Spain Military Ranks

Spain Military Ranks

v.1.0 May 6, 2001

This table is the work of Mr. Miles Glorious.

NATO Code	NATO rank	Spain Rank	Spain Code
Army
OF-10	General	General de Ejército (*)	GE
OF-09	Liutenant Genera]	Teniente General	TG
OF-08	Major General	General de División	GD
OF-07	Brigadier General	General de Brigada	GB
OF-06	Colonel	Coronel	COR
OF-05	Liutenant-Colonel	Teniente Coronel	TCOL
OF-04	Major	Comandante	CTE
OF-03	Captain	Capitán	CAP
OF-02	First Lieutenant	Teniente	TTE
OF-01	Second Lieutenant	Alférez	ALF
	Warrant Official	Suboficial Mayor	SBMY
	Warrant Official	Subteniente	STTE
	Warrant Official	Brigada	BG
	Sergeant	Sargento Primero	SGT1
	Sergeant	Sargento	SGTO
	Corporal	Cabo primero
	Corporal	Cabo segundo
	Private 1 Class	Soldado 1
	Private	Soldado
Navy
OF-10	Admiral	Almirante General (*)	AG
OF-09	Vice-Admiral	Almirante	A
OF-08	Rear-Admiral	Vicealmirante	VA
OF-07	Commodore	Contralmirante	CA
OF-06	Captain	Capitán de Navío	CN
OF-05	Commander	Capitán de Fragata	CF
OF-04	Lieutenant -Commander	Capitán de Corbeta	CC
OF-03	Lieutenant	Teniente de Navío	TN
OF-02	Lieutenant Junior Grade	Alférez de Navío	AN
OF-01	Ensign	Alférez de Fragata	AF
	Warrant Official	Suboficial Mayor	SBMY
	Warrant Official	Subteniente	STTE
	Warrant Official	Brigada	BG
	Sergeant	Sargento Primero	SGT1
	Sergeant	Sargento	SGTO
	Corporal	Cabo primero
	Corporal	Cabo segundo
	Seaman 1 Class	Marinero Distiguido
	Seaman	Marinero
Air Force
OF-10	General	General del Aire (*)	GA
OF-09	Liutenant General	Teniente General	TG
OF-08	Major General	General de División	GD
OF-07	Brigadier General	General de Brigada	GB
OF-06	Colonel	Coronel	COR
OF-05	Liutenant-Colonel	Teniente Coronel	TCOL
OF-04	Major	Comandante	CTE
OF-03	Captain	Capitán	CAP
OF-02	First Lieutenant	Teniente	TTE
OF-01	Second Lieutenant	Alférez	ALF
	Warrant Official	Suboficial Mayor	SBMY
	Warrant Official	Subteniente	STTE
	Warrant Official	Brigada	BG
	Sergeant	Sargento Primero	SGT1
	Sergeant	Sargento	SGTO
	Corporal	Cabo primero
	Corporal	Cabo segundo
	Private 1 Class	Soldado 1
	Private	Soldado

The King of Spain (Juan Carlos) is the Capitán General of all the Armed Forces

(*) Only if

JEMAD	Jefe del Estado Mayor de la Defensa	Armed Forces Chief of Staff
JEME	Jefe Estado Mayor del Ejercito	Army Chief of Staff
AJEMA	Almirante Jefe Estado Mayor de Armada	Navy Chief of Staff
JEMA	Jefe Estado Mayor del Ejército del Aire	Air Force Chief of Staff

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