Military ranks of United Arab Emirates

The Military ranks of the United Arab Emirates are the military insignia used by the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.[1] Being a former British protectorate, United Arab Emirates shares a rank structure similar to that of United Kingdom.[2]

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
 United Arab Emirates Army
فريق أول‎‎
Fariq 'awal 		فريق
Fariq 		لواء
Liwa 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم
Mulazim
 United Arab Emirates Navy
فريق أول‎‎
Fariq 'awal 		فريق
Fariq 		لواء
Liwa 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم
Mulazim
 United Arab Emirates Air Force
فريق أول‎‎
Fariq 'awal 		فريق
Fariq 		لواء
Liwa 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم
Mulazim
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
 United Arab Emirates Army
 No insignia
مساعد أول
Musa'id 'awal 		مساعد
Musa'id 		رقیب
Raqib 		عريف
Earif 		جندي أول
Jundi awwal 		جندي
Jundi‎‎‎‎
 United Arab Emirates Navy
 No insignia
مساعد أول
Musa'id 'awal 		مساعد
Musa'id 		رقیب
Raqib 		عريف
Earif 		جندي أول
Jundi awwal 		جندي
Jundi
 United Arab Emirates Air Force
 No insignia
مساعد أول
Musa'id 'awal 		مساعد
Musa'id 		رقیب
Raqib 		عريف
Earif 		جندي أول
Jundi awwal 		جندي
Jundi‎‎‎‎
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

References

  1. ^ "Federal law No. 6 of 2004" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ Dyer, Gwynne (1979). "United Arab Emirates". In Keegan, John (ed.). World armies. Sandhurst: Royal Military Academy. p. 751. ISBN 9780871964076. LCCN 79-9217. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  • "United Arab Emirates". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 11 August 2021.