For a military man to determine the rank of epaulettes is not difficult. This is the first thing that remembers a soldier of military service, teaches a cadet in the police, remembers a sailor. But for civilian people, the little stars and stars on the shoulder straps very often do not say anything. But in life everything can come in handy, and it will not be superfluous to find out what military symbolism means.
Instruction manual
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The identification marks on the shoulder straps of the soldiers of the army and navy are the same. Only ranks differ. In addition, the ground units have a division into everyday and field uniforms. The difference is that the letters of the sun (armed forces) are indicated on the uniforms of the everyday tunic, but these symbols are not on the camouflage, only stars and letters are left. In naval forces there is no such difference. On all shoulder straps, except for senior and senior command personnel, there is a letter F (fleet).
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An army soldier can be distinguished from all other ranks very simply. On his shoulder straps there are no bastards or stars. Only the abbreviation for sun in casual wear. In the Navy, he corresponds to the rank of sailor.
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Corporal rank older than a soldier. On his shoulder straps there is one line. On the ship, the corporal is called the senior sailor.
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The junior sergeant and sergeant have two and three reeds, respectively. In the naval forces these ranks correspond to the foreman of the second article and the foreman of the first article.
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The senior sergeant has one wide stitch, the foreman has two stitches - wide and narrow. Naval ranks are the chief foreman and chief ship foreman.
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The warrant officer and senior warrant officer already have small stars on their shoulder straps. The ensign has two, the senior ensign has three. The stars are arranged one after another parallel to the long edge of the epaulet. On the ship they are called midshipman and senior midshipman.
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All the junior officers are wearing epaulets. In addition, they are distinguished from the army by a red longitudinal strip passing through the entire epaulet.
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The junior lieutenant has one star closer to the center of the epaulet. The lieutenant - two stars pinned across the epaulet, the senior lieutenant - three, located in a triangle. The captain has four stars on uniform. In naval forces, ranks correspond to land. In addition to the captain, there he is called the lieutenant commander.
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The senior officers have larger stars and two red longitudinal stripes.
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The major has one star in the center of the epaulet. Lieutenant Colonel - two stars located across the epaulette. Colonel - three stars pinned in the shape of a triangle. In the Navy, these posts correspond to the rank of captain 3.2 and rank 1.
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Epaulettes of senior officers are decorated with the largest stars. There are no red ribbons on uniform.
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Major General has one large star in the center of the epaulette. Lieutenant General - two stars parallel to the long edge. Colonel General - three stars going one after another. The army general pinned four large stars on shoulder straps, located one after another in a straight line. At sea, instead of generals, admirals exist. Their ranks are Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral and Fleet Admiral, respectively.
