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NATO maintains a "standard rank scale" which is also known as a "standardized reference system" in an attempt to standardize NATO codes of rank for military personnel and indicated correspondence with nations ranks. NATO's standardized reference system is intended to be used "by nations when preparing personnel tables, requisitions, reports and ...
The first warrant officer rank, WO1 does not have a "commission" associated with it, instead having a "warrant" from the secretary of the army. Warrant officers are allowed the same courtesies as a commissioned officer, but may have some restrictions on their duties that are reserved for commissioned officers.
NATO Ranks and Grades—Official NATO Ranks / Pay Grades Table; STANAG 2116 (Edition 5) History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance—UK Government site; NATO codes for grades of military personnel from STANAG 2116; Nato Army/Navy/AirForce Enlisted Ranks Archived 2023-12-01 at the Wayback Machine from visualinformation.info
This article is a list of various nations' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another.
The US rank is held by single-track career specialists (ranking between enlisted ranks and 2nd lieutenant) and has no NATO equivalent. An RN warrant officer class 1 incorporated the former rank of fleet chief petty officer. There are now executive warrant officers, denoting the senior WO1s on ships and shore establishments.
NATO maintains a "standard rank scale" in an attempt to match every member country's military rank to corresponding ranks used by the other members. The rank categories were established in the document STANAG 2116, formally titled NATO Codes for Grades of Military Personnel.
The grades, prefixed OF-(commissioned officers) and WO-(warrant officers) were established in the document STANAG 2116, formally titled NATO Codes for Grades of Military Personnel. In many navies, two separate ranks fall within the OF-1 grade.
The first warrant officer rank, WO1 does not have a "commission" associated with it, instead having a "warrant" from the secretary of the army. Warrant officers are allowed the same courtesies as a commissioned officer, but may have some restrictions on their duties that are reserved for commissioned officers.