Ranks of the Falkland Islands Defence Force
- Officers
Rank group | General Officer (sco | senior commissioned officer) | Commissioned Officer (co) | Junior Commissioned Officer (jco) | Officer Cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Insignia | File:Marshal (cork).png | File:General (cork).png | File:Lieutenant General (cork).png | File:Major General (cork).png | File:Brigadier (cork).png | File:Colonel (cork).png | File:Lieutenant Colonel (cork).png | File:Commandant (cork).png | File:Captain (cork).png | File:Lieutenant (cork).png | File:Second Lieutenant (cork).png | File:Officer Cadet (cork).png | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | Marshal [1] | Gen | Lt Gen | Maj Gen | Brig [2] | Col | Lt Col | Comdt | Cpt | Lt | 2Lt | OCdt |
- Other ranks
Rank group | Non-commissioned officer | Enlisted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Insignia | File:WO1 (cork).png | File:WO2 (cork).png | File:Company Sergeant Major (cork).png | File:Company Quartermaster Sergeant (cork).png | File:Sergeant (cork).png | File:Corporal (cork).png | File:Private 3 Star Insignia.png | No insignia | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | WO1 [3] | WO2 | CSM | CQMS [4] | Sgt | Cpl | Pte 3* [5] | Pte 2* | Pte |
- ↑ The rank of Marshal is reserved only for the King.
- ↑ The rank is fully known as "Brigadier" and is considered a general officer.
- ↑ One Warrant Officer Class One is reserved as the Sergeant Major of the Army (which used to be its own rank for a long time)
- ↑ Company Quarter Master Sergeant is essentially a Sergeant Major.
- ↑ Cork does not use the rank of Lance Corporal, though it used too. This was changed too be more aligned with the Irish ranks.