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The '''military ranks of the Meridon Defense Forces''' are the military insignia used by the [[Meridon Defense Forces]] to rank and identify officers and other ranks. . 

==Commissioned officer rankings==
{| border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=5
|- valign=Bottom align=left
! [[Ranks and insignia of NATO|HECO<br>Code]] || MDF/DD<br>Code || Navy || Army || Air Forces || Regiment Marines Commando
|- bgcolor=#dcdcdc
! colspan=6 align=left | Flag/General/Air Officers
|-
| OF-10 || OF11
| Fleet Admiral
| Field Marshal
| Air Marshal
| 
|- valign=top
| OF-9 || OF10
| Admiral 
| General
| Air Commandant
| General
|- valign=top
| OF-8 || OF9
| Vice Admiral
| Lieutenant General
| Air Vice Commandant
| Lieutenant General
|- valign=top
| OF-7 || OF8
| Rear Admiral
| Major General
| Air Lieutenant Commandant
| Major General
|- valign=top
| OF-6 || OF7
| Commodore
| Brigadier 
| Air Commodore
| Brigadier 
|- valign=top
|- bgcolor=#dcdcdc
! colspan=6 align=left | Senior officers
|-
| OF-5 || OF6|| Captain  || Colonel || Colonel || Colonel
|- valign=top
| OF-4 || OF5 || Commander || Lieutenant Colonel || Lieutenant Colonel || Lieutenant Colonel
|- valign=top
| OF-3 || OF4 || Lieutenant Commander || Major || Major || Major
|- valign=top
|- bgcolor=#dcdcdc
! colspan=6 align=left | Junior officers
|-
| OF-2 || OF3 || Lieutenant  || Captain || Captain || Captain
|- valign=top
| OF-1 || OF2 || ''Not used'' || Lieutenant || Lieutenant || Lieutenant
|- valign=top
| OF-1 || OF1 || Sub Lieutenant || Second Lieutenant || Second Lieutenant || Second Lieutenant
|-
|}

==Warrant officer ranks==
Warrant Officers rank intermediately between other ranks and commissioned officers in that they hold a Federal warrant of authority rather than a commission as do commissioned officers. The Army is the only branch that recruits Warrant Officers rather than exclusively promoting them from the ranks.

The Army and Regiment Marines Commando utilizes Warrant Officer Classes 5 through 3 for technical specialists who require a higher grade of training and authority for their jobs but do not require the command authority of an officer's commission- usually for senior special forces operators and aviators. Warrant Officer classes 1 and 2 exist in all services as the senior-most non commissioned officers, holding a Federal warrant of authority that is below a Federal Commission that would belong to an officer. WOC2s in the Army and RMC will fill company-grade and higher non-comissioned officer billets, while WOC2s in the Navy and Air Forces often serve as senior department heads or assistant heads of larger departments. WOC1s in the Army and Marines serve as senior other rankers in the battalion and higher areas, while in the Air Forces and Navy will serve as senior enlistedmen in major departments or assignments. Each service has an appointed WOC1 to serve as the senior other rank advisor to senior branch staff. 
{| border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=6
! [[Ranks and insignia of NATO|HECO<br>Code]] || MDF/DD<br>Code || Navy || Army || Air Forces || Regiment Marines Commando
|- bgcolor=#dcdcdc
! colspan=6 align=left | Enlisted
|- valign=top
| OR-9 || WO1 || Warrant Officer Class 1 || Warrant Officer Class 1 || Warrant Officer Class 1 || Warrant Officer Class 1
|- valign=top
| OR-8 || WO2 || Warrant Officer Class 2 || Warrant Officer Class 2 || Warrant Officer Class 2  || Warrant Officer Class 2
|- valign=top
| OR-7 || WO3 || || Warrant Officer Class 3 || || Warrant Officer Class 3
|- valign=top
| OR-7 || WO4 || || Warrant Officer Class 4 || || Warrant Officer Class 4 
|- valign=top
| OR-7 || WO5 || || Warrant Officer Class 5 || || Warrant Officer Class 5
|}

==Non-commissioned officer ranks==
As with OR1 and OR2 ranks, Air Force and Navy OR3s will almost always be addressed by a job title. An Air Force OR3 servicing as a military policeman will be referred to as a Leading Patrolman.
{| border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=6
! HECO<br>Code || MDF/DD <br> Code || Navy || Army || Air Forces  || Regiment Marines Commando
|- bgcolor=#dcdcdc
! colspan=6 align=left | Senior non-commissioned officers
|- valign=top
| OR-7 || OR6 || Chief Petty Officer || Color Sergeant/Master Sergeant/Staff Sergeant  || Master Sergeant/Staff Sergeant   || Master Sergeant/Staff Sergeant
|- valign=top
| OR-6 || OR5 || Leading Petty Officer || Technical Sergeant/First Sergeant  || Technical Sergeant/Flight Sergeant || First Sergeant  
|- bgcolor=#dcdcdc
! colspan=6 align=left | Junior non-commissioned officers 
|- valign=top
| OR-5 || OR4 || Petty Officer || Sergeant  || Sergeant || Sergeant
|- valign=top
| OR-4 || OR3 || Leading rate || Corporal  || Leading Airman || Corporal 

|}

==Other ranks==
Army OR1s may often have; and Navy/Air Force OR1 and OR2s will almost always have a job title in place of their rank. a Navy Yeoman of the rank of OR2 will be addressed as a Senior Yeoman, while an Army OR1 serving as an artilleryman will be known as a Gunner. Marines may be referred to as either or both- an engineer in the Marines may be referred to as a Marine or a Marine Sapper, but never as a Sapper as that would indicate him as a member of the Army.
{| border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=6
! [[Ranks and insignia of NATO|NATO<br>Code]] || MDF/DD<br>Code || Navy || Army || Air Forces || Regiment Marines Commando
|- bgcolor=#dcdcdc
! colspan=6 align=left | Enlisted
|- valign=top
| OR-3 || OR2 || Senior rate || Lance Corporal  || Senior Airman || Lance Corporal 
|- valign=top
| OR-2 || OR1 || Able rate || Private || Airman || Marine
|}

==Meridonian Army==
{{main|Meridonian Army}}

===Commissioned officers===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||OF11||OF10||OF9||OF8||OF7||OF6||OF5||OF4||OF3||OF2||OF1||OFC
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Meridonian Army|Army]]'''

| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_FM.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_GEN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_LGEN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_MGEN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_BDR.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_COL.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_LCOL.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_MAJ.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_CPT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_LTN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_2LT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Various
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Field Marshal''||''General''||''Lieutenant General''||''Major General''||''Brigadier''||''Colonel''||''Lieutenant Colonel''||''Major''||''Captain''||''Lieutenant''||''Second Lieutenant''||Various
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|Abbrevation||FM||Gen||LGen||MGen||Bdr||Col||LCol||Maj||Cpt||Ltn||2Lt||Various
|}

===Other ranks===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||WO1||WO2||WO3||WO4||WO5||colspan=3|OR6||colspan=2|OR5||OR4||OR3||OR2||OR1||Recruit
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Meridonian Army|Army]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_WOC1.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_WOC2.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_WOC3.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_WOC4.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_WOC5.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_SSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_MSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_CSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_1SGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MA_TSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Australian Army OR-6.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Australian Army OR-5.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Australian Army OR-4.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| No rank insignia
| style="text-align:center;"| No rank insignia
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Warrant Officer Class 1''||''Warrant Officer Class 2''||''Warrant Officer Class 3''||''Warrant Officer Class 4''||''Warrant Officer Class 5''||''Staff Sergeant''||''Master Sergeant''||''Color Sergeant''||''First Sergeant''||''Technical Sergeant''||''Sergeant''||''Corporal''||''Lance Corporal''||''Private''||''Recruit''||
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Abbrevation||WOC1||WOC2||WOC3||WOC4||WOC5||SSgt||MSgt||CSgt||1Sgt||TSgt||Sgt||Cpl||LCpl||Pte||Rct
|}

==Meridonian Navy==
{{main|Meridonian Navy}}

===Commissioned officers===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||OF11||OF10||OF9||OF8||OF7||OF6||OF5||OF4||OF3||OF2||OF1||OFC
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Meridonian Navy|Navy]]'''

| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_FADM.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_ADM.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_VADM.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_RADM.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_CDRE.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_CAPT.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_CDR.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_LCDR.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_LT.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_SBLT.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Various
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Fleet Admiral''||''Admiral''||''Vice Admiral''||''Rear Admiral''||''Commodore''||''Captain''||''Commander''||''Lieutenant Commander''||''Lieutenant''||Not used||''Sublieutenant''||Various
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|Abbrevation||FADM||ADM||VADM||RADM||CDRE||CAPT||CDR||LCDR||LT||||SBLT||Various
|}

===Other ranks===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||WO1||WO2||WO3||WO4||WO5||OR6||OR5||OR4||OR3||OR2||OR1||Recruit
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Meridonian Navy|Navy]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_WOC1.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_WOC2.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_CPO.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_LPO.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_PO.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_LR.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_SR.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MN_AR.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| No rank insignia
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Warrant Officer Class 1''||''Warrant Officer Class 2''||Not used|||Not used||Not used||''Chief Petty Officer''||''Leading Petty Officer''||''Petty Officer''||''Leading Rate''||''Senior Rate''||''Able Rate''||''Seaman Recruit''||
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Abbrevation||WOC1||WOC2||||||||CPO||LPO||PO||LR||SR||AR||SmR
|}

==Meridonian Air Forces==
{{main|Meridonian Air Forces}}

===Commissioned officers===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||OF11||OF10||OF9||OF8||OF7||OF6||OF5||OF4||OF3||OF2||OF1||OFC
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Meridonian Air Forces|Air Forces]]'''

| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_AM.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_ACDT.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_AVCD.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_ALCD.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_ACDR.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_COL.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_LCOL.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_MAJ.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_CPT.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_LTN.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_2LT.png|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Various
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Air Marshal''||''Air Commandant''||''Air Vice Commandant''||''Air Lieutenant Commandant''||''Air Commodore''||''Colonel''||''Lieutenant Colonel''||''Major''||''Captain''||''Lieutenant''||''Second Lieutenant''||Various
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|Abbrevation||AM||ACdt||AVCd||ALCd||ACdr||Col||LCol||Maj||Cpt||Ltn||2Lt||Various
|}

===Other ranks===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||WO1||WO2||WO3||WO4||WO5||colspan=2|OR6||colspan=2|OR5||OR4||OR3||OR2||OR1||Recruit
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Meridonian Air Forces|Air Forces]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_WOC1.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_WOC2.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_SSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_MSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_FSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_TSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_SGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF LAMN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_SAMN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:MAF_AMN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| No rank insignia
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Warrant Officer Class 1''||''Warrant Officer Class 2''||Not used||Not used||Not used||''Staff Sergeant''||''Master Sergeant''||''Flight Sergeant''||''Technical Sergeant''||''Sergeant''||''Leading Airman''||''Senior Airman''||''Airman''||''Airman Recruit''||
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Abbrevation||WOC1||WOC2|||||||||SSgt||MSgt||FSgt||TSgt||Sgt||LAmn||SAmn||Amn||AmRct
|}

==Regiment Marines Commando==
{{main|Regiment Marines Commando}}

===Commissioned officers===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||OF11||OF10||OF9||OF8||OF7||OF6||OF5||OF4||OF3||OF2||OF1||OFC
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Regiment Marines Commando|RMC]]'''

| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_GEN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_LGEN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_MGEN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_BDR.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_COL.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_LCOL.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_MAJ.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_CAPT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_LTN.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_2LT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Various
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Not used''||''General''||''Lieutenant General''||''Major General''||''Brigadier''||''Colonel''||''Lieutenant Colonel''||''Major''||''Captain''||''Lieutenant''||''Second Lieutenant''||Various
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|Abbrevation||||Gen||LGen||MGen||Bdr||Col||LCol||Maj||Cpt||Ltn||2Lt||Various
|}

===Other ranks===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#fff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 12px 12px 0;"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!'''DD Pay Grade'''||WO1||WO2||WO3||WO4||WO5||colspan=3|OR6||OR5||OR4||OR3||OR2||OR1||Recruit
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''<br />[[Regiment Marines Commando|RMC]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_WOC1.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_WOC2.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_WOC3.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_WOC4.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_WOC5.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_SSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_MSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_CSGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_1SGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_SGT.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_CPL.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RMC_LCPL.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| No rank insignia
| style="text-align:center;"| No rank insignia
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Rank title||''Warrant Officer Class 1''||''Warrant Officer Class 2''||''Warrant Officer Class 3''||''Warrant Officer Class 4''||''Warrant Officer Class 5''||''Staff Sergeant''||''Master Sergeant''||''Color Sergeant''||''First Sergeant''||''Sergeant''||''Corporal''||''Lance Corporal''||''Marine''||''Recruit''||
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Abbrevation||WOC1||WOC2||WOC3||WOC4||WOC5||SSgt||MSgt||CSgt||1Sgt||Sgt||Cpl||LCpl||Mne||Rct
|}

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