Bharat Rakshak

Try this: Private(US) -Sepoy (Ind) - Private (UK) Private 1st Class(US) - no equivalent Ind and UK No equivalent (US) - Lance Naik(Ind) - Lance Corporal (UK) Specialist - no equivalent Ind and UK Corporal(US) - Naik(Ind) - Corporal(UK) Sergeant(US) - Havildar (Ind)- Sergeant (UK) Staff Sergeant(US) ...

As previously mentioned, Polish WOs are now part of the NCO corps with the appropriate NATO ranks (OR8 and OR9), the same as the British Armed Forces WO2 and WO1 ranks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_rank_insignia All US WOs however have the status of full officers and are members o...

The US Warrant Officers are probably the closest in terms of status to JCOs. However they are members of the Officers Mess and the Chief Warrant Officers receive full Commissions, unlike JCOs. And on a similar vein, are JCOs members of the Officers or SNCOs mess when serving with other armed forces ...

Regimental Sergeant Major in the British Army is an appointment too, but in the permanent rank of Warrant Officer Class One.

Jagan You'll have to forgive my ignorance on the matter. The first sentence of my previous post should have had a question mark after it. The reason I made the comparison was that a previous post suggested JCOs carried out a similar role to RSMs and RQMSs. The Regimental Sergeant Major (WO1) in the ...

So the Subedar Major now carries out the role of the Regimental Havildar Major. In the British Gurkha Regiments, the Queens Gurkha Officers (equivalent to JCOs) are an intermediate rank between the Commissioned Officers and the WOs (CSM and RSM), but regarded as Officers nevertheless. The ranks are ...

But if JCOs are platoon commanders how do new Lieutenants gain experience in the field?

Are Junior Commissioned Officers an essential part of the modern Indian Armed Forces, or are they a relic of the British Empire? Why does the Indian Army currently need JCOs when their original function - to act as an interface between British officers and Indian soldiers (before 1948) has disappear...