AAF Ranks

The AAF Ranks reflect the rank of an individual Soldier in the Armed Forces.
The ranks of the AAF are divided into three groups: the ranks of enlisted Soldiers; NCOs ranks; and Officer Ranks.
== Recieving of rank and promotion ==
Each rank of the AAF has different requirements and conditions for its Acquirement, and only by meeting them can it be entitled and worn.
Soldiers will progress step by step according to two main indicators: the time that has elapsed since the Soldier received their previous rank, or courses and trainings they had undergone. Promotion according to elapsed time is known in the AAF as MPT, an acronym for "minimum period of time". The MPT varies according to the role of the soldier and the formation in which they serve: in general, the MPT required for promotion is shorter in soldiers in the combat Branches, longer in combat support Branches and even longer in rear branches.
The most basic rank, the rank of Private, is given to every soldier upon enlistment. Rear soldiers will be promoted to the rank of corporal ten months after enlistment, soldiers defined as combat supporters will be promoted to this rank eight months after enlistment, while combatants will be promoted not by MPT but upon completion of their training course. Similarly, the rank of sergeant will be awarded to rear soldiers after one year and 9 months from the time of their enlistment. Combat soldiers will be promoted to this rank 18 months after enlistment, and combat soldiers will receive it 14 months after enlistment. However, soldiers who complete various courses, such as a naval course, a tank commanders' course, etc., will be promoted upon completion of the course.
=== Promotion After Death ===
The promotion After Death is made in the following cases:
* Officers will be promoted if they hold a position that requires a higher rank than their actual rank.
* Soldiers in the Permanent Service will be promoted if they hold a senior position in a counter track or the position of an officer, or if they have completed at least half of the MPT required for promotion and an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel has recommended it.
* Mandatory Service soldiers will be promoted if they have fallen in operational activity, combat operations or as a result of hostilities. Soldiers who were trainees in the qualifying course, soldiers who actually held the position of a soldier in permanent service and who were recommended for promotion by the unit commander and soldiers who completed at least half of the MPT required for promotion will also be promoted.
* Cadets in the officers' course, in its various stages, will be promoted to the rank of Lietuenant. Academics with the rank of Professional Officer 2nd Class and cadets with the rank of Master Sergeant at least, will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Academics with the rank of Professional Officer 1st Class will be promoted to the rank of Captain.
In any case, there is no promotion if the death was as a result of suicide or in circumstances where there is disgrace. These rules also apply to cases of reservists killed during active reserve service.
== Demotion ==
Demotion is an exceptional step, taken as punishment in a military tribunal (and in rare cases in a disciplinary case) for a serious offense. The penalty may be lowered by one or more ranks to the point of lowering from all ranks (i.e. to the rank of private). In addition, in particularly serious offenses, a military tribunal may sentence a defendant to deportation from the army, a punishment that includes the denial of any military rank.
Although demotion is usually an exceptional and extreme punishment, which the Arstotzkan Military Court reiterates should be taken sparingly and only in particularly severe cases, reservists who have not completed an officers' course and find from the reserve track are stripped of the Professional Officer 2nd Class ranks they wear, even in the absence of any disciplinary defect.
== Ranks of Representation ==
The Ranks of Represenation, according to the instructions of the AAF High Command, are the ranks of officer, which in special cases are given to a soldier for a pre-determined period and higher than the permanent rank held by the soldier at that time. A Rank of Representation is given, for example, to certain officials, such as judges, doctors, Ikeaetes, or to certain tasks, such as representing the AAF in delegations abroad, in an interface with a foreign population, and more.
If the rank is not renewed until the end of the period or the soldier ceases to fulfill the position for which the rank was granted, they return to their previous rank. In some cases, the rank of representation becomes a permanent rank after a period of time, for example: a reservist who has worn ranks of representation for at least five years and has been discharged due to the end of service, their ranks will not be revoked.
An example of representational ranks are judges in the civil justice system who serve in the reserve as judges in a military tribunal. Because military judges must be equal in rank or higher in rank than those tried before them, they are given a rank of representation for a specific trial. Other examples are the AAF Spokesperson and the Conductor of the AAF Orchestra.
== Enlisted Ranks ==
A conscript is a soldier who has been Conscripted, In either the Mandatory or Voluntary Service, but has not yet Finished the Required Mandatory Service Time or has not yet Completed an Officers' Course. The ranks of the Enlisted are sewn to the sleeves of the shirt between the elbow and the shoulder.
The background of the rank of soldiers serving in the Air Force is blue. The rank color of soldiers serving in the Navy is golden. The color of the other soldiers' rank is olive green. 
Rank
Equivelant
[NATO OR]	Rank's Meaning and Recieving Requirements 	Ground
Forces'
Insignia	Air Force's
Insignia	Navy's
Insignia
Private
[OR-1]	The rank of Private is the lowest rank given to any soldier from the day of enlistment and the beginning of service.	None	None	None
Corporal
[OR-4]	This rank expresses progress in the soldiers' Training.
* 2 Months in Combat Training
* 3 Months in Combat Support Training
* 4 Months in Non-Combat Training	Regular RankSpecial
Combatant
Rank	Regular RankSpecial
Combatant
Rank	Regular RankSpecial
Combatant
Rank
Sergeant
[OR-5]	The rank of Sergeant is the lowest rank of command. a soldier in this rank is considered the the right hand of the officers. As of this rank, other soldiers can be commanded in certain positions (although there are positions in the army in which those with the rank of Corporal also command other soldiers)
* 6 Months for 13th/14th Grade Graduates
* 5 Months for Combat Soldiers
* Combat Soldier in a Commanders' Course recieves the Rank upon Completion of the Course.
* A cadet who successfully completes an officers' course is promoted to this rank, if they were not already entitled to it.
* 6 Months for Combat Support Soldiers
* 7 Months for Non-Combat Soldiers
In most cases, in order to obtain the rank of Sergeant, one must pass a "Sergeant test" beyond the Minimum Period of Time (which actually expresses certification for the rank of Sergeant, even if the Soldier has not undergone professional training for any military profession).
Soldiers who have been deserters during their service for more than 21 days and have been convicted of a criminal offense are not allowed to carry a command rank and are therefore not entitled to receive the rank of Sergeant.	Regular RankSpecial
Combatant
Rank	Regular RankSpecial 
Combatant
Rank	Regular RankSpecial 
Combatant
Rank
Staff
Sergeant
[OR-6]	The holder of this rank is the first right hand of the officers.
* 4 Months for Sergeant-Ranked Soldiers
* 1 Year and 6 Months after the date of Enlistment for Combat Soldiers
* Female Sergeant-Ranked Soldiers are promoted to this rank provided they have signed into Permanent Service for 6 Months from the date they were promoted to the rank of Sergeant.
* Female Sergeant-Ranked Soldiers serving in Mandatory service that has lasted 1 Year and 6 months, within the framework of "law of a woman as law of a man", are promoted to this rank during Permanent service, under the same conditions as men. In Addition, Female Sergeant-Ranked Soldiers can receive the rank during active reserve service (if they are called to perform reserve service).
There are units in which soldiers who has completed a commanders' course receives the rank of Staff Sergeant after 1 Year from the date of their enlistment.	Regular RankSpecial
Combatant
Rank	Regular RankSpecial
Combatant
Rank	Regular RankSpecial
Combatant
Rank
== Non-Commissioned Officers ==
An NCO is a soldier in Permanent service who has not taken an officers' course. The Rank Badges of the NCOs are worn on the shoulder of the shirt (in the same way as the ranks of the officers).
NCO Ranks
Rank
Equivelant
[NATO OR]	MPT for Recieving 
the Rank 	Ground Forces' Insignia	Air Force's Insignia	Navy's Insignia
Sergeant
First Class
[OR-7]	6 Months after the Rank of Staff Sergeant 	 	 	
Master
Sergeant
[OR-8]	At least 10 months after the rank of Sergeant First Class. 	 	 	
Sergeant
Major
[OR-8]	At least 1 year after the rank of Master Sergeant. 	 	 	
Master
Sergeant
Major
[OR-8]	At least 1 year and 2 months after the rank of Sergeant Major. 	 	 	
Chief
Warrant
Officer
[OR-9]	For a limited number of NCOs, usually those with an MPT of at least 1 Year and 6 Months after the rank of Master Sergeant Major, and not automatically after accumulating seniority like the other ranks, but according to personal assessment.	 	 	
== Officers ==
An officer is a soldier who has graduated from an officers 'course, or who has been certified as an officer in another setting (such as during a pilot's course or a seamans' course); Another option is to accept the appointment of an officer without a course (such as academic reserves, or to receive a rank of representation), from the rank of lieutenant colonel to major general. According to the accepted definition, a junior officer is an officer with the rank of lieutenant to the rank of major, a senior officer is an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel to brigadier General, a General Officer is an officer with the rank of Major General to General, and a Supreme Officer is the Officer that is Appointed as Marshal of Arstotzka (though the Supreme Officer Title may also apply to the Empress, which has her own kind of Rank based on the Fact she is the Empress)
Officers' Ranks
Rank
Equivelant
[NATO OF]	Rank's Entitlement and
Recieving Requirements 	Ground
Forces'
Insignia	Air Force's
Insignia	Navy's
Insignia 	Navy's
Parade
Insignia
Junior Officers 	Junior Officers 	Junior Officers 	Junior Officers 	Junior Officers 	Junior Officers
Lieutenant
[OF-1]	Passing and completing an officers' course 	 	 	 	
Captain
[OF-2] 	
# After 1 year in the rank of Lieutenant, and in receiving the appointment of Captain
# Holder of a master's degree, and after Passing and completing an officers' course (in the permanent service) 	 	 	 	
Major
[OF-3] 	
# After three years in the rank of Captain, and in receiving the appointment of Major
# Holder of a Doctorate degree, and after Passing and completing an officers' course (in the permanent service) 	 	 	 	
Senior Officers 	Senior Officers 	Senior Officers 	Senior Officers 	Senior Officers 	Senior Officers
Lieutenant
Colonel
[OF-4]	Majors are promoted to this rank by a decision of an officer with the rank of General (in certain positions designated for this purpose) and with the approval of the Marshal or the head of the Manpower Directorate 	 	 	 	
Colonel
[OF-5] 	Lieutenant Colonels are promoted to this rank by a decision of an officer with the rank of General (in certain positions designated for this purpose) and with the approval of the Marshal or the head of the Manpower Directorate	 	 	 	
Brigadier
General
[OF-6]	Colonels are promoted to this rank by a decision of an officer with the rank of General (in certain positions designated for this purpose) and with the approval of the Marshal 	 	 	 	
General Officers	General Officers 	General Officers	General Officers	General Officers	General Officers
Major
General
[OF-7]	Brigadier Generals are promoted to this rank by a decision of the Marshaland with the approval of the Empress. 	 	 	 	
Lieutenant
General
[OF-8]	Major Generals are promoted to this rank by a decision of the Marshal and with the approval of the Empress. 	 	 	 	
General
[OF-9] 	Lieutenant Generals are promoted to this rank by a decision of the Marshal and with the approval of the Empress. 	 	 	 	
Supreme Officers	Supreme Officers 	Supreme Officers	Supreme Officers	Supreme Officers	Supreme Officers
Marshal
[OF-10] 	Generals are promoted to this rank by the Empress, after the "Battle of the Generals" 	 	 	 	
Empress
[BIG] 	This is the Ruler of Arstotzka. The Ruler of Arstotzka Recieves their Own Special Rank in the AAF, above all Others, and may give Orders to the Marshal or to whomever else. 	 	 	 	
=== Jobs for the Officer Roles ===
Role 	Jobs in the
Ground Forces 	Jobs in the
Air Force 	Jobs in
the Navy 	Jobs in the
General Staff
Junior Officers 	Junior Officers 	Junior Officers 	Junior Officers 	Junior Officers
Lieutenant 	 	 	 	
-Company Leader
(In the Air Defense 
Command)	 	-Junior Staff Officer
-Team Leader 	 	
Captain 	-Deputy Company
Leader
-Battalion's
Operations
Officer
-Platoon Leader
-Deputy Artillery
Battery Leader	Graduate of
Pilots' Course 	-Graduate of
Seamanship's
Course
-Deputy Platoon 
Leader in Submarine, 
Destroyer, Corvette, 
Frigate, Battlecruiser 
or Aircraft Carrier	-Staff Officer
-Intelligence Officer
-Elite Program
Graduate
-Head of a Bureau of
a Lieutenant General
Major 	-Company Leader
-Artillery Battery
Leader 	Deputy Flight 
Leader 	 	
-Assistant Head of
Department
-Senior Staff Officer	 	 	 	
Senior Officers 	Senior Officers 	Senior Officers 	Senior Officers 	Senior Officers
Lieutenant
Colonel	-Deputy Legion 
Commander
-Company Leader 	-Deputy Squadron
Commander
-Flight Leader 	-Patrol Squadron
Commander 	-Lieutenant General's 
Secretary
-Head of a Bureau of 
a General
-Head of a Department
Colonel 	-Legion
Commander
-Deputy Brigade
Commander	Squadron
Commander 	-Deputy Flotilla
Commander
-Leader of a
Submarine, Corvette,
Frigate or Destroyer
-Deputy Leader of a
Battlecruiser
-Sea Company
Commander	-Head of a Branch
of a Rear Unit
-Factory Commander
-Program Commander
-Divisional HQ Officer
Brigadier
General	-Brigade
Commander
-Deputy Division
Commander
-Artillery Regiment
Commander
-Commander of
a Special Forces
Unit	-Wing
Commander
-Deputy
Commander of
an Airbase
-Unit 731 
Commander	-Minor Naval Base
Commander
-Naval Academy
Commander
-Flotilla Commander
-Leader of a
Battlecruiser
-Deputy Leader of an
Aircraft Carrier	-Command
Department
Leader
-Staff Officer in a
Duchy Command
Headquarters
-Head of a Branch
of the Arstotzkan 
Military Court
General Officers	General Officers 	General Officers 	General Officers 	General Officers
Major
General 	-Division
Commander
-Deputy Duchy's 
Ground Force
Commander	-Commander of
an Airbase
-Air Force 
Command
Commander
-Deputy Duchy's 
Air Force 
Commander
-Commander of 
the Air Defense
Network	-Major Naval Base
Commander
-Naval Division
Commander
-Leader of an
Aircraft Carrier
-Deputy Duchy's
Navy Commander	-Officer in a
Service Arm's
Headquarters
-Brigade Commander
-Air Force Command
Commander
-Naval Division
Commander
-Conductor of the 
AAF Orchestra
Lieutenant
General	-Duchy's Ground
Force
Commander
-Corps
Commander	Duchy's Air 
Force
Commander 	-Duchy's Navy
Commander 	-Chief Military Ikeaer
-AAF Spokesperson
-Commander of a
Corps of a Directorate
in the General Staff
General 	Ground Forces
Commander 	Commander of
the Air Force 	Commander
of the Navy
(Also the Imperial 
Fleet Commander)	
Supreme Officers	Supreme Officers 	Supreme Officers 	Supreme Officers 	Supreme Officers
Marshal 	Head of the General Staff & The Armed Forces	Head of the General Staff & The Armed Forces	Head of the General Staff & The Armed Forces	Head of the General Staff & The Armed Forces
Empress 	BIG CHUNGUSA 	BIG CHUNGUSA 	BIG CHUNGUSA 	BIG CHUNGUSA
=== Professional Officers in the AAF ===
Professional Officers
Rank	Ground Forces' Badge	Air Force's Badge	Navy's Badge
Professional
Officer 2nd
Class	 	 	
Professional
Officer 1st
Class	 	 	
* A Professional officer who wishes to advance in rank to Captain is required to take an officers' course, but can rarely receive a "personal rank".
* Medical Officer - A reserve graduate of medical studies before completing an officers' course.
* Dental Officer - A reserve graduate of dentistry before completing an officers' course.
* Law Officer - A law graduate who completed a law officer course at the Military Law School (Complementary Course for the Arstotzkan Military Court) before completing an officers' course.
* Military Ikeaer
== Other Kinds of Roles ==
* Junior - A trainee in a pre-military course or a student in a Professional school.
* Cadet - a trainee in an officers' course. This is not a rank, but a class (A.K.A More Symbolic).
* AAF Civilian Worker
** Civilian Enlisted and Civilian NCO - Civilian Workers serving in the Ranks of Enlisted/NCOs
* NOC (Commander that is not of Officer Rank): is a conscript or NCO, who has the authority of a commanding position, and is responsible for his subordinates. In the AAF, the NCO/Enlisted receives this degree after completing a certification course, or after certification in the field. Examples of such positions are an NCO that is responsible for instructing Guerrilla Warfare and an NCO that is responsible for soldiers' Various requests to facilitate the terms of their services.
== OPFOR Ranks ==
Similar to the United States Army's Opposing Force (OPFOR), which have special rank marks, the AAF also simulates an opponent's force, using unique rank marks. The first to use special ranks was the Air Force: during OPFOR Operations, advanced pilot training simulates combat, the Red squadron pilots wear special rank marks, which are similar to regular AAF ranks, but differ in color.
Red Squadron Ranks
Rank 	Lieutenant	Captain	Major	Lieutenant
Colonel	Colonel
Badge	 	 	 		
In May 2021, the "Red Unit" was established in the AAF - a special unit that simulates the forces of the adversary, to assist in the practice and training of the ground forces.
Top Row (Left to Right); Major, Captain, First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant.
Middle Row (Left to Right); Chief Warrant Officer, Warrant Officer, Master Sergeant Major, Sergeant Major, Master Sergeant, Sergeant First Class.
Bottom Row (Left to Right); Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private (A Private has no Badge)
== Cadets' Identification Marks ==
Although the status of a cadet is not considered a rank in the AAF per se, the main routes that prepare future officers (officers' course, seamanship course and pilots' course), as well as the Special programs, use special shoulder ranks to mark their trainees, with a clear separation between each stage in the process of training the cadets. Therefore, these shoulder ranks can be seen as a kind of rank mark.
Officers' Course
Stage	Basic Stage	Infantry Officers' Course Completion	Ground, Combat Support and HQ Officers' Completion
Badge	 	 	
Pilots' Course
Stage	Basic Stage	Medium 
Stage	Advanced
Stage
Badge	 		
Seamanship Course
Stage	Navigation &
Command
Stage	Basic Stage	Advanced
Stage	Academic
Stage	Special Stage in
the Navy's
Training Base	Field Stage
Badge		 				
== Note ==
From Michael Prep: This took me 4 Hours to Make, from 2:45-6:50 AM, on May 17th, 2021. Then some of the Badges did not load, so I had to Continue work from around 7 to 9 AM, and then shower and all that, and then 10 to 11 AM. Fucking Hell
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