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The Military ranks of Iraq are the military insignia used by the Iraqi Armed Forces. While the rank structure generally follows the rank structure of the Ottoman Empire, the insignia is inspired by the British insignia.[1]
Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iraqi Ground Forces[2] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
| مشیر Mushir | 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 | ||||||||||||||
 Iraqi Navy[2] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
| مشیر Mushir | 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 | ||||||||||||||
 Iraqi Air Force[2] | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | .svg) | |||||||||||||
| مشیر Mushir | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The commissioned officer ranks may be translated as follows:
- Mulazim - Second Lieutenant
- Mulazim Awal - First Lieutenant
- Naqib - Captain
- Ra’id - Major
- Muqaddam - Lieutenant Colonel
- Aqid - Colonel
- Amid - Brigadier General
- Liwa - Major General
- Fariq - Lieutenant General
- Fariq Awal - General
- Mushir - Field Marshal (not in use since 2003)
Other ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraqi Ground Forces[2] |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| رقيب أول Raqib 'awal | رقیب Raqib | عريف Earif | جندي أول Jundiun awwal | جندي Jundiun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iraqi Navy[2] |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| رقيب أول Rayiys eurafa | رقيب Arif | نائب عريف Nāyīb arīf | جندي أول Jundi 'awwal | جندى Jundi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iraqi Air Force[2] |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| رقيب أول Raqib 'awal | رقیب Raqib | عريف Earif | جندي أول Jundiun awwal | جندي Jundiun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Dyer, Gwynne (1979). "Iraq". In Keegan, John (ed.). World armies. Sandhurst: Royal Military Academy. p. 348. ISBN 9780871964076. LCCN 79-9217. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Kechichian, Joseph A. (1990). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Iraq: a country study. Area Handbook (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 226–227. LCCN 89013940. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
External links
[edit]- "قاعدة التشريعات العراقية/ نظام رتب وضباط الجيش لعام 1965" [Iraqi Legislation Base / Army Ranks and Officers System of 1965]. iraqld.hjc.iq (in Arabic). 15 August 1965. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- "قاعدة الترشيعات العراقية/نظام شارات رتب ضباط الجيش لعام 1942" [Iraqi Legislation Base/Army Officer Rank Insignia System 1942] (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- "Iraq". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 25 October 2021.