Croatian military ranks

Croatian military ranks are as follows:

Army and air force ranks

Labels ranks for members of the Croatian Ground Army and Croatian Air Force and Defense are identical, except that the ranks of the Ground Army are gold and of the Air Force and Defense are silver.

Generali - Generals
stožerni general						general zbora						general pukovnik						general bojnik						brigadni general
General of the Army, General of the Air Force						General						Lieutenant General						Major General						Brigadier General
Časnici - Officers
Viši časnici - Senior Officers															Niži časnici - Junior Officers
brigadir					pukovnik					bojnik					satnik					natporučnik					poručnik
Colonel					Lieutenant Colonel					Major					Captain					First lieutenant					Second lieutenant
Dočasnici - Non-commissioned officers (NCOs)
Viši dočasnici - Senior NCOs															Niži dočasnici - Junior NCOs
časnički namjesnik					stožerni narednik					nadnarednik					narednik					desetnik					skupnik
Sergeant Major, Master Sergeant					Staff Sergeant					Senior Sergeant					Sergeant					Corporal					Lance Corporal
Vojnici - Soldiers
razvodnik															pozornik
Private First Class, Airman First Class															Private, Airman

Navy ranks

Admirali - Admirals
admiral flote						admiral						viceadmiral						kontraadmiral						komodor
Fleet Admiral						Admiral						Vice Admiral						Counter Admiral, Rear Admiral (USN:Rear Admiral (upper half))						Commodore (USN:Rear Admiral (lower half))
Časnici - Officers
Viši časnici - Senior Officers															Niži časnici - Officers
kapetan bojnog broda					kapetan fregate					kapetan korvete					poručnik bojnog broda					poručnik fregate					poručnik korvete
Ship-of-the-line Captain (Captain)					Fregattenkapitän (Commander)					Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)					Linienschiffsleutnant (Lieutenant)					Frigate Lieutenant (Sub-lieutenant), (USN:Lieutenant (junior grade))					Corvette Lieutenant (USN:Ensign)
Dočasnici - Non-commissioned officers (NCOs)
Viši dočasnici - Senior NCOs															Niži dočasnici - NCOs
časnički namjesnik					stožerni narednik					nadnarednik					narednik					desetnik					skupnik
Master Chief Petty Officer					Senior Chief Petty Officer					Chief Petty Officer					Petty Officer 1st Class					Petty Officer 2nd Class					Petty Officer 3rd Class
Mornari i kadeti - Seamen and cadets
razvodnik															pozornik
Seaman															Seaman Recruit

Etymology

• Časnik - derived from čast (honour), and indicating "one who is honoured", i.e. with a commission, or "one who holds (the) honour".
• Dočasnik - after two Croatian words, do (by) and čast (honour). The one who stands by the officer, the one who is subordinate to an officer.
• Pozornik - after Croatian word pozor (attention). The one who follows the order pozor.
• Razvodnik - after Croatian verb razvoditi. The one who leads.
• Skupnik - after Croatian noun skup (group). The one who leads the group.
• Desetnik - after Croatian number deset (ten). The one who leads ten men.
• Narednik - after Croatian noun naredba (order). The one who orders.
• Nadnarednik - after two Croatian words, nad (above) and naredba (order). The one who is above narednik.
• Stožerni narednik - after two Croatian words, stožer (headquarters, staff) and naredba (order). The one who is a narednik to serve in the army staff.
• Časnički namjesnik - after two Croatian words, časnik (officer) and namjesnik (governor). The one who governs as an officer.
• Poručnik - after Croatian word poruka (message), the messenger.
• Natporučnk - the one who is above poručnik.
• Satnik - after old Croatian sat (hundred). The one who leads the group of hundred men.
• Bojnik - after Croatian noun boj (battle). The one who leads the battle.
• Pukovnik - after Croatian noun pukovnija (regiment) (this word came from puk which means folks). The one who leads the regiment.
• Brigadir - after word brigada (from French brigade). The one who leads a brigade.
• Brigadni general - a general of the brigade.
• Kapetan korvete - captain of the corvette.
• Kapetan fregate - captain of the frigate.
• Kapetan bojnog broda - captain of the battleship.

See also

• Military of Croatia
• Admiral flote

Sources

• Usporedni pregled časničkih činova (Croatian)
• Act on the Service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian)
• Military Uniforms Code