Don't know how to contact the traffic police inspector who stopped you? Can't understand what rank the employees of the military enlistment office are in? If you do not want to offend a person in civilian clothes, then you should remember what is depicted on the shoulder straps and what rank each particular image refers to.
Instruction manual
1
Distinguish empty shoulder straps. The army says: "Pure shoulder straps - a clear conscience." A clear conscience is, as a rule, among ordinary people. If you see epaulets without any images, you know - before you is an ordinary.
2
Look at the tags. Some military men have strings (strips), as a rule, this is a sergeant. Corporal corporations have one tag, junior sergeants have two tags, sergeants have three. Senior sergeants have one, but wide, stomp, while elders have a wide longitudinal stomp.
3
Look at the stars. Warrant officers no longer have any bastards, but there are stars. 2 stars located along the length of the epaulet, and the absence of any stripes means that you are faced by an ensign. If the stars are not two, but three, then in front of you is the senior warrant officer.
4
Look at the stars and stripes. For officers, stripes are added to the stars. The junior lieutenant in uniform has one strip and one small star. But the star is smaller than that of ensigns. The lieutenant has two stars at the edges of the strip; the senior lieutenant has three stars. Two of them are located, like a lieutenant, and one above. On the captain's uniform there is another plus, which is located even higher. Major's epaulets have one large star and two stripes on either side of the star. Further, all by analogy with the lieutenants: two stars across and two stripes are on the shoulder straps of the lieutenant colonel, the third star on top - the colonel.
5
Distinguish patterns on shoulder straps. Patterns are on uniform with generals. If there is one large star on top of the pattern, then this is a major general, if two stars are along the shoulder strap (the generals have only one along), then in front of you is a lieutenant general. Three large stars on the pattern indicate that their owner is Colonel General. Only the army general has four stars. The marshal wears a very large star and a double-headed eagle on uniform.
