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The Military ranks of Myanmar are the military insignia used by the Myanmar Armed Forces, its auxiliary services, some government departments and some civilian organizations. All the government employees are called " civil service personnel" ( Burmese : နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်း , romanized : nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ vanʻthamʻʺ ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Ground forces branch of the armed forces of Myanmar "Burmese Army" redirects here. For other uses, see Burma Army (disambiguation). Myanmar Army တပ်မတော် (ကြည်း) (Burmese) lit. ' Tatmadaw (Kyi) ' 'Armed Forces (Army)' Emblem of the Myanmar Army [a] Founded 1945 ...
Senior general (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး, romanized: builʻkhyupʻmhūʺkrīʺ) is the highest rank in the Tatmadaw (Myanmar's Armed Forces), only held by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (CinCDS). Since 2011, an officer appointed as CinCDS has to be quickly promoted one higher rank every year ...
16 January - Nay Soe Maung, son-in-law of former military dictator Than Shwe, is sentenced to three years in prison for criticizing the junta. [ 8 ] 20 January - China announces that it had brokered a ceasefire agreement between the junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA).
Min Aung Hlaing is the first Defence Services Academy (DSA) graduate in Myanmar to lead a military coup as well as the first DSA graduate to become Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. [8] On 31 January 2025, Min Aung Hlaing extended the state of emergency by an additional six months.
Myanmar’s military government has been freeing soldiers and police who had been jailed for desertion and absence without leave, seeking to get them to return to active duty, a police officer and ...
A powerful ethnic minority armed group battling Myanmar's army in the country's west claimed Monday to have taken hundreds of government soldiers prisoner when it captured a major command post.
The rank's Burmese title and insignia is the same for all branches. But Myanmar Navy uses different English translation, to be harmonized with the naval terms. "ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး" is translated as "General" for army and air force, and as "Admiral" for navy.