Equivalence of Ranks in the three services of armed forces PCDA Circular -555

EQUIVALENCE OF RANKS IN THE THREE SERVICES OF ARMED FORCES

A. Indian Commissioned Officers (ICOs)

ARMY	AIF FORCE	NAVY
Lt./2^nd LT.	Fg.Offr.	Sub Lt.
Captain	Flt.Lt.	Lt.
Major	Sqn Ldr.	Lt.Cdr.
Lt.Colonel (TS)/LT Colonel	Wg.Cdr (TS)/Wg.Cdr (s)	Cdr.(TS)/Cdr(S)
Colonel (TS)	Gp.Capt.(TS)	Capt. (TS)
Colonel	Gp.Capt.	Capt.
Brigadier	Air Commodore	Commodore
Major General	Air Vice Marshal	Rear Admiral
Lt. General	Air Marshal	Vice Admiral
Lt. General (HAG+)	Air Marshal (HAG+)	Vice Admiral (HAG+)
DGAFMS
Lt.Gen (Army Cdr/Vice Chief of Army Staff)	Air Marshal (AOC-in-C)/Vice Chief of Air Staff)	Vice Admiral (FOC-in-C)
Chief of Army Staff/Field Marshal	Chief of Air Staff	Chief of Naval Staff

B. Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and other Ranks (ORs)

ARMY	AIF FORCE	NAVY
Sepoy	AC/LAC	Seaman – I & II and equivalent
Naik/ L Dafadar	Corporal	Leading Seaman & equivalent
Havildar/Dafadar	Sergeant	Petty Officer/Mech-IV/Artificer – IV
—-	—-	Artificer-III-I/Mech-III-I
Nb Subedar/Nb Risaldar/Jamadar	JWO	CPO/Mech I,II & III/Artificer I,II & III Chief Artificer/Chief Mech – I & II
Subedar/Risaldar	WO	Master chief Petty Officer – II Master Chief Mech – II Master Chief Art – II
Sub Major	MWO	Master Chief Petty Officer – I Master Chief Mech – I Master Chief Art – I
NCs(E)	NCs(E), Tindal, Head Tindal
Note: Recruits are equivalent to Sepay (Lowest group)

C. Honorary Ranks (JCOs)

Equivalence of Groups in the Three Services of Armed Forces

Note Group Code 1,2,3,4 shown in the PPO for various periods in r/o naval personnel. Code shown as 1 is for group A/X and rest are in group Y.

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