Ranks in the French Army
This article covers the insignia of the French armed forces of the present. These also include:
- The national gendarmerie
- The professional fire brigade of Paris ( Brigade de sapeurs - pompiers de Paris, BSPP). It belongs to the engineering corps and carries the appropriate rank insignia. The flags secondment is armed.
- The professional fire department of Marseille ( battalion de marins - pompiers de Marseille, BMPM ). It belongs to the Navy, and shall bear the insignia.
The ranks Marechal de France ( Marshal of France ) and Amiral de France ( Admiral of France) are not currently assigned. The rank insignia consists of seven stars. (Six stars were independent of the actual rank, reserved for the military governor of Paris. )
- 3.1 Generals - Officers généraux
- 3.2 Staff and junior officers - Officers supérieurs et subaltern
- 3.3 cadets - Élèves officiers
- 3.4 NCOs - Sous- officiers
- 3.5 Management Branch of the Air Force
- 4.1 admirals - Officers Amiraux
- 4.2 Staff and junior officers - Officers supérieurs et subaltern
- 4.3 Higher -commissioned officers - Officers mariniers supérieurs
- 4.4 -commissioned officers - Officers mariniers subaltern
- 4.5 enlisted personnel - Equipage
- 5.1 Military Nursing Service in the hospitals of the armed forces - Militaires infirmiers et techniciens of hôpitaux of Armées ( Mitha )
- 7.1 Engineers of fuel supply - Ingénieurs militaires of scents
- 8.1 engineers of the defense infrastructure management - Ingénieurs d' Infrastructure de la défense and Military
Special position
( Marshal of France )
Army
In the army, there are three groups of officers who the combatants, the experts and the " Corps of Engineering and Management" ( technique et administratif Corps - CTA ). In male officers the rank is, the traditional "mon " is prefixed. However, this relates only indirectly to the term " my " (as it would mean something ) because it is a corruption of " Monsieur ". For this reason it is not used in female officers. These will be addressed directly with their rank. However, for some officers, such as the Commissaires de l' Armée de terre ( Corps de l' Armée de terre de commissaries ), or the military chaplain, the title " Monsieur / Madame " is used. According to the Government regulation générale de discipline subordinates are always addressed only with their rank ( and names). The hunters on foot ( Chasseurs à pied ) and the mountain troops ( Chasseurs alpins ) have blue shoulder straps, as these a blue uniform ( tenue bleue ) wear.
The rank insignia of the arms blindée et cavalerie ( tanks and cavalry), in contrast to the other arms equal to those of Jägertruppe.
Generals - généraux Officers
The name is derived from the general concept Capitaine Général, the captain, who was in command of the entire army. The generals are divided into two divisions:
- The first division contains the generals in the military service, secondment generals and the non-active generals.
- In the second division are all generals, subject to the discretion of the Department of Defense.
Staff Officers - Officers supérieurs
Subalterns - Officers subaltern
NCOs - Sous- officiers
Enlisted - Militaires you rank
Administration Branch of the land forces - Commissariat de l' armée de terre
The Commissioners are rule- compliant as " monsieur le ... " or " madame le ... " (sometimes called " madame la ... ") commissaire addressed. Your task is the general military and financial management of the army. ( The purely military salutation " mon capitaine, respectively. Capitaine " was generally tolerated. )
Since January 1, 2010 is the " Corps of commissaries de l' armée de terre " in the central " Service du commissariat of Armées " succeeds.
Air Force - Armée de l'air
The grade designations of the Air Force differ only in the generals from those of the army.
Since January 1, 2010 is the " Corps of commissaries de l'air " in the central " Service du commissariat of Armées " succeeds.
The Air Force personnel will be divided into three groups:
- Personal navigation - le corps du personnel Navigant;
- Maintenance personnel - le corps of mécaniciens;
- Base personnel - le corps of the bases.
Each of the members of this corps carries as feature a special colored name tag:
- Navigation Staff: red with a star
- Service personnel: purple with a gear
- Base personnel: blue without markings
- Management: otter brown with an acanthus leaf
The previously equipped with a circumferential strand in the relevant color shoulder pieces are performed only by the air forces of Commissioners and the Air Force doctors continue
The Air Force pioneers wear special rank insignia of black velvet with borders in the arms of the pioneers and the color ( charognard - vultures mentioned ) Luftwaffe eagle.
Generals - généraux Officers
Staff and junior officers - Officers supérieurs et subaltern
Officer students - Élèves officiers
NCOs - Sous- officiers
Administration Branch of the Air Force
Naval forces - Marine national
Admirals - Officers Amiraux
The term Admiral / Amiral comes from the Arabic. Amir al - bahr means as much as Prince of the Sea
Staff and junior officers - Officers supérieurs et subaltern
Higher non-commissioned officers - Officers mariniers supérieurs
Non-commissioned officers - Officers mariniers subaltern
Enlisted - Equipage
Medical service / Pharmaceutical Service / dental service / Veterinary Service - Doctor / Pharmacien / Dentist / Vétérinaire
Higher chief of the medical service
Chief of the Medical Service
Inspectors General of the medical and pharmaceutical department
Generals in the medical, pharmaceutical and veterinary services
Chef in the medical corps, the Marketing Service, the tooth Ärztlichn service and the veterinary service after five years of use
Chef in the medical corps, the Marketing Service, the tooth Ärztlichn Service and the Veterinary Service
Principal in the medical corps, the pharmaceutical service, the tooth Ärztlichn Service and the Veterinary Service
Military doctor / pharmacist military
Medical assistant on entering the seventh year of training
Aspirant entering the fourth year of training
Medical officer students in the first year
The rank insignia of the vets are the same as Jägertruppe, with a crown of lilies instead of the hunter horn and dark gray piping.
Military Nursing Service in the hospitals of the armed forces - Militaires infirmiers et techniciens of hôpitaux of Armées ( Mitha )
It is the medical and paramedical staff, as well as the nurses in military hospitals.
Directorate General of Armament and Equipment - Direction générale de l' armement ( DGA)
Fuel troops of the Armed Forces - the scents of Service Armées (SEA )
The SEA is the officers of the " Corps technique et administratif " ( OCTASEA ) which are attributed to the generals and the " Ingénieurs militaires from the team ranks up to Brigadier -chef de 1ère classe, the noncommissioned officer corps of the SAE and the " Soutien pétrolier " (fuel assistance ) of essences " (IME )
Engineers of the fuel supply - Ingénieurs militaires of scents
Defence Infrastructure Management (Service d' Infrastructure de la défense - SID )
The SID consists of called and Military Ingénieurs d' Infrastructure de la défense military engineers in the officer rank.
Engineers from the Defence Infrastructure Management - Ingénieurs d' Infrastructure de la défense and Military
General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces - Contrôle Général des Armées
The " Corps du contrôle général des Armées " is the revision authority of the French armed forces. It is composed of members of the rank of general, whose insignia however differ entirely from the French pattern.
National gendarmerie
The gendarmerie national consists of military personnel who are operationally subordinate to the Interior Ministry. However, they are still subject to military discipline.
Generals - généraux Officers
Staff Officers - Officers supérieurs
The ranks are identical to those of reservists.
Subalterns - Officers subaltern
The ranks are identical to those of reservists.
NCOs - Sous- officiers
The ranks are identical to those of reservists, except for " robbers"
Enlisted - Militaires you rank
The ranks are identical to those of voluntary auxiliary police and reservists.
Military chaplaincy - Aumôniers and Military
The military chaplains among the officers and be in accordance with the regulations in correspondence generally as " Monsieur (or Madame ) l' aumônier » addressed.
In practice, the salutation of the different religions are different from each other:
- Catholic military chaplains of the land and air forces will be addressed in accordance with the regulations as " Padre ", but usually "Mon père " will be used. On ships of the clergy as " Monseigneur " or " Bohut " is titled.
- Protestant chaplains are called " Pasteur ".
- Israelite pastor called " Monsieur le rabbin »
- Islamic cleric to be addressed as " Monsieur " to a regulation is made, which is based on traditional practices.