Army, Navy and Airforce follow the same kind of hierarchy in the ranking of their armed force personnel. However, they are named differently in all the three. Usually, this is a very common question that is very often asked by Interviewing Officer in during your SSB. Following is the comparative rank structure in tri-services.
|
ARMY
|
NAVY
|
AIR
FORCE
|
|
Lieutenant
|
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Flying
Officer
|
|
Captain
|
Lieutenant
|
Flight
Lieutenant
|
|
Major
|
Lieutenant
Commander
|
Squadron
Leader
|
|
Lieutenant
Colonel
|
Commander
|
Wing
Commander
|
|
Colonel
|
Captain
|
Group
Captain
|
|
Brigadier
|
Commodore
|
Air
Commodore
|
|
Major
General
|
Rear
Admiral
|
Vice
Marshal
|
|
Lt.
General
|
Vice
Admiral
|
Air
Marshal
|
|
General
|
Admiral
|
Air
Chief Marshal
|
|
Field
Marshal*
|
Admiral
of the Fleet*
|
Marshal
of the Air force*
|
*they are
5-star, honorary ranks.
