Croatian military ranks

The Croatian military ranks are the military insignia used by the Republic of Croatia Armed Forces.

Officer ranks

Labels ranks for members of the Croatian Ground Army and Croatian Air Force and Defense are identical, except that the ranks of the Ground Army are gold and of the Air Force and Defense are silver.

The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D)						Student officer
Croatia (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Stožerni general		General zbora		General pukovnik		General bojnik		Brigadni general		Brigadir		Pukovnik		Bojnik		Satnik		Natporučnik			Poručnik
Translation	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Croatia (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Admiral flote		Admiral		Viceadmiral		Kontraadmiral		Komodor		Kapetan bojnog broda		Kapetan fregate		Kapetan korvete		Poručnik bojnog broda		Poručnik fregate			Poručnik korvete
Translation	Fleet Admiral		Admiral		Vice Admiral		Counter Admiral		Commodore		Ship-of-the-line Captain		Frigate captain		Corvette captain		Ship-of-the-line lieutenant		Frigate Lieutenant			Corvette Lieutenant
Croatia (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Stožerni general		General zbora		General pukovnik		General bojnik		Brigadni general		Brigadir		Pukovnik		Bojnik		Satnik		Natporučnik			Poručnik
Translation	General of the Air Force		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D)						Student officer

Enlisted ranks

The rank insignia for enlisted personnel for the army, navy and air force respectively.

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Croatia (Edit)																																			No insignia
	Časnički namjesnik						Stožerni narednik		Nadnarednik		Narednik						Desetnik						Skupnik				Razvodnik		Pozornik						Vojnik
Translation	Sergeant Major						Master Sergeant		Sergeant first class		Staff Sergeant						Corporal						Lance Corporal				Private First Class		Private
Croatia (Edit)																																			No insignia
	Časnički namjesnik						Stožerni narednik		Nadnarednik		Narednik						Desetnik						Skupnik				Razvodnik		Pozornik						Mornar
Translation	Master Chief Petty Officer						Senior Chief Petty Officer		Chief Petty Officer		Petty Officer 1st Class						Petty Officer 2nd Class						Petty Officer 3rd Class				Seaman		Seaman Recruit
Croatia (Edit)																																			No insignia
	Časnički namjesnik						Stožerni narednik		Nadnarednik		Narednik						Desetnik						Skupnik				Razvodnik		Pozornik						Vojnik
Translation	Sergeant Major						Master Sergeant		Sergeant first class		Staff Sergeant						Corporal						Lance Corporal				Airman First Class		Airman
NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1

Etymology

• Časnik - derived from čast (honour), and indicating "one who is honoured", i.e. with a commission, or "one who holds (the) honour".
• Dočasnik - after two Croatian words, do (by) and čast (honour). The one who stands by the officer, the one who is subordinate to an officer.
• Pozornik - after Croatian word pozor (attention). The one who follows the order pozor.
• Razvodnik - after Croatian verb razvoditi. The one who leads.
• Skupnik - after Croatian noun skup (group). The one who leads the group.
• Desetnik - after Croatian number deset (ten). The one who leads ten men.
• Narednik - after Croatian noun naredba (order). The one who orders.
• Nadnarednik - after two Croatian words, nad (above) and naredba (order). The one who is above narednik.
• Stožerni narednik - after two Croatian words, stožer (headquarters, staff) and naredba (order). The one who is a narednik to serve in the army staff.
• Časnički namjesnik - after two Croatian words, časnik (officer) and namjesnik (governor). The one who governs as an officer.
• Poručnik - after Croatian word poruka (message), the messenger.
• Natporučnk - the one who is above poručnik.
• Satnik - after old Croatian sat (hundred). The one who leads the group of hundred men.
• Bojnik - after Croatian noun boj (battle). The one who leads the battle.
• Pukovnik - after Croatian noun pukovnija (regiment) (this word came from puk which means folk). The one who leads the regiment.
• Brigadir - after word brigada (from French brigade). The one who leads a brigade.
• Brigadni general - a general of the brigade.
• Kapetan korvete - captain of the corvette.
• Kapetan fregate - captain of the frigate.
• Kapetan bojnog broda - captain of the battleship.

See also

• Military of Croatia
• Admiral flote

Sources

• Usporedni pregled časničkih činova (in Croatian)
• Act on the Service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian)
• Military Uniforms Code