Military ranks of East Timor
Appearance
The following are the Military ranks of the Timor Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL). The Military of East Timor's rank structure appears similar to that of the Portuguese Armed Forces, East Timor's former colonial power.
Army
Officers
- Brigadier General (Commander of the F-FDTL)
- Colonel
- Tanente Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- Leutenant
- Sergeant
- Aspirant
Non-commissioned officers
- Sergeant
- Chief Sergeant
- Sergeant-Assistant
- First-Sergeant
- Second-Sergeant
- Furriel
- Second-Furriel
Enlisted personnel
- Handle-Aid
- First-Handle
- Second-Handle
- Soldier
Naval Component
Officers
- Captain-lieutenant
- First-lieutenant
- Second-lieutenant
- Keep-navy or Second lieutenant
Non-commissioned officers
- Sergeant-Assistant
- First-Sergeant
- First-Subsergeant
- Second-Subsergeant
Enlisted personnel
- Handle
- First-Sailor
References
East Timor Ministry for Defence:
- Army ranks Accessed 26 August 2007
- Navy ranks Accessed 26 August 2007
- Decree Law no 18. "Regime of Military Ranks" Accessed 26 August 2007