The Military ranks of Austria (or Ranks of the Bundesheer) are the military insignia used by the Austrian Armed Forces. Austria is a landlocked country and has no navy.
Pupils (German: Zöglinge) of the Military gymnasium wear black shoulder rank insignias on their dress uniform. On the duty suits black mounting loops have to be worn. However, the particular insignia has to be in line with actual school level. The appropriate school year is symbolised by a small golden strip.
Possible appointments in correlation to rank or grade
Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Bundesheer
Additions
To the rank or grade might be (among others) added addendums as follows.
Abbreviation
Long version
A
Arzt (en: physician)
aD
außer Dienst (off duty)
dG
des Generalstabsdienstes (of the general staff service)
dhmfD
des höheren militärfachlichen Dienstes (of the higher military specialised service)
dhmtD
des höheren militärtechnischen Dienstes (of the higher military technical service)
dIntD
des Intendanzdienstes (of the commissariat service)
dRes
der Reserve (of the reserve)
iR
in Ruhe (retired)
e.g.: MjrA (major physician), Lt aD (lieutenant off duty), ObstdG (colonel of the general staff service), HptmdhmtD (captain of the higher military technical service), ObstltdIntD (lieutenant colonel of the commissariat service), Olt dRes (first lieutenant of the reserve), Bgdr iR (general brigadier retired).
^"915 der Beilagen zu den Stenographischen Protokollen des Nationalrates XX. GP"(PDF). Österreichisches Parlament. 10 December 1997. p. 51. Retrieved 19 November 2010. Im Hinblick auf die geplante Öffnung des Bundesheeres für freiwillige militärische Dienstleistungen von Frauen soll der niederste militärische Dienstgrad statt derzeit "Wehrmann" künftig einheitlich für beide Geschlechter mit dem Begriff "Rekrut" bezeichnet werden.