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.