by a ■ Special ranks peculiar to some units are not included here. This is a broad guide only.