Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Americas

Rank comparison chart of armies/ land forces of North and South American states.

Enlisted

Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1]
 No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
 Argentine Army[2]
Suboficial mayor Suboficial principal Sargento ayudante Sargento primero Sargento Cabo primero Cabo Voluntario primero Voluntario segundo Soldado de segunda en comisión
The Bahamas Bahamas No army


Barbados Barbados Regiment[3]
No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
Belize Defence Force
No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
 Bolivian Army[4]
Sub-oficial maestre Sub-oficial mayor Sub-oficial 1° Sub-oficial 2° Sub-oficial inicial Sargento 1° Sargento 2° Sargento inicial° Cabo Dragoneante Soldado raso


 Brazilian Army[5]
Subtenente Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Terceiro-sargento Taifeiro-mor Cabo Taifeiro primeira classe Taifeiro segunda classe Soldado
 Canadian Army[6][7]
Chief warrant officer Master warrant officer Warrant officer Sergeant Master corporal Corporal Private (trained) Private (basic)
Adjudant(e)-chef Adjudant(e)-maître Adjudant(e) Sergent(e) Caporal(e)-chef Caporal(e) Soldat(e) (formé(e)) Soldat(e) (confirmé(e))
 Chilean Army[8]
Suboficial mayor Suboficial Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Cabo Soldado de tropa profesional
 Colombian National Army[9]
Sargento mayor de comando conjunto Sargento mayor de ejército Sargento mayor de comando Sargento mayor Sargento primero Sargento vice primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Cabo tercero
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Costa Rica Costa Rica No army


 Cuban Revolutionary Army[10]
 No insignia
Mayor suboficial Primer suboficial Segundo suboficial Suboficial Sargento de primera Sargento de segunda Sargento de tercera Cabo Soldado
Dominica Dominica No army


 Dominican Army[11]
 No insignia
Sub-teniente tercero Sub-teniente segundo Sub-teniente primero Sargento mayor Sargento de administracion Sargento Cabo Raso
 Ecuadorian Army
Sub-oficial mayor Sub-oficial primero Sub-oficial segundo Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Soldado
 Salvadoran Army[12][13]
 No insignia
Sargento mayor de división Sargento mayor de brigada Sargento mayor primero Sargento mayor Sargento de primera Sargento Subsargento Cabo Dragoneante Soldado
Grenada Grenada No army


 Guatemalan Army[14]
 No insignia
Sargento mayor Sargento técnico Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo Soldado de primera Soldado
Guyana Army[15]
 No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
Haitian Army
 No insignia
Adjutant Sergent major Premier sergent Sergent-fourrier Sergent Caporal Soldat de première classe Soldat
Adjitan Sèjan majò Premye sèjan Sèjan-fourye Sèjan Kaporal Sòlda premye klas Sòlda
Honduran Army[16]
Sargento mayor Sargento primero Sargento segundo Sargento raso Cabo Soldado
Jamaican Army[17]
 Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
 Mexican Army[18]
Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo Soldado
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
 Nicaraguan Army[19]
 No insignia
Suboficial primero Suboficial segundo Suboficial Sargento primero Sargento segundo Sargento tercero Soldado de primera Soldado
Panama Panama No army


 Paraguayan Army[20]
Sub-oficial principal Sub-oficial mayor Sub-oficial Sargento ayudante Sargento primero Vice sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Soldado
 Peruvian Army[21]
Suboficial primero Suboficial segundo Suboficial tercero Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo Soldado
SKN Regiment[22]
 No insignia
Warrant officer 1 Warrant officer 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia No army


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No army


Suriname Army[23]
Adjudant Sergeant-majoor Sergeant der 1e klasse Sergeant Korporaal der 1e klasse Korporaal Soldaat der 1e klasse Soldaat
 Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[24]
 No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
 United States Army[25]
 No insignia
Command sergeant major Sergeant major First sergeant Master sergeant Sergeant first class Staff sergeant Sergeant Specialist Corporal Private first class Private Private
 National Army of Uruguay[26][27]
 No insignia
Suboficial mayor Sargento de primera Sargento Cabo de primera Cabo de segunda Soldado de primera Aprendiz
 Venezuelan Army[28]
 No insignia
Sargento supervisor Sargento ayudante Sargento mayor de primera Sargento mayor de segunda Sargento mayor de tercera Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Distinguido Soldado raso
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

See also

References

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