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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, lit.
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 ...
Rank comparison chart of armies and land forces of Asian states. Officers. Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers ... Myanmar Army. ဗိုလ်ခ ...
In 1990, the Myanmar Armed Forces underwent structural changes, during which Commander-in-Chief General Saw Maung elevated himself to the rank of Senior General on 18 March 1990, becoming the first person to hold this rank. [3] Than Shwe was subsequently promoted directly from the rank of General to Senior General on 23 April 1993. [4]
When the five-star rank Senior general was created above the four-star rank General, there was no Vice-senior general or similar rank between them. In 1990, General Saw Maung promoted himself directly to Senior general, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] his deputy: Lieutenant General Than Shwe to General, [ 7 ] and Brigadier General Maung Aye to Major general. [ 8 ]
An army officer in the capital, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the military since last month has been granting amnesty to convicted soldiers and police who were serving prison ...
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.
Lawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging from threats and arrests to unfair trials and even torture, a human rights organization charged ...