For a military man to read the rank of shoulder straps is not at all difficult. This is the first thing a soldier of military service is taught, a cadet remembers the police, a sailor learns. But to a man far from the army, stars and gaits often do not talk about anything. And to put on epaulettes, you need to know what rank the symbols on them mean.
Instruction manual
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The symbols on the uniform of the army and navy are the same. The difference is only in the ranks. There are also two types of uniforms for land units - casual and field. There are no letters of the Armed Forces (armed forces) on camouflage uniforms, there are only stars and little stars. The sailors do not have such a difference. On all types of epaulettes, excluding senior and higher command personnel, the letter F (fleet) is present.
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If you are a soldier of the Russian army, your epaulets are the simplest. There are no marks and stars on them, only sun symbols. In the Navy, this rank corresponds to a sailor with the letter F on uniform.
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Corporal is the next in rank. In the fleet - the senior sailor. On their epaulettes one tag.
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The younger sergeant (foreman of the second article in the fleet) and the senior sergeant (foreman of the first article) have two and three strips on shoulder straps, respectively.
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The senior sergeant (chief foreman) has a wide head, and the foreman (chief ship foreman) - two - wide and narrow.
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The ensign (warrant officer) and the senior warrant officer (senior warrant officer), on the shoulder straps you can already see small stars. There are two and three, respectively. They are located one after another parallel to the long edge of the shoulder strap.
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There are stars on the uniform of the entire junior officer. From ordinary army employees, in addition, they are distinguished by a red stripe dividing the epaulet. The junior lieutenant has one star in the center of the epaulette. The lieutenant has two, attached across the epaulet, the senior lieutenant has three stars pinned by a triangle. The captain epaulette has four stars. At sea, the titles are identical to land. In addition to the captain, there he is a lieutenant commander.
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Shoulder straps of officers - with large stars and have two longitudinal red stripes. The major in the center of the epaulette has one star. The lieutenant colonel has two stars pinned across the epaulet. The colonel has three located in a triangle. In the Navy, these posts correspond to the rank of captain of the third, second and first ranks.
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Epaulettes of senior officers can be distinguished by the largest stars and the absence of red stripes. On the shoulder straps of Major General (Rear Admiral) - one large star in the center. The lieutenant general (vice admiral) has two stars pinned parallel to the long edge of the epaulet. Colonel General (Admiral) has three stars coming one after another. The army general (fleet admiral) epaulettes are decorated with four large stars, located one after another in a straight line.
