Military ranks of Yemen
The Military ranks of Yemen are the military insignia used by the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces, which are based on the British insignia used by the Yemen Arab Republic and the former Federation of South Arabia, later the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, whose armed forces used Soviet styled insignia of the British pattern.
Commissioned officers
The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, air force and navy respectively follow the former British pattern.
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 Yemeni Land Forces |
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| مشیر Mushir |
فريق أول Fariq 'awal |
فريق Fariq |
لواء Liwa |
عميد Amid |
عقيد Aqid |
مقدم Muqaddam |
رائد Ra'id |
نقيب Naqib |
ملازم أول Mulazim awwal |
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 Yemeni Air Force |
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| مشیر Mushir |
فريق أول Fariq 'awal |
فريق Fariq |
لواء Liwa |
عميد Amid |
عقيد Aqid |
مقدم Muqaddam |
رائد Ra'id |
نقيب Naqib |
ملازم أول Mulazim awwal |
ملازم ثان Mulazim than | ||||||||||||||
 Yemeni Navy |
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| عميد Amid |
عقيد Aqid |
مقدم Muqaddam |
رائد Ra'id |
نقيب Naqib |
ملازم أول Mulazim awwal |
ملازم ثان Mulazim than | ||||||||||||||||||
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Enlisted
Army ranks
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| مساعد أول Musaeid 'awal |
مساعد ثان Musaeid than |
مساعد Musaeid |
رقيب أول Raqib 'awal |
رقيب Raqib |
عريف Earif |
جندي Jundiun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force ranks
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| Warrant officer | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Senior Airman | Airman First Class | Airman جندي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Naval Force ranks
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| Warrant officer | Petty officer first class | Petty officer second class | Petty officer third class | Seaman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||