Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia

Template:Short description The Military ranks of Romania are the military insignia used by the Romanian Armed Forces.

Branch colors in the Romanian Armed Forces

Template:Template other The colors depend on the service branch (, literally "weapon") the bearer is a member of. They show on the shoulder slides which hold the rank insignia, on the band of combination caps, and on collar insignia. Because many different branches share a color (for example black or light blue), each branch has distinctive branch insignia (), which is worn next to the rank insignia on the shoulder slides. Other militarized institutions, such as the Romanian Gendarmerie and the Military Firefighters Corps, also have branch insignia worn in the same way.

Service branch	Colour
Marshals (all branches) Land Forces Generals (except Military Medicine and Military Justice) Infantry Military Music		Red
Air force (all staff) Paratroopers Radar Troops		Light blue
Naval forces (all staff) Artillery Tanks Military Automobile Troops Anti-air Artillery and Missiles Communication and Informatics structures Engineers Troops NBC defence		Black
Military Medicine (incl. Generals)		Burgundy red
Mountain Troops		Green
Military Logistics Administration		Violet
Military Justice (incl. Generals)		Dark Blue/Dark Violet
Military Police		Gray

The same ranks and basic insignia are used in the other militarised institutions. They differ in the color and branch insignia on the shoulder boards.

• Gendarmerie
• Firefighters
• General Inspectorate of Aviation
• Intelligence Service
• Foreign Intelligence Service
• Protection and Guard Service
• Special Telecommunications Service

Armed forces

The rank insignia is worn on the shoulder of the jacket, cloak/coat, overcoat, and shirt. The ranks are displayed with braids (called or ) of gold color for the commissioned officers and silver for senior non-commissioned and warrant officers. The junior NCOs, enlisted and the navy warrant officers use yellow silk braids. Generals use star insignia. The navy warrant officers use yellow colored star insignia as well. The air force and navy officers also display the ranks on the sleeves. The topmost braids for the air force officer rank are folded in the shape of a rhombus; for the navy, the braids are folded into rings; for the paratroopers, the braids are folded in the shape of an open parachute.

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Template:Ranks and Insignia of NATO Armed Forces/OF/BlankTemplate:Ranks and Insignia of NATO Armies/OF/Romania-Paratroopers

Romanian Land Forces	File:Romania-Army-OF-10.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-9.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-8.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-7.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-6.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-5.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-4.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-3.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-2.svg		File:Romania-Army-OF-1b.svg			File:Romania-Army-OF-1a.svg
Template:Navy/core	File:Romania-Army-OF-10.svg		File:Romania-Navy-OF-9.svg File:Romania-Navy-OF-9-Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-Navy-OF-8.svg File:Romania-Navy-OF-8-Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-Navy-OF-7.svg File:Romania-Navy-OF-7-Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-Navy-OF-6.svg File:Romania-Navy-OF-6-Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-Navy-OF-5-Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-Navy-OF-4-Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-Navy-OF-3-Sleeve.svg		File:Generic-Navy-6.svg		File:Generic-Navy-4.svg			File:Generic-Navy-2.svg
Romanian Air Force	File:Romania-Army-OF-10.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-9.svg File:Romania-AirForce-OF-9 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-8.svg File:Romania-AirForce-OF-8 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-7.svg File:Romania-AirForce-OF-7 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-6.svg File:Romania-AirForce-OF-6 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-5 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-4 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-3 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-2 Sleeve.svg		File:Romania-AirForce-OF-1b Sleeve.svg			File:Romania-AirForce-OF-1a Sleeve.svg
NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1

Warrant officers ranks

NATO rank	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5
Romanian Land Forces	File:Army-ROM-Maiștru militar principal.svg	File:Army-ROM-Maiștru militar clasa I.svg	File:Army-ROM-Maiștru militar clasa II.svg	File:Army-ROM-Maiștru militar clasa III.svg	File:Army-ROM-Maiștru militar clasa IV.svg	File:Army-ROM-Maiștru militar clasa V.svg
Template:Navy/core	File:Romania-Navy (Maistru)-OR-9b.svg	File:Romania-Navy (Maistru)-OR-9a.svg	File:Romania-Navy (Maistru)-OR-8.svg	File:Romania-Navy (Maistru)-OR-7.svg	File:Romania-Navy (Maistru)-OR-6.svg	File:Romania-Navy (Maistru)-OR-5.svg
Romanian Air Force	File:RO AF WO-5.png	File:RO AF WO-4.png	File:RO AF WO-3.png	File:RO AF WO-2.png	File:RO AF WO-1.png	File:RO AF WO-0.png
NATO rank	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5

Enlisted/Non-commissioned officers ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

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NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Romanian Land Forces	File:RO ARMY OR-9.png			File:RO ARMY OR-8.png			File:RO ARMY OR-7.png		File:RO ARMY OR-6a.png		File:RO ARMY OR-6.png						File:RO ARMY OR-5.png						File:Romania-Army-OR-4c.svg	File:Romania-Army-OR-4b.svg	File:Romania-Army-OR-4a.svg		File:Romania-Army-OR-3.svg		File:RO ARMY OR-1.png
NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1

Gendarmerie

Unlike the Romanian Police, the Gendarmerie is a military force, and uses the same ranking system as the Romanian Land Forces.

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1
Romanian Gendarmerie			File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF9.png		File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF8.png		File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF7.png		File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF6.png		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OF-5.svg		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OF-4.svg		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OF-3.svg		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OF-2.svg		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OF-1b.svg			File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OF-1a.svg

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Romanian Gendarmerie	File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-9b.png			File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-9a.png			File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-8.png		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-7.png		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-6.png						File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-5.png						File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-4.png				File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-3.png		File:Romania-Gendarmerie-OR-1.pngTemplate:Hr

Military firefighters corps

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1
Template:Flagicon Romanian Military Firefighters Corps			File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF9.png		File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF8.png		File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF7.png		File:RO-Gendarmerie-OF6.png		File:RO-ISU-Col.jpg		File:RO-ISU-LtCol.jpg		File:RO-ISU-Maior.jpg		File:ISU-3.jpg		File:RO-Firefighters-OF1b.jpg			File:ISU sublocotenent.jpg

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Template:Flagicon Romanian Military Firefighters Corps	File:RO-Firefighters-OR9.jpg			File:RO-ISU-PltAdj.jpg			File:RO-Firefighters-OR7.jpg		File:RO-Firefighters-OR6.jpg		File:RO-ISU-SgtMj.jpg						File:RO-ISU-Sgt.jpg

See also

• Military ranks of the Kingdom of Romania
• Military ranks of the Socialist Republic of Romania