Other Ranks

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Other Ranks (ORs) in the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force (and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries) are those personnel who are not commissioned officers. In the Royal Navy, these personnel are called ratings. Non-commissioned member is the equivalent term for the Canadian Forces.

The term is sometimes considered to exclude Warrant Officers and occasionally also excludes non-commissioned officers (NCOs).^{[citation needed]}

In the United States military, and in the military forces of many non-Commonwealth countries, the equivalent term is Enlisted rank.

In the "standard rank scale" maintained by NATO, non-commissioned ranks are coded OR1–OR9 (bottom to top).

British India

In British India, a distinction was made between British Other Ranks (BORs) and Indian Other Ranks (IORs).

Comparative ranks

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4		OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
British Army (Edit)	(Conductor)						(Quartermaster Sergeant)										No Equivalent										No Insignia
	Warrant Officer Class One						Warrant Officer Class Two		Staff Sergeant Colour Sergeant		Sergeant												Corporal Bombardier		Lance Corporal Lance Bombardier		Private (or equivalent)
Abbreviation	Cdr			WO1			WO2		S/Sgt CSgt		Sgt												Cpl		L/Cpl		Pte
Royal Air Force (United Kingdom) (Edit)							No Equivalent																										No Insignia
	Master Aircrew			Warrant Officer					Flight Sergeant Flight Sergeant Aircrew	Chief Technician	Sergeant Sergeant Aircrew												Corporal		Lance Corporal RAF Regiment Only		Senior Aircraftman/Woman Technician Senior Aircraftman/Woman				Leading Aircraftman/Woman		Aircraftman/Woman
Abbreviation	MAcr			WO					FS	Chf Tech	Sgt												Cpl		LCpl		SAC(T)		SAC		LAC		AC
Royal Navy (United Kingdom)																	No Equivalent								No Equivalent								No Equivalent
	Warrant Officer Class 1						Warrant Officer Class 2		Chief Petty Officer		Petty Officer												Leading Rate				Able Rate			Ordinary Rate
Abbreviation	WO1						WO2		CPO		PO												LH				AB			ORD

See also

• Enlisted rank
• Other ranks, Denmark

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