South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia

South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia was use by the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, specifically the Army, Navy, Marines and Air force.

Officers

Ranks	Translation	Army	Navy	Marines	Air Force

1954-1967	1967-1975	1954-1967	1967-1975	1954-1967	1967-1975	1954-1967	1967-1975
General Officers/Sĩ quan cấp Tướng
Đại tướng	Army General (literally "grand general")					None
Thượng tướng/ Đô đốc	Colonel General (literally "upper general") / Admiral (Navy)					None
Trung tướng/ Phó Đô đốc	Lieutenant general
Thiếu tướng/ Đề đốc	Major general
Colonels/Sĩ quan cấp Tá
Chuẩn tướng/ Phó Đề đốc	Brigadier General	None		None		None		None
Thượng tá	Colonel
Trung tá	Lieutenant colonel
Thiếu úy	Major
Captains/Sĩ quan cấp Úy
Thượng úy	Captain
Trung úy	Sub-lieutenant
Thiếu úy	Ensign

Military of South Vietnam

Corps	I II III IV

Divisions	1 2 3 5 7 9 18 21 22 23 25 Marine Airborne

Branches	Air Force Army Civilian Irregular Defense Group Navy Popular Forces Regional Forces Rangers Cavalry Squadron Special Forces Presidential Guard Combined Action Program

Air bases	Bien Hoa Binh Thuy Cam Ranh Da Nang Nha Trang Phan Rang Phù Cát Pleiku Tan Son Nhut Tuy Hoa

Coup attempts and mutinies	1960 1962 1963 1964 September 1964 December 1964 1965 1966

Notable officers	Cao Văn Viên Chung Tấn Cang Đỗ Cao Trí Dương Văn Minh Hoàng Xuân Lãm Huỳnh Văn Cao Lâm Văn Phát Lê Minh Đảo Lê Nguyên Khang Lê Văn Hưng Lê Văn Kim Mai Hữu Xuân Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Nguyễn Chánh Thi Nguyễn Hữu Có Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Viết Thanh Ngô Quang Trưởng Phạm Ngọc Thảo Phạm Văn Phú Tôn Thất Đính Trần Thiện Khiêm Trần Văn Đôn Lê Nguyên Vỹ Nguyễn Khoa Nam Trần Văn Hai

Ranks and insignia	South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia

Africa

Americas

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Colombia Cuba Mexico Army Navy Nicaragua Uruguay Venezuela United States Officers: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Enlisted: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Other: Marine Corps Warrant officer

Former	United States Army enlisted World War I World War II

Comparative	Army (Officers) Air force (Officers)

Asia

Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bangladesh Army Navy Air Force Myanmar Army Navy Air Force Cambodia China Army Navy Air Force India Army Air Force Navy Indonesia Iran Army Navy Air Force Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Korea Laos Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Pakistan Army Air Force Navy Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Army Navy Air Force Syria Taiwan Army Navy Thailand Vietnam

Former	Democratic Kampuchea Imperial Japan Army Navy Mengjiang South Vietnam

Comparative	Army (Officers) Air force (Officers)

Europe

Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Army Navy Air Force Estonia Finland France Army Navy Gendarmerie Air Force Germany Rank information Rank insignia Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Land Forces Coast Guard Ireland Army Naval Service Air Corps Italy Army Navy Air Force Carabinieri Finance Guard Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Army Navy Air Force Between 1994 and 2010 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Army Navy Air Force Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Army officers Army other ranks Navy officers Navy ratings Air Force officers Air Force other ranks Vatican

Former	Austria–Hungary Czechoslovakia Hungarian People's Republic East Germany Nazi Germany Army Navy Air Force People's Militia SA SS Nazi Party Kingdom of Greece Army Navy Air Force Kingdom of Hungary Russian Empire Soviet Union 1918-35 1935–40 1940–43 1943-55 1955-91 Kingdom of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia

Comparative	Army (Officers) Air force (Officers)

Oceania

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