Military rank | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 03/10/2019

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00:01:38 1 Etymology
00:01:58 2 Ancient and medieval ranks
00:02:08 2.1 Greek ranks
00:06:48 2.2 Roman ranks
00:11:45 2.3 Turk ranks
00:12:31 2.4 Persian ranks
00:13:56 2.5 Medieval ranks
00:14:51 2.5.1 High command in medieval armies
00:15:47 2.5.2 Origins of modern ranks
00:20:16 2.5.3 Origins of higher ranks
00:24:21 3 Modern ranks
00:24:48 3.1 Commissioned officers
00:25:27 3.1.1 General, flag, and air officers
00:29:46 3.1.2 Field or senior officers
00:31:26 3.1.3 Company grade or junior officers
00:33:41 3.1.4 Subordinate/student officer
00:36:26 3.2 Warrant officers
00:37:14 3.3 Enlisted personnel
00:37:41 3.3.1 Non-commissioned officers
00:39:22 3.3.2 Other enlisted ranks
00:40:37 4 Appointment
00:41:55 5 Types of rank
00:45:14 6 Size of command
00:45:24 6.1 Rank and unit size
00:53:35 6.2 Military ranks and insignia of various nations
00:55:09 7 See also



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Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces, police, intelligence agencies or other institutions organized along military lines. The military rank system defines dominance, authority, and responsibility in a military hierarchy. It incorporates the principles of exercising power and authority into the military chain of command – the succession of commanders superior to subordinates through which command is exercised. The military chain of command constructs an important component for organized collective action.Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms. Ranking systems have been known for most of military history to be advantageous for military operations, in particular with regards to logistics, command, and coordination; as time went on and military operations became larger and more complex, military ranks increased and ranking systems themselves became more complex.
Rank is not only used to designate leadership, but to establish pay-grade as well. As rank increases, pay-grade follows, but so does amount of responsibility.Within modern armed forces, the use of ranks is almost universal. Socialist states have sometimes abolished ranks (e.g., the Soviet Red Army 1918–1935, the Chinese People's Liberation Army 1965–1988, and the Albanian Army 1966–1991), but they had to re-establish them after encountering operational difficulties of command and control.