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.

Equivelant
[NATO OR]
Forces'
Insignia
Insignia
[OR-1]
[OR-4]
* 2 Months in Combat Training
* 3 Months in Combat Support Training
* 4 Months in Non-Combat Training
Combatant
Rank
Combatant
Rank
Combatant
 Sergeant
[OR-5]
* 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.
Combatant
Rank
Combatant
Rank
Combatant
 Staff
Sergeant
[OR-6]
* 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.
Combatant
Rank
Combatant
Rank
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).

## **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)

### **Professional Officers in the AAF**

Professional Officers
Officer 2nd
Class
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
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
 Badge

Pilots' Course
Stage
 Badge

Seamanship Course
Command
Stage
Stage
Stage
the Navy's
Training Base
 Badge

## **Note**

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