Military ranks of the Royal Lao Armed Forces
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The military ranks of the Kingdom of Laos were the military rank insignia used by the Royal Lao Armed Forces from 1955 to 1975. As a former French dominion, the ranks followed that of the French Armed Forces until 1959.[1]
Student officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| Lao | ຈອມພົນ | ພົນເອກ | ພົນໂທ | ພົນຕີ | ພົນຈັດຕະວາ | ພັນເອກ | ພັນໂທ | ພັນຕີ | ຮ້ອຍເອກ | ຮ້ອຍໂທ | ຮ້ອຍຕີ | |||||||||||||
| Romanization | Chǭmphon | Phonʼēk | Phonthō | Phontī | Phonchat tawā | Phanʼēk | Phanthō | Phantī | Hǭiʼēk | Hǭithō | Hǭitī | |||||||||||||
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 Royal Lao Army[1](1959–1975) |
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| Royal Lao Navy |
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| Royal Lao Air Force[2] (1959–1964) |
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| Royal Lao Air Force[2] (1964–1975) |
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| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lao | ວ່າທີ່ຮ້ອຍຕີ | ນັກຮຽນນາຍຮ້ອຍ | ນັກຮຽນນາຍຮ້ອຍ |
| Romanization | Wāthī hǭitī | Nak hīan nāihǭi | Nak hīan nāihǭi |
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| Royal Lao Army |
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| Royal Lao Air Force |
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