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The Military ranks of Myanmar are the military insignia used by the Myanmar Armed Forces, its auxiliary services, some government departments and some civilian organizations. All the government employees are called " civil service personnel" ( Burmese : နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်း , romanized : nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ vanʻthamʻʺ ...
The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) was formed as the Burmese Air Force on 16 January 1947, while Burma (as Myanmar was known until 1989) was still under British rule. By 1948, the fleet of the new air force included 40 Airspeed Oxfords, 16 de Havilland Tiger Moths, four Austers, and three Supermarine Spitfires transferred from the Royal Air Force, and ...
General/Admiral. 'General' or 'Admiral' ( Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး, romanized : bauilaʻ khayupaʻ karīʺ) is the third highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces, and traditionally the highest rank that a personnel from Myanmar Navy and Myanmar Air Force can get. It is a four-star general rank. The rank's Burmese title ...
The Myanmar Army ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ကြည်း); pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the largest branch of the Armed Forces ( Tatmadaw) of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains the second largest active force in Southeast Asia ...
Senior general ( Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး, romanized : builʻkhyupʻmhūʺkrīʺ) is the highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces, only held by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (CinCDS). Since 2011, an officer appointed as CinCDS has to be quickly promoted one higher rank every year until he get the ...
The most important position created is the Joint Chief of Staff (Army, Navy, Air Force) that commands commanders-in-chief of the Navy and the Air Force. The Office of Strategic Studies (OSS, or Sit Maha Byuha Leilaryay Htana ) was formed around 1994 and charged with formulating defence policies, and planning and doctrine of the Tatmadaw.
The Myanmar Navy ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ရေ); [taʔmədɔ̀ jè]) is the naval warfare branch of the armed forces of Myanmar. With 16,000 personnel on duty, the navy operates more than 227 vessels. [ 4] Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in counter-insurgency operations was smaller than those of the army and the ...
All officers, with the exception of the Marshal of the Royal Malaysian Air Force apply the Air Force acronym (RMAF, TUDM) to their rank title, to differentiate from their Malaysian Army equivalents. For example, a Colonel in the Air Force would be titled Colonel, RMAF or Kolonel, TUDM in Malay.