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French Army

Components Army Light Aviation Armoured Cavalry Troupes de marine French Foreign Legion Chasseurs alpins List of current regiments Structure of the French Army Administration Chief of Staff of the French Army Equipment Modern Equipment History Military history of France Personnel List of senior officers of the French Army Ranks in the French Army Awards Croix de guerre Médaille militaire Légion d'honneur Awards

See Ranks in the French Navy for more details about the naval ranks

Rank insignia in the French army are worn on the sleeve or on shoulder marks of uniforms, and range up to the highest rank of Marshal of France, a state honour denoted with a seven-star insignia that was last conferred posthumously on Marie Pierre Koenig in 1984.

Infantry arms and cavalry arms

Rank insignia in the French army depend on whether the soldier belongs to an infantry or cavalry unit. The infantry arms (armes à pied) include normal infantry, naval troops, the Foreign Legion and engineers; cavalry arms (armes à cheval) include armoured cavalry, artillery, maintenance and logistics. Sleeves are emblazoned with marks denoting either gold insignia for the infantry or silver/white for the cavalry. However, the artillery uses gold as the main colour, despite being a cavalry branch, and spahis use gold as the main colour despite being part of the cavalry, a distinction representing the armoured cavalry.

Marshals

Insignia of a marshal of France

The title of "marshal of France" (maréchal de France) is awarded as a distinction, rather than a rank. The marshals wear seven stars and carry a baton.

Famous examples include Turenne, Vauban, Joachim Murat, Michel Ney, Bazaine, Guillaume Brune, Louis Nicolas Davout, Duke de MacMahon, de Canrobert, André Masséna, de Hautecloque, de Tassigny, Marie Pierre Koenig and Alphonse Juin.

As a distinction rather than a rank, the title of Marshal is granted through a special law voted by the French Parliament. For this reason, it is impossible to demote a Marshal. The most famous example is Philippe Pétain, who became famous as Maréchal Pétain, chief of state of the Vichy France regime. When he was tried for high treason, the judges were empowered to demote his other ranks and titles, but due to the principle of separation of powers, the judges had no authority to cancel the law that had made Pétain a Marshal and it remained the only title he kept after being sentenced.

Six marshals of France have been given the even more exalted rank of "Marshal General of France" (Maréchal général de France): Duke de Biron, Duke de Lesdiguières, Viscount de Turenne, de Villars, Count de Saxe and de Dieu Soult.

Officers

Although they all wear the same insignia and titles, officers are divided into:

• Regular officers of the army


• Officers of the Armed Forces Commisariat Corps (formerly Army Commisariat Corps)


• Officers of the technical and administrative corps of the armed forces (formerly of the Army)

Généraux - general officers

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  Général d'armée ("army general"); in command of an army.


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  Général de corps d'armée ("corps general", i.e. Lieutenant general); in command of an army corps.^[1]
  


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  Général de division ("division general", i.e. Major general); in command of a division.


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  Général de brigade ("brigade general", i.e. Brigadier general); in command of a brigade, or of a région in the Gendarmerie. A famous général de brigade was Charles de Gaulle, who often wore military uniform whilst being President of the French Republic.

There is no distinction between infantry and cavalry generals, since they are all supposed to be able to command any type of unit. The rank was formerly designated as Lieutenant-General of the Armies until 1791. The official historic succession of the "Lieutenant-General of France" corresponded to Général de division for the French Army, and Vice-Amiral (Vice-Admiral) for the French Navy. The rank of Général de corps d'armée wasn't officially adopted until 1939, along with five other French Armed Forces ranks.

Officiers supérieurs - senior officers

In the below descriptions, "horse-mounted" does not refer to current units (the only remaining horse-mounted unit is a ceremonial unit in the Republican Guard) but to the traditional affiliation of the units.

Colonel

The word colonel originates in the medieval term capitaine colonel, "the head (officer) of a column" (=regiment). Lieutenant-colonel is the one who can "hold the place" of a colonel in his absence (lieu-tenant, from tenir lieu which means to hold the place). The word chef or "chief" in English comes from the Latin word caput meaning "head".

A colonel commands a regiment of the army or a groupement of the Gendarmerie. During the French Revolution, they were called chef de brigade. Cavalry arms wear silver. The origin of the difference in metal colour is that infantry officers once wore silver epaulettes, while those of the cavalry and other arms wore gold, and the colour of the rank badge had to differ from these metals in each case.^{[citation needed]}

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Lieutenant-colonel

The lieutenant-colonel has the same responsibilities as a colonel. They were called major during the First French Empire. Notice that the metal colours alternate silver and gold in each case, as opposed to those of the colonels. This characteristic goes back at least to alternating stripes on the uniforms of that empire in epaulettes.

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Commandant

Commandant (also called chef de bataillon in the infantry, chef d'escadrons in the cavalry and chef d'escadron in the artillery and in the army light aviation) is equivalent to a major in most English-speaking countries.

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Officiers subalternes - junior officers

Capitaine

A capitaine is in command of a company (compagnie) of infantry, a squadron (escadron) of cavalry or a battery (batterie) of artillery.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (lieutenant or first lieutenant) commands a platoon (section) of infantry, a troop (peloton) of cavalry, or a brigade of the Gendarmerie.

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Sous-lieutenant

A Sous-lieutenant (sub-lieutenant or second lieutenant) commands at the same level as a lieutenant, but is a more junior officer rank.

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Aspirant

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  Aspirant An Officer Designate rank, it is used in the Armée de Terre (Army), the Armée de l'Air (Air Force), the Marine Nationale (Navy) and the Gendarmerie Nationale. Technically it is not a commissioned rank but it is still treated in all respects as one. Aspirants are either officers in training in military academies or voluntaries, serving as temporary officers. The aspirant must have been previously élève officier (Officer Cadet). S/He can afterwards be commissioned as a sous-lieutenant or enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe. The insignia is a single curl of gold lace, disrupted by "flashes" of wool. It was widely used during both World Wars for providing young educated people with an officer's authority.

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  Eleve officier ("officer cadet"); a rank held during the first years at the officer academies (École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, École militaire interarmes or École des Officiers de la Gendarmerie Nationale)

Sous-officiers - sub-officers, i.e. non-commissioned officers

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  Major, the senior sub-officer rank since 1 January 2009 this grade is attached to the sous-officiers. Prior to this date it was an independent corps between the sous-officiers and the officiers. There are several Majors across the board of the French Armed Forces including the French Army, French Navy and French Air Force, typically at least one per regiment and several in a brigade.
  
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Note the difference with many army rank systems of other countries where the term major is used for a rank above that of captain. For example, the rank of "major" in the US Army or British army is equivalent to the rank of "commandant" in the French army.

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  Adjudant-chef: "Chief Adjutant" or Chief Warrant Officer; often same responsibilities as the lieutenant.
  
  
  
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  Adjudant: Adjutant or Warrant Officer; often same responsibilities as an adjutant-chef.
  
  
  
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  Sergeant-Major in France: Sergent-Major was a rank created in 1776 and was formally abolished in 1971, when it was renamed Sergent-Chef in 1928. The rank of Sergent-Major was not attributed since 1976, and was in between the ranks of Sergent-Chef and Adjudant. The last of Sergent-Major went on retirement in 1985.


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  Sergent-Chef (infantry) or maréchal des logis-chef (cavalry), addressed as "chef". Typically a platoon second-in-command (equivalent to a Commonwealth sergeant or a US sergeant first class).
  
  
  
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  Sergent (infantry) or maréchal-des-logis (cavalry): Typically in command of a "group" (i.e. squad; equivalent to a commonwealth corporal or US staff sergeant)
  
  
  
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Etymologically the adjudant is the adjoint ("joint (assistant)") of an officer, and the sergeant "serves" (Latin: serviens = English: servant).

Aspirants are cadet officers still in training. Sous-lieutenants are junior officers and are often aided by adjudants or adjudants-chefs, who are experienced NCOs/warrant officers.

Full lieutenants are experienced junior officers, served by sergeants when commanding their unit.

A four chevron sergent-chef-major rank existed until 1947. It was a ceremonial rank usually given to the most senior or experienced NCO in a unit, similar to a colour sergeant in the British Army. It was discontinued in the post-war army due to its redundancy.

Militaires du rang - Troop ranks

Junior enlisted grades have different cloth stripe and beret colour depending on the service they are assigned to. Troupes métropolitaines ("from the French mainland") units wear blue, Troupes de marine (the former troupes coloniales) wear red, and the Légion Étrangere (Foreign Legion) units wear green.

A red beret indicates a paratrooper, whether from the "troupes de marine" or not. A legionnaire paratrooper wears a green beret with the general parachutist badge on it, the same badge used by all French Army paratroopers who completed their training.

Senior grades' lace stripe metal depends on their arm of service, just like the officiers. Infantry and support units wear gold stripes and cavalry and technical services units wear silver stripes.

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  Caporal-chef de première classe. Distinction created in 1999.


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  Caporal-chef (infantry) or Brigadier-chef (cavalry): in command of an équipe (literally a team). Presently this size unit is a trinôme in the army.


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  Caporal (infantry) or brigadier (cavalry) : in command of an équipe.


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  Soldat de première classe. This is a distinction rather than a rank.


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    Bigor (artillerie de la marine; see Troupes de marine): A term either from the gunner's order to fire (Bigue de hors) or a term for a species of winkle (bigorneau) because they would stick to their emplacements and couldn't be removed easily.
  
  
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    Colo (French Colonial Forces): The former term for the troupes de la marine when they were colonial troops.
  
  
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    Para (troupes aéroportées): Airborne troops, short for "parachutist".
  
  
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    Gazier (troupes aéroportées): Airborne troops "grunt". Friendly nickname.
  
  
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    Poilu (infanterie): "Hairy one". A term that appeared during the First Empire and used to refer to the French soldiers as they often wore a beard and/or a moustache—and were represented that way on memorials. Nowadays, this term is used to refer to French soldiers who fought in the trenches of WW1, though it is seldom used to refer to WW2 soldiers. It is synonym of bravery and endurance.
  
  
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    Biffin slang used by troupes de marine and fusiliers marins to designate other infantry units. Probably comes from the fact that marsouins and naval riflemen used to own their uniform and were proud of it, whereas other units were dressed in rags (biffe is an old French word for rag). This word is not used to designate a legionnaire.
  
  
  
  

There are also distinctions to distinguish volunteers and conscripts, and bars for experience (one for five years, up to four can be obtained).

Engineer officer ranks

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  Ingénieur général de première classe (equivalent to général de division)


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  Ingénieur général de deuxième classe (equivalent to général de brigade)


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  Ingénieur en chef de première classe (equivalent to colonel)


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  Ingénieur en chef de deuxième classe (equivalent to lieutenant-colonel)


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  Ingénieur principal (equivalent to commandant)


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  Ingénieur de première classe (equivalent to capitaine)


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  Ingénieur de deuxième classe (equivalent to lieutenant)


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  Ingénieur de troisième classe (equivalent to sub-lieutenant)

Army Commissariat Service officer ranks

These ranks apply the word commissaire in light of their participation and role in the Commissariat Service of the army.

• Commissaire général de corps d'armée (equivalent to Général de groupe d'armees)


• Commissaire général de division (equivalent to général de division)


• Commissaire général de brigade (equivalent to général de brigade)


• Commissaire colonel (equivalent to colonel)


• Commissaire lieutenant-colonel (equivalent to lieutenant-colonel)


• Commissaire commandant (equivalent to commandant)


• Commissaire capitaine (equivalent to capitaine)


• Commissaire lieutenant (equivalent to lieutenant)


• Commissaire sous-lieutenant (equivalent to sub-lieutenant)

Table of ranks

Maréchaux de France - Marshals of France
Maréchal de France
Marshal of France is not an actual rank, but a "state honour" for highly valorous generals in times of war
Officiers généraux - General officers
Général de brigade	Général de division	Général de corps d'armée	Général d'armée
Commands a brigade	Commands a division	Commands a corps.	Commands an army.
Officiers supérieurs - Senior officers
			Infantry/Air Force (Armée de l'air)
			Cavalry
Commandant (Chef d'escadron(s) in some arms)	Lieutenant-colonel	Colonel
Officiers subalternes - Junior officers
Aspirant	Sous-lieutenant	Lieutenant	Capitaine
Major - Warrant Officer (until 2008), High Ranking Sub-officer (since 2009)
Major
Sous-officiers - Sub-officers
Élève sous-officier	Sergent (infantry arms/air force) / Maréchal des logis (cavalry arms)	Sergent-chef (infantry arms/air force) / Maréchal des logis-chef (cavalry arms)	Adjudant	Adjudant-chef
A four chevron sergent-chef major existed up till 1947
Militaires du rang - Rank and File
Soldat 1e classe	Caporal (infantry arms/air force) / Brigadier (cavalry arms)	Caporal-chef (infantry arms/air force) / Brigadier-chef (cavalry arms)	Caporal-chef (1e classe) / Brigadier-chef (1e classe)

Ranks formerly used in the Army

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  Anspessade(archaic)


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Other armies

The following national armes use a similar rank structure and rank insignia to those used by the French Army of today:

• Army of Benin


• Army of Burkina Faso


• Royal Cambodian Army


• Cameroon Army


• Central African Army


• Chadian ground forces


• Army of Comoros


• Army of the Republic of the Congo


• Djiboutian Army


• Army of Gabon


• Guinean Army


• The Ivorian army


• Army of Madagascar


• Army of Mali


• Royal Moroccan Army


• Peruvian Army


• Togolese Army


• Tunisian Army

Tables

Officers

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D)						Student officer
France (Edit)
	Maréchal de France[2]		Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant			Aspirant						Élève-officier
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer
Benin (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Commandant		Captaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Burkina Faso (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Cambodia (Edit)																									No equivalent
	នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍អគ្គមេបញ្ចាការ		នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី		វរសេនីយ៍ឯក		វរសេនីយ៍ទោ		វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី		អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក		អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ			អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី
	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Cameroon (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Central African Republic (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Chad (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Comoros (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Republic of the Congo (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Djibouti (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Gabon (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel Major	Colonel	Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	1st Major	Major	1st Captain	Captain	1st lieutenant		Lieutenant		2nd lieutenant
Guinea (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Ivory Coast (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Madagascar (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Mali (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Mauritania (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division لواء		Général de brigade عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant-Colonel مقدم		Commandant رائد		Capitaine نقيب		Lieutenant ملازم أول			Sous-Lieutenant ملازم
Morocco (Edit)
	Maréchal		Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant			Aspirant						Eleve Officier
Niger (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
											Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Commandant		Captaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Senegal (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Togo (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Tunisia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Army corps general		Major general		Brigadier general		Major Colonel	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer

Enlisted

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
France (Edit)									No equivalent
	Major			Adjudant-chef			Adjudant				Sergent-chef/ Maréchal-des-logis-chef						Sergent/ Maréchal-des-logis						Caporal-chef de première classe		Caporal-chef/ Brigadier-chef		Caporal/ Brigadier		Soldat de première classe						Soldat
Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Benin (Edit)	No equivilant
											Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Burkina Faso (Edit)									No equivalent														No equivalent
	Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-major			Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef			Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent										Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat de première classe						Private Soldat
Cambodia (Edit)
	នាយចំណង់			ព្រឹន្ទបាលឯក			ពលបាលឯក		ពលបាលទោ		ពលបាលត្រី						នាយឯក						នាយទោ				ពលឯក								ពលទោ
	Chief Warrant Officer			Warrant Officer			Command Sergeant Major		Master Sergeant		Staff Sergeant						Chief Corporal						Corporal				Soldier 1st Class		Soldier 2nd Class						Soldier
Cameroon (Edit)									No equivilant
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Central African Republic (Edit)																																			No insignia
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant		Sergeant Major Sergent-major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Career Sergeant Sergent			Sergeant Sergent			Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Chad (Edit)	No equivalent																						No equivalent												No insignia
									Sergeant major Sergent Major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent										Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Comoros (Edit)									No equivalent
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Republic of the Congo (Edit)									No equivalent																										No insignia
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Djibouti (Edit)									No equivilant
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Gabon (Edit)									No equivilant
	Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef Major			Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef			Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Guinea (Edit)									No equivilant
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant										Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Ivory Coast (Edit)									No equivilant
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldad Première						Private Soldad
Madagascar (Edit)																																			No insignia
	Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef Major			Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef			Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant		Sergeant major Sergent Major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Mali (Edit)	No equivilant																																		No insignia
											Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Mauritania (Edit)									No equivilant														No equivilant						No equivilant
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent										Corporal Caporal								Private Soldat 2e classe
Morocco (Edit)
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant		Sergeant Major Sergent-major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat de première classe						Private Soldat de Deuxième classe
Niger (Edit)									No equivalent
	Chief Warrant Officer Major			Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef			Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat de première classe						Private Soldat
Senegal (Edit)									No equivalent																										No insignia
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat de première classe						Private Soldat
Togo (Edit)									No equivilant																										No insignia
	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef						Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent de Carriere			Sergeant Sergent			Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat Première						Private Soldat
Tunisia (Edit)									No equivalent
	Sergeant Major Adjudant-major			Master Sergeant Adjudant-chef			Sergeant 1st class Adjudant				Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef						Sergeant Sergent						Master Corporal Caporal-chef				Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat de première classe						Private Soldat
Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1

See also

• French Army

References