Swiss army ranks

Swiss army ranks

Swiss army ranks have changed little over the centuries, except for the introduction, in 2001, of a new set of warrant officers. The rank of "Fourier", for instance, bestowed on the WO who administers a company's finances and subsistence, has been discontinued in the French army, but remains in Switzerland.In the tables below, NATO codes are used for comparison purposes only. Switzerland is not a member of NATO, and the rank structure in the senior officer region can be seen to diverge significantly from other armies'.

Insignia

The rank insignia for all personnel are worn on shoulder boards with the appropriate background colour (see below). Shoulder boards of Senior Staff Officers are always black.Designations are given in the army's three official languages, with an English translation which is used during overseas missions.

Officers

upreme Commander of the Armed Forces

Captains

NCOs

Privates

Recruits of all services do not wear any rank insignia. Once recruit school is finished, privates wear one.

houlder board colour

* silver grey: signals, command support
* dark grey: military security
* black: engineers, Swisscoy, staff, military intelligence, chaplaincy
* dark blue: air force, air defence, paratroopers
* blue: paramedics
* light blue: UN observer
* dark green: infantry, mechanised infantry (APCs only), Music
* dark yellow: NBC defence
* yellow: armoured vehicles, mechanised reconnaissance, mechanised infantry
* orange: territorial service
* dark red: search & rescue
* red: artillery
* burgundy: logistics
* purple: military justice

External links

* [http://www.vtg.admin.ch/internet/vtg/de/home/schweizerarmee/organisation/hkaneu/gsts/kdointernationale/informationen.parsys.0008.downloadList.00081.DownloadFile.tmp/gradstrukturenderarmeexxidefi.pdf Description of ranks with illustrations and quadrilingual designations]


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