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Military ranks of East Timor

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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

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: