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Military ranks of Botswana The Botswana Defence Force ( BDF , Tswana : Sesole Sa Botswana ) is the military of Botswana . The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force ; there is also an air wing and a riverine patrol contingent attached to the ground forces, with 10 Panther airboats and 2 Boston Whaler Raider class.
Rank Country Global Militarization Index (GMI) Military Expenditure Index Score People Index Score Heavy Weapons Index Score 1 ... Botswana: 160: 1.69: 0.81: 1.87 23
The military ranks of Botswana are those of the Botswana Defence Force. As a landlocked country, Botswana has no navy. Commissioned officer ranks The ...
Unusually for an African military force, and chiefly attributable to its being founded after Botswana's independence, the Botswana Ground Force was not formed from colonial units formed by a colonising power, but rather were formed from the remains of the Botswana Mounted Police Unit, previously known as the Bechuanaland Mounted Police, a unit ...
Rank comparison chart of enlisted rank for armies/ land forces of African states. Enlisted Rank group ... Botswana Ground Force [4. No insignia: Warrant officer class 1:
The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel (supplies, construction, and contracting) and actual combat personnel. For a typical country, the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26% [ citation needed ] (so, for every soldier there will be around three support personnel).
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Botswana Ground Force [5. No insignia: Warrant officer class 1: ... Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted Jamaican Army [16. No insignia: Warrant officer class 1: