They are one of the world s most formidable well organized trained and disciplined organisations in the world trained to react to any threat. The indian army navy air force are committed to the security of our country from a range of internal and external security threats ranging across a vast spectrum of warfare. The field marshal rank has been awarded to kodandera madappa cariappa and sam manekshaw till date.
It is considered a huge prestige to receive such a rank. The top ranks of the three indian defence forces field marshal in army marshal of the air force in air force and admiral of the fleet in navy are 5 star ranks. A good reason to use navy ranks in the space force is to better distinguish space force personnel from air force personnel kind of like the marine corps using different ranks than the navy.
Links to comparison charts can be found below. Several of these lists mention nato reference codes these are the nato rank reference codes used for easy comparison among nato countries. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another.
This article is a list of various states armed forces ranking designations. Each branch follows a hierarchy but the goal remains the same that is to protect sovereignty of the. Army navy and air force.
The indian armed forces features three professional service branches. Nato code or 9 or 8 or 7 or 6 or 5 or 4 or 3 or 2 or 1 norway sjefssersjant sersjantmajor kommandersersjant stabssersjant. The following are the rank insignia for enlisted for the army navy and air force respectively.
Military ranks and rank insignia of norway were changed june 1.