Military ranks of Latvia

The Ranks and insignia of the Latvian National Armed Forces are the military insignia used by the Latvian National Armed Forces.

Historically the Land Forces wore collar insignia. Today shoulder boards are worn by almost all personnel of the NAF, save for the Staff Battalion, which uses a modified form of the old collar insignia.

Current ranks

Commissioned officer ranks

The following are the current insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1
Latvian Land Forces
					Ģenerāl­leitnants		Ģenerāl­majors		Brigādes ģenerālis		Pulkvedis		Pulkvež­leitnants		Majors		Kapteinis		Virs­leitnants			Leitnants
Latvian Naval Forces
					Vice­admirālis		Kontr­admirālis		Flotiles admirālis		Jūras kapteinis		Komand­kapteinis		Komand­leitnants		Kapteiņ­leitnants		Virs­leitnants			Leitnants
Latvian Air Force
					Ģenerāl­leitnants		Ģenerāl­majors		Brigādes ģenerālis		Pulkvedis		Pulkvež­leitnants		Majors		Kapteinis		Virs­leitnants			Leitnants
NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Latvian Land Forces
	Augstākais virsseržants						Galvenais virsseržants		Štāba virsseržants		Virsseržants						Seržants						Kaprālis				Dižkareivis		Kareivis
Latvian Naval Forces
	Vecākais virsniekvietnieks						Virsniekvietnieks		Vecākais bocmanis		Bocmanis						Seržants						Kaprālis				Dižmatrozis		Matrozis
Latvian Air Force
	Augstākais virsseržants						Galvenais virsseržants		Štāba virsseržants		Virsseržants						Seržants						Kaprālis				Dižkareivis		Kareivis
NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1

External links

• "Latvia". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 19 November 2021.