Military ranks of Bhutan
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The Military ranks of Bhutan are the military insignia used by the Military of Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy. Additionally, Bhutan does not have an air force. India is responsible for military training, arms supplies and the air defense of Bhutan.[1]
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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 Royal Bhutan Army[2] |
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| གུང་ བློན་ གོང མ ། Gung blon gong ma |
གུང་ བློན་ འོག མ ། Gung blon 'og ma |
མདོ་ འཛིན ། Mdo 'dzin |
དམག་ སྲིད་ གོང མ ། Dmag srid gong ma |
དམག་ སྲིད་ འོག མ ། Dmag srid 'og ma |
ལིང་ དཔོན ། Ling dpon |
སྤྱི་ དཔོན ། Spyi dpon |
སྡེ་ གོང་ ། Sde gong | |||||||||||||||||
| Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||
Other ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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| Royal Bhutan Army[2] |
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| འགྲིམ་ དཔོན་ གོང མ ། Drimpongom |
སྡེ་ འགྲིམ ། Dedrim |
འགྲིམ་ དཔོན ། Drimpon |
སྤེལ་ དཔོན ། Pelpon |
སྤེལ་ རྒྱབ ། Peljab |
འགོ་ པ ། Gopa |
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| Warrant officer 1st class | Warrant officer 2nd class | Warrant officer 3rd class | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||