Military ranks of the Colombian Army

This is the Army section of the Military ranks of the Colombian Armed Forces.
The Colombian Army is the largest of the three service branches of the Military Forces of Colombia, tasked with defending sovereignty and law and order across the national territory. The tables below display the rank structures and rank insignias for the Colombian Army personnel.[1][2]

Coat of Arms of the Colombian National Army

Officers
Further information: Officer (armed forces)
Ranks and Insignias - Colombian National Army
NATO code [n 1] OF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1
 Colombia No equivalent No equivalent
(in Spanish) - General - Mayor General Brigadier General Coronel Teniente Coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente
Abbr.-GR-MGBGCRTCMYCTTEST
(in English)-General-Major GeneralBrigadier GeneralColonelLieutenant Colonel MajorCaptainLieutenantSecond Lieutenant
'"3B" Uniform sample No equivalent No equivalent
Service branch-----sample: Cavalrysample: Infantrysample: Engineerssample: Communicationssample: Cavalrysample: Artillery
Camouflage Fatigues sampleNo equivalentNo equivalent
Service branch-----sample: Cavalrysample: Infantrysample: Engineerssample: Artillerysample: Communicationssample: Logistics (Armory)

Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and Soldiers
Further information: Non-commissioned officer and Soldier
Ranks and Insignias - Colombian National Army
NATO code [n 1]OR-9OR-8OR-7OR-6OR-5OR-4OR-3OR-2OR-1
 Colombia No Insignia
(in Spanish) Sargento Mayor de Comando Conjunto Sargento Mayor de Comando Sargento Mayor Sargento Primero Sargento Vice Primero Sargento Segundo Cabo Primero Cabo Segundo Cabo Tercero DragoneanteSoldado ProfesionalSoldado
Abbr.SMCCSMCSMSPSVSSCPCSC3DGSLP-
(in English)Joint Command Sergeant MajorCommand Sergeant MajorSergeant MajorFirst SergeantSergeant First ClassSecond SergeantFirst CorporalSecond CorporalThird CorporalPrivate First ClassPrivate (Professional)Private Basic

Soldier types
  • Soldier: Conscripted soldier serving for a period of 22 months mandatory service [n 2].
  • Professional soldiers: Regular soldiers that stay in the army after completing their 22 months' mandatory conscription service, making it a permanent career.
  • Dragoneantes: soldiers who have gained recognition through their achievements and have special training. They have a certain degree of authority over regular soldiers.

See also

Notes
  1. Colombia is not a member of NATO, so there is not an official equivalence between the Colombian military ranks and those defined by NATO. The displayed parallel is approximate and for illustration purposes only.
  2. In 2010, the Constitutional Court (Spanish: Corte Constitucional), the highest constitutional court of the land, on grounds of discrimination and protection of equal rights, issued an order [3] to the Military Forces to stop the classification of conscripts into "regular", "peasant" and "baccalaureate" (Spanish: "regular", "campesino" y "bachiller"), and to standardize the terms and conditions for all conscripts to 22 months.

References
  1. Congreso de la República de Colombia (28 July 2010). "Ley 1405 de 2010 Nuevos Grados Militares" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  2. Ejército de Colombia (15 March 2011). "Grados y distintivos del Ejército" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  3. Corte Constitucional de la República de Colombia. "Sentencia T-218/10,Orden a las Fuerzas Militares de modificar la modalidad de incorporación al servicio militar, de soldado regular a soldado bachiller, desacuartelamiento inmediato y expedición de la libreta militar" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2011.
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