Military ranks of Yemen

The Military ranks of Yemen are the military insignia used by the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces, which are based on the British insignia used by the Yemen Arab Republic and the former Federation of South Arabia, later the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, whose armed forces used Soviet styled insignia of the British pattern.

Commissioned officers

The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.

Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer
Yemen (Edit)																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Yemen (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
									Commodore		Captain		Commander		Lieutenant Commander		Lieutenant		Sub Lieutenant			Ensign
									'amid (عميد)		'aqid (عقيد)		Moqaddim (مقدم)		Ra'id (رائد‎‎)		Naqib (نقيب)		Molazim awwal (ملازم أول)			Molazim Thani (ملازم)
Yemen (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Air Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer

Enlisted

The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.

Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4		OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Yemen (Edit)							No equivalent										No equivalent												No insignia
	Warrant Officer								Staff Sergeant		Sergeant												Corporal				Lance Corporal		Private
Yemen (Edit)							No equivalent																						No equivalent
	Warrant Officer										Petty Officer First Class						Petty Officer Second Class						Petty Officer Third Class				Seaman
Yemen (Edit)							No equivalent																						No equivalent						No insignia
	Warrant officer										Flight sergeant						Sergeant						Senior Airman				Airman First Class								Airman جندي‎‎ Equivalent NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1 References Uniforminsignia.org (Yemen Army) Uniforminsignia.org (Yemen Navy) Uniforminsignia.org (Yemen Air Force)