Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇻🇪 Venezuela · Army	NATO equivalent	Colombia · Army 🇨🇴
Officers
General en Jefe	OF-9 General	General de ejército
Mayor General	OF-8 Lieutenant General	No equivalent
General de División	OF-7 Major General	Mayor general
General de Brigada	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigadier general
Coronel	OF-5 Colonel	Coronel
Teniente Coronel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Teniente coronel
Mayor	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Mayor
Capitán	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Capitán
Primer Teniente Teniente	OF-1 Lieutenant	Teniente Subteniente
Enlisted ranks
Sargento Supervisor	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Sargento mayor de comando conjunto Sargento mayor de ejército Sargento mayor de comando
Sargento Ayudante	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Sargento mayor
Sargento Mayor de Primera Sargento Mayor de Segunda Sargento Mayor de Tercera	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Sargento primero
Sargento Primero	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sargento viceprimero
Sargento Segundo	OR-5 Sergeant	Sargento segundo
Cabo Primero	OR-4 Corporal	Cabo primero
Cabo Segundo	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Cabo segundo
Distinguido	OR-2 Private	Cabo tercero
Soldado raso	OR-1 Private	Soldado profesional Soldado

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.