| United States Army Officers | |
|---|---|
| General | gen. |
| Lieutenant General | lt. gen. |
| Major General | maj.gen. |
| Brigadier General | brig.gen. |
| Colonel | col. |
| Lieutenant Colonel | lt. col. |
| Major | maj. |
| Captain | capt. |
| 1st Lieutenant | 1st. lt. |
| 2nd Lieutenant | 2nd lt. |
| Cadet | cadet |
| United States Army Enlisted Men | |
| Sergeant 1st Class | sgt. 1 |
| Sergeant Major | sgt.m. |
| Sergeant | sgt. |
| Corporal | cpl. |
| Private 1st Class | pvt. 1 |
| Private | pvt. |
| United States Naval Officers | |
| Admiral | adm. |
| Vice Admiral | v. adm. |
| Rear Admiral | r. adm. |
| Commodore (war time rate only) | com. |
| Captain | capt. |
| Commander | cdr. |
| Lieutenant Commander | lt. cdr. |
| Lieutenant | lt. |
| Lieutenant (Junior Grade) | lt.(j.g.) |
| Ensign | ens. |
| United States Navy Enlisted Men | |
| Warrant Officer | w.o. |
| Chief Petty Officer | c.p.o. |
| Petty Officer 1st Class | p.o. 1 |
| Petty Officer 2nd Class | p.o. 2 |
| Petty Officer 3rd Class | p.o. 3 |
| Seaman | sea. |
Ranks were the same in all arms (Infantry, Cavalry, Aviation, etc.). Serbia, being a land-locked country, didn't have a navy.
Rank abbreviations were reconstructed from modern usage, or common sense and analogies where the rank no longer exists. In WW I only the Cyrillic ranks would have been used; the Latin column may be used as a guide to pronunciation; the pronunciation column contains a simplified version, where appropriate, for English speakers.
| Cyrillic | Latin | Pronunciation* | Abbrev.-Cyr. | Abbrev.-Latin | English |
| Војвода | Vojvoda | Voyvoda | војв. | vojv. | Fieldmarshal |
| Ђенерал | Đeneral | Dyeneral | ђен. | đen. | General |
| Пуковник | Pukovnik | Pookovnik | пук. | puk. | Colonel |
| Потпуковник | Potpukovnik | Potpookovnik | ппук. | ppuk. | Sub-colonel |
| Мајор | Major | Mayor | мај. | maj. | Major |
| Капетан прве класе | Kapetan prve klase | кIк | kIk | 1st Class Captain | |
| Капетан друге- druge класе |
Kapetan drooge klase | кIIк | kIIk | 2nd Class Captain | |
| Поручник | Poručnik | Porootchnik | пор. | por. | Lieutenant |
| Потпоручник | Potporučnik | Potporootchnik | ппор. | ppor. | Sub-lieutenant |
| Cyrillic | Latin | Pronunciation* | Abbrev.-Cyr. | Abbrev.-Latin | English |
| Наредник | Narednik | нар. | nar. | Sеrgeant | |
| Поднаредник | Podnarednik | пнар. | pnar. | Sub-sеrgeant | |
| Каплар | Kaplar | капл. | kapl. | Corporal | |
| Редов | Redov | ред. | red. | Private |
*Pronunciation (simplified):
A is pronounced like in "mud"
E is pronounced like in "bed"
I is pronounced like in "pit"
Oo is pronounced like in "book"
O is pronounced like in "bog"
Y is pronounced like in "York".
S is pronounced like in "sin"
Our thanks to Nemanja Konstantinovic for furnishing this information.
