Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia

The Military ranks of Romania are the military insignia used by the Romanian Armed Forces.

Branch colors in the Romanian Armed Forces

The colors depend on the service branch (armă, literally "weapon") the bearer is a member of. They show on the shoulder slides which hold the rank insignia, on the band of combination caps, and on collar insignia. Because many different branches share a color (for example black or light blue), each branch has distinctive branch insignia (semne de armă), which is worn next to the rank insignia on the shoulder slides. Other militarized institutions, such as the Romanian Gendarmerie and the Military Firefighters Corps, also have branch insignia worn in the same way.

Service branch	Colour
Marshals (all branches) Land Forces Generals (except Military Medicine and Military Justice) Infantry Military Music		Red
Air force (all staff) Paratroopers Radar Troops		Light blue
Naval forces (all staff) Artillery Tanks Military Automobile Troops Anti-air Artillery and Missiles Communication and Informatics structures Engineers Troops NBC defence		Black
Military Medicine (incl. Generals)		Burgundy red
Mountain Troops		Green
Military Logistics Administration		Violet
Military Justice (incl. Generals)		Dark Blue/Dark Violet
Military Police		Gray

The same ranks and basic insignia are used in the other militarised institutions. They differ in the color and branch insignia on the shoulder boards.

Armed forces

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1
Romanian Land Forces^[1] v t e
Romanian Land Forces^[1] v t e	Mareșal	General	General-locotenent	General-maior	General de brigadă	Colonel	Locotenent-colonel	Maior	Căpitan	Locotenent	Sublocotenent
Romanian Land Forces^[1] (Paratroopers) v t e
Romanian Land Forces^[1] (Paratroopers) v t e						Colonel	Locotenent-colonel	Maior	Căpitan	Locotenent	Sublocotenent
Romanian Naval Forces^[1] v t e
Romanian Naval Forces^[1] v t e	Mareșal	Amiral	Viceamiral	Contraamiral	Contraamiral de flotilă	Comandor	Căpitan-comandor	Locotenent-comandor	Căpitan	Locotenent	Aspirant
Romanian Air Force^[1] v t e
Romanian Air Force^[1] v t e	Mareșal	General	General-locotenent	General-maior	General de flotilă aeriană	Comandor	Căpitan-comandor	Locotenent-comandor	Căpitan	Locotenent	Sublocotenent
NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1

Warrant officers ranks

NATO rank	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5
Romanian Land Forces
Romanian Land Forces	Maistru militar principal	Maistru militar clasa I	Maistru militar clasa II	Maistru militar clasa III	Maistru militar clasa IV	Maistru militar clasa V
Romanian Naval Forces
Romanian Naval Forces	Maistru militar principal	Maistru militar clasa I	Maistru militar clasa II	Maistru militar clasa III	Maistru militar clasa IV	Maistru militar clasa V
Romanian Air Force
Romanian Air Force	Maistru militar principal	Maistru militar clasa I	Maistru militar clasa II	Maistru militar clasa III	Maistru militar clasa IV	Maistru militar clasa V
NATO rank	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5

Enlisted/Non-commissioned officers ranks

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

NATO code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5	OR-4			OR-3	OR-2	OR-1
Romanian Land Forces^[1] v t e
Romanian Land Forces^[1] v t e	Plutonier adjutant principal	Plutonier adjutant	Plutonier-major	Plutonier	Sergent-major	Sergent	Caporal clasa I	Caporal clasa a II-a	Caporal clasa a III-a	Fruntaș	Soldat
Romanian Naval Forces^[1] v t e											No insignia
Romanian Naval Forces^[1] v t e	Plutonier adjutant principal	Plutonier adjutant	Plutonier-major	Plutonier	Sergent-major	Sergent	Caporal clasa I	Caporal clasa a II-a	Caporal clasa a III-a	Fruntaş	Soldat
Romanian Air Force^[1] v t e
Romanian Air Force^[1] v t e	Plutonier adjutant principal	Plutonier adjutant	Plutonier-major	Plutonier	Sergent-major	Sergent	Caporal clasa I	Caporal clasa a II-a	Caporal clasa a III-a	Fruntaș	Soldat
NATO code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5	OR-4			OR-3	OR-2	OR-1

Gendarmerie

Unlike the Romanian Police, the Gendarmerie is a military force, and uses the same ranking system as the Romanian Land Forces.

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1
Jandarmeria Română v t e
Jandarmeria Română v t e	Mareșal		General		General-locotenent		General-maior		General de brigadă		Colonel		Locotenent-colonel		Maior		Căpitan		Locotenent			Sublocotenent

Other ranks

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

NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Jandarmeria Română v t e
Jandarmeria Română v t e	Plutonier adjutant șef			Plutonier adjutant			Plutonier-major		Plutonier		Sergent-major						Sergent						Caporal				Fruntaş		Jandarm

Military firefighters corps

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1
*Corpului Pompierilor Militari*
*Corpului Pompierilor Militari*	Mareșal		General		General-locotenent		General-maior		General de brigadă		Colonel		Locotenent-colonel		Maior		Căpitan		Locotenent			Sublocotenent

Other ranks

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

NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
*Corpului Pompierilor Militari*
*Corpului Pompierilor Militari*	Plutonier adjutant șef			Plutonier adjutant			Plutonier-major		Plutonier		Sergent-major						Sergent

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Grade militare (Military ranks)". defense.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Defence Staff. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

External links

"Grade militare (Military ranks)". defense.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Defence Staff. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[Romania-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Grade militare (Military ranks)". defense.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Defence Staff. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[1]

v t e Military of Romania
Armed Forces	Chief of the General Staff Land Forces Air Force Naval Forces Special Operations Forces Command Joint Logistics Command
Ministry of Internal Affairs	Gendarmerie General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations General Inspectorate of Aviation
Intelligence agencies	Romanian Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Service Protection and Guard Service Special Telecommunication Service

v t e Romanian heraldry
National	Coat of arms of Romania Flag of Romania History of the flags List of flags Socialist emblem Socialist flag
Historical provinces	Banat and Oltenia Moldavia Northern Dobruja Transylvania Wallachia
Counties	Alba Arad Argeș Bacău Bihor Bistrița Năsăud Botoșani Brașov Brăila Buzău Caraș-Severin Călărași Cluj Constanța Covasna Dâmbovița Dolj Galați Giurgiu Harghita Hunedoara Ialomița Iași Ilfov Maramureș Mehedinți Mureș Neamț Olt Prahova Sălaj Satu Mare Sibiu Suceava Teleorman Timiș Tulcea Vaslui Vâlcea Vrancea
County Capitals (Municipalities, cities, communes)	Alba Iulia Alexandria Arad Bacău Baia Mare Bistrița Botoșani Brașov Brăila Bucharest Buftea Buzău Călărași Constanţa Craiova Cluj-Napoca Deva Drobeta-Turnu Severin Focșani Galați Giurgiu Iași Miercurea-Ciuc Oradea Piatra Neamț Pitești Ploiești Râmnicu Vâlcea Reșița Satu Mare Sfântu Gheorghe Sibiu Slatina Slobozia Suceava Târgoviște Târgu Jiu Târgu Mureș Timișoara Tulcea Vaslui Zalău
Ministries	Ministry of Administration and Interior
Other institutions	Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia Romanian Police Inspectorate for Emergency Situations Border Police Romanian Gendarmerie National Archives
History of Romania

Branch colors in the Romanian Armed Forces

Armed forces

Commissioned officer ranks

Warrant officers ranks

Enlisted/Non-commissioned officers ranks

Gendarmerie

Commissioned officer ranks

Other ranks

Military firefighters corps

Commissioned officer ranks

Other ranks

See also

References

External links