Military ranks of the Armed Forces of Gabon
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The military ranks of Gabon are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of Gabon. Being a former colony of France, Gabon shares a rank structure similar to that of France -[1] with the addition of the use of the executive curl by naval officers in all shoulder or sleeve insignia marks.
Commissioned officer ranks[edit]
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabonese Army |
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Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
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Gabonese Navy |
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Amiral | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
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Gabonese Air Force |
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Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
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Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
Obsolete ranks[edit]
Rank group | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | |||
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Gabonese Army | |||||
Senior colonel Colonel major |
Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant-colonel major |
First major Commandant major |
Senior Captain Capitaine major |
First lieutenant Lieutenant major | |
Gabonese Navy | |||||
Ship-of-the-line captain, 1st class Capitaine de vaisseau major |
Frigate captain (senior) Capitaine de fregate major |
Corvette captain (senior) Capitaine de corvette major |
Ship-of-the-line lieutenant (senior) Lieutenant de vaisseau |
Ship-of-the-line ensign, 1st class (senior) Enseigne de vaisseau 1re classe major | |
Gabonese Air Force | |||||
Senior colonel Colonel major |
Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant-colonel major |
First major Commandant major |
Senior Captain Capitaine major |
First lieutenant Lieutenant major |
Other ranks[edit]
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabonese Army |
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Adjudant-chef major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat première | Soldat
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Gabonese Navy |
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Maître-principal major | Maître-principal | Premier maître | Maître | Second maître | Quartier-maître de 1ère classe | Quartier-maître de 2ème classe | Matelot brevet | Matelot
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Gabonese Air Force |
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Adjudant-chef major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat première | Soldat
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Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted |
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- "ACTES DE LA REPUBLIQUE GABONAISE" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République Gabonaise (in French) (13). 15 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Gabon". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 27 January 2022.