Singapore Armed Forces ranks

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has two rank structures.

One rank is structured similar to other military hierarchies in other countries. One major difference is that the SAF uses a unified rank structure, with identical rank names and insignia throughout the Army, Navy, and Air Force. For example, traditional navy ranks such as ensign and commander have been replaced with army-style ranks. Only two exceptions exist to the unified rank structure. Firstly, among the flag officer ranks, the navy retains the admiral ranks. The second exception is among the enlisted rank insignia for private, private first class and corporal first class in the Air Force, Army and Navy.

This structure is subdivided for officers, warrant officers, specialists and enlistees.

The other structure is for the Military Domain Experts Scheme (MDES), which comprises eight ranks (Military Expert 1 – Military Expert 8). Career soldiers in this other scheme are known professionally as military experts.

Unlike most Commonwealth countries, the armed forces of Singapore no longer use British-style rank insignia nor many British rank titles, although rank of rear admiral in the Navy is retained. Company officers are represented by bars, field officers by coats-of-arms and flag and general officers are represented by stars, similar to the rank structures of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Israel and South Korea for example.

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