Military ranks of Bhutan

The Military ranks of Bhutan are the military insignia used by the Military of Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy. Additionally, Bhutan does not have an air force. India is responsible for military training, arms supplies and the air defense of Bhutan.^[1]

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Royal Bhutan Army[2] v t e
					གུང་ བློན་ གོང མ ། Gung blon gong ma		གུང་ བློན་ འོག མ ། Gung blon 'og ma		མདོ་ འཛིན ། Mdo 'dzin		དམག་ སྲིད་ གོང མ ། Dmag srid gong ma		དམག་ སྲིད་ འོག མ ། Dmag srid 'og ma		ལིང་ དཔོན ། Ling dpon		སྤྱི་ དཔོན ། Spyi dpon		སྡེ་ གོང་ ། Sde gong
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant

Other ranks

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

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Royal Bhutan Army[2] v t e																													No insignia
	འགྲིམ་ དཔོན་ གོང མ ། Drimpongom						སྡེ་ འགྲིམ ། Dedrim		འགྲིམ་ དཔོན ། Drimpon		སྤེལ་ དཔོན ། Pelpon												སྤེལ་ རྒྱབ ། Peljab				འགོ་ པ ། Gopa
	Warrant officer 1st class						Warrant officer 2nd class		Warrant officer 3rd class		Sergeant												Corporal				Lance corporal		Private