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Military star ranking is military terminology, used in mainly English speaking countries, to describe general and flag officers. Within NATO's armed forces, the stars are equal to OF-6–10.

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Star ranking

One-star

A one-star rank is usually the lowest ranking general or flag officer.2 In many Commonwealth countries, the one-star army rank of Brigadier is considered the highest field officer rank.3

Two-star

A two-star rank is usually the second lowest ranking general or flag officer.4

Three-star

A three-star rank is usually the third highest general or flag officer.5

Four-star

A four-star rank is usually the highest or second highest ranking general or flag officer.6

Five-star

Main article: Five-star rank

A five-star rank is usually the highest ranking general or flag officer.7 This rank is usually a field marshal, general of the army, admiral of the fleet or marshal of the air force.

Proposed six-star

Main article: Six-star rank

In the United States Armed Forces, a six-star rank is a proposed rank immediately superior to a five-star rank, possibly to be worn by the General of the Armies or Admiral of the Navy. This proposal has not been officially recognized by the military or Congress.

List of countries

Star rankFive-star rankFour-star rankThree-star rankTwo-star rankOne-star rankRef.8
 Australian Army910
GeneralLieutenant generalMajor generalBrigadier
 Royal Australian Navy1112
AdmiralVice admiralRear admiralCommodore
 Royal Australian Air Force1314
Air chief marshalAir marshalAir vice-marshalAir commodore
Star rankFive-star rankFour-star rankThree-star rankTwo-star rankOne-star rankRef.15
 Bangladesh Army16–
GeneralজেনারেলLieutenant generalলেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেলMajor generalমেজর জেনারেলBrigadier generalব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল
 Bangladesh Navy 1718
AdmiralVice admiralRear admiralCommodore
 Bangladesh Air Force1920
Air chief marshalAir marshalAir vice-marshalAir commodore
Star rankFive-star rankFour-star rankThree-star rankTwo-star rankOne-star rankRef.21
 Pakistan Army22–
Field marshalفیلڈ مارشلGeneralجنرلLieutenant generalلیفٹیننٹ جنرلMajor generalمیجر جنرلBrigadierبریگیڈیئر
 Pakistan Navy23–
AdmiralایڈمرلVice admiralوائس ایڈمرلRear admiralبحریہ کا امیرCommodoreکموڈور
 Pakistan Air Force24–
Air chief marshalAir marshalAir vice marshalAir commodore
Star rankFive-star rankFour-star rankThree-star rankTwo-star rankOne-star rankRef.25
 Sri Lanka Army2627
Field marshalGeneralLieutenant generalMajor generalBrigadier
 Sri Lanka Navy 2829
AdmiralVice admiralRear admiralCommodore
 Sri Lanka Air Force3031
Air Chief MarshalAir MarshalAir Vice-MarshalAir Commodore
Star rankFive-star rankFour-star rankThree-star rankTwo-star rankOne-star rankRef.32
 British Army33–
Field marshalGeneralLieutenant-generalMajor-generalBrigadier
 Royal Navy3435
Admiral of the FleetAdmiralVice admiralRear admiralCommodore
 Royal Air Force3637
Marshal of the RAFAir chief marshalAir marshalAir vice-marshalAir commodore
Star rankFive-star rankFour-star rankThree-star rankTwo-star rankOne-star rankRef.38
 United States Army3940
General of the ArmyGeneralLieutenant generalMajor generalBrigadier general
 United States Navy4142
Fleet admiralAdmiralVice admiralRear admiralRear admiral(lower half)
 United States Air Force4344
General of the Air ForceGeneralLieutenant generalMajor generalBrigadier general

See also

Notes

References

  1. NATO (October 1975). STANAG 2116 (PDF) (3rd ed.). Brussels, Belgium: NATO Standardization Agency. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022. /wiki/NATO ↩

  2. "One-star". lexico.com. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224210652/https://www.lexico.com/definition/one-star ↩

  3. "Rank structure". army.mod.uk. British Army. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2021. https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/ranks/ ↩

  4. "Two-star". lexico.com. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220324164150/https://www.lexico.com/definition/two-star ↩

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  8. Upper references are the Star ranking. Lower references are the insignia. ↩

  9. "Commissioned Officer Ranks". army.gov.au. Australian Army. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2021. https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/ranks/commissioned-officer-ranks ↩

  10. "Badges of rank" (PDF). navy.gov.au. Royal Australian Navy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022. https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/ADF_badges_of_rank.pdf ↩

  11. "Commissioned Officer Ranks". army.gov.au. Australian Army. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2021. https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/ranks/commissioned-officer-ranks ↩

  12. "Badges of rank" (PDF). navy.gov.au. Royal Australian Navy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022. https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/ADF_badges_of_rank.pdf ↩

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  15. Upper references are the Star ranking. Lower references are the insignia. ↩

  16. "Ranks & insignia". joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020. https://joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd/home/page/ranks-insignia ↩

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  18. "Rank of Navy & Equivalent Rank". navy.mil.bd. Bangladesh Navy. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20170627145930/http://navy.mil.bd/rank.php ↩

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  20. "Officer's ranks". joinbangladeshairforce.mil.bd. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200219212643/http://www.joinbangladeshairforce.mil.bd/index.php/main_controll/ranks_structure_baf?1=1&pagemenu=ranks_structure_baf&submenu=1&leafsub=0 ↩

  21. Upper references are the Star ranking. Lower references are the insignia. ↩

  22. "Inter Service Ranks". paf.gov.pk. Pakistan Air Force Official Website. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220826081717/https://paf.gov.pk/#/ranks ↩

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  25. Upper references are the Star ranking. Lower references are the insignia. ↩

  26. "Dress Regulation PDF – Part I" (PDF). army.lk. Sri Lanka Army. January 2019. p. 11-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021. https://www.army.lk/sites/all/themes/bootstrap/common/images/images2/downloads/Dress-regulation-2019-PART-I.pdf ↩

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  32. Upper references are the Star ranking. Lower references are the insignia. ↩

  33. "Rank structure". army.mod.uk. British Army. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2021. https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/ranks/ ↩

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  38. Upper references are the Star ranking. Lower references are the insignia. ↩

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  44. "U.S. Military Rank Insignia". defense.gov. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022. https://www.defense.gov/Resources/Insignia/ ↩