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.