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Military ranks of the Philippinesfor the full set of ranks

Ranks of officers in the Philippine Military are usually pronounced in Filipino,[citation needed]in which

they adapt the military ranks from the U.S. Military forces. The officer ranks are as follows [!!][!"]

Pulimagat#Second $ieutenant%"$T& Kamagat#First $ieutenant%!$T&

Magat#'aptain%'PT&

Himagat#Ma(or%M)*&,

Kalakan#$ieutenant 'olonel%$T'+$&

Lakan#'olonel%'+$&

Brigadyereneral #-riadier /eneral%-/01&

Magat Heneral#Ma(or /eneral%M/01&

Tenyente Heneral#$ieutenant /eneral%$T/01&

Heneral#/eneral%/01&

These ranks are officially used in the Philippine )rmy, )ir Force and Marine 'orps. )lso, the

pronunciations of these ranks are actually adaptations from the Spanish and 0nlish lanuaes

e2cept, for the words 3panalawan3 and 3unan3 which came from oriinal Taalo

pronunciation.

4n the Philippine 1a5y howe5er, the pronunciation in Filipino of the officer6s ranks, is (ust the same

as in 0nlish since these ranks were adopted from the ranks of U.S. and -ritish na5ies. There are

some ranks thouh #placed in parenthesis& that can 7e translated and officially pronounced in

Filipino. The ranks are as follows[citation needed]

Ensayn#0nsin#01S&&

Tenyente na Mabababang Baitang#$ieutenant #(unior rade&%$T*/& Tenyenteor Tenyente na Mataas na Baitang#$ieutenantor $ieutenant Senior /rade%$T

or $TS/&8 The latter rank of $ieutenant Senior /rade is a uni9ue rank in the Philippine 1a5y,

thus it is used instead of (ust $ieutenant.

Tenyente Kumander#$ieutenant 'ommander%$':R&

Kumander#'ommander%':R&

Kapitan#'aptain%')PT&

Komodor#'ommodore%'+MM+& 8 The rank of 'ommodore instead ofRear )dmiral

#lower half&is used in the Philippine 1a5y

Rir Admiral#Rear )dmiral%R):M&

Bise Admiral#;ice )dmiral%;):M&

Admiral#)dmiral%):M&

The alternati5e style of address for the ranks of $ieutenant *unior /rade and $ieutenant Senior

/rade in Filipino is simply tenyentederi5ed from the SpanishTeniente7ecause it is too redundant

if one addresses them fully in Filipino. 4t is also the same as Second and First $ieutenants in the

)rmy, )ir Force and Marine 'orps.

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The ranks of enlisted personnel in Filipino are (ust the same as their U.S. counterparts 7ut, they

ne5er use the ranks of 3Specialist3, 3Sereant First 'lass3, 3First Sereant3 #for Philippine )rmy

and )ir Force e2cept Marine 'orps&, 3$ance 'orporal3, 3/unnery Sereant3 and 3Master /unnery

Sereant3 in the Philippine )rmy and Marine 'orps. They simply start to address their ranks from

Pri5ate Second 'lass up to Sereant Ma(or. Sereant Ma(ors in the )FP are only appointments

for senior ranked 1'+s rather than ranks, e2amples of such appointment 7ein the 'ommandSereant Ma(or, )FP #held 7y a First 'hief Master Sereant or a First Master 'hief Petty +fficer&

and the 'ommand Master 'hief Petty +fficer,Philippine 1a5y #held 7y an either M'P+ or 'MS

or a S'P+ or SMS&.

4n the Philippine )ir Force, they also use )irman Second 'lass up to 'hief Master Sereant, the

same as in its U.S. counterparts. #The P)F ranks of Senior Master Sereant and 'hief Master

Sereant are also now used as enlisted ranks in the )rmy and Marine 'orps.&

4n the Philippine 1a5y, they also use enlisted ranks which come from the U.S. 1a5y with their

speciali

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President Ferdinand Marcos, who acted also as national defense secretary #from !=A>B!=AC and

!=C!B!=C"&, issued an order conferrin the fi5e8star eneral%admiral rank to thePresident of the

Philippines,makin himself as its f irst rank holder.[citation needed]Since then, the rank of fi5e8star

eneral%admiral 7ecame an honorary rank of the commander8in8chief of the armed forces

whene5er a new president assumes office for a si28year term thus, makin the President the most

senior military official.[!D]

The only career military officer who reached the rank of fi5e8star eneral%admiral is

President Fidel ;. Ramos#USM) !=>?& #president from !=="B!==E& who rose from second

lieutenant up to commander8in8chief of the armed forces.[!@]

Rank insignia

The )FP, like the military forces of Sinapore and 4ndonesia, uses unitary rank insinia for

enlisted personnel, in the form of raised che5rons increasin 7y seniority, sa5e for the Philippine

)ir Force which uses in5erted che5rons from )irman "nd 'lass onward only since recently.[!>]4n

the Philippine 1a5y these are supplemented 7y ratin insinia 7y specialty, similar to the United

States 1a5y. $ike the -ritish and Spanish armed ser5ices, howe5er, senior ranked 1'+s

#especially in the Philippine 1a5y& also wear shoulder rank insinia only on the mess, semi8dress

and dress uniforms, and in some cases e5en collar insinia. $ike the US military all 1'+s wear

slee5e stripes to denote years of ser5ice in the enlisted ranks. Slee5e insinia for enlisted

personnel in the )rmy, 1a5y and Marine 'orps are similar 7ut are different from those used in the

US.

+fficer ranks in the )FP are inspired 7y re5olutionary insinia used 7y the Philippine )rmy after

the !E=E declaration of independence. These are unitary rank insiina used in the e5eryday,

com7at, duty and technical uniforms 7oth on shoulders and collars #the latter in the khaki

uniforms of the 1a5y&, 7ut in the semi8dress, dress and mess uniforms are different The )rmy, )ir

Force and Marine 'orps use unitary rank insinia on the shoulder 7oard 7ut the 1a5y uses the

5ery same rank insinia format as in the US 1a5y e2cept for the star #for 0nsins to 'aptains& in

almost all officer uniforms and all eneral officer and fla officer shoulder 7oards in the full dress

uniform are in old colored 7ackrounds with the rank insinia and the )FP seal #the star

arranement is the same in the )rmy, )ir Force and Marines 7ut is different in the 1a5y&. The

1a5y uses slee5e insinia only on its dress 7lue uniforms. $ieutenants and 'aptains wear ! to D

trianles #and 1a5y 0nsins and $ieutenants #(unior and senior rades& in their workin, duty and

com7at uniforms& while Ma(ors, $ieutenant 'olonels and 'olonels wear !, ", and D suns #7oth

trianles and suns ha5e the ancient 7ay7ayinletter ka#& in the center& as well as 1a5y superior

officers #$ieutenant 'ommanders, 'ommanders and 'aptains& in their workin, duty and com7at

uniforms respecti5ely.

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