Military Rank Equivalence

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🇻🇪 Venezuela · Army	NATO equivalent	United States · Army 🇺🇸
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	General of the Army
General en Jefe	OF-9 General	General
Mayor General	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Lieutenant general
General de División	OF-7 Major General	Major general
General de Brigada	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigadier general
Coronel	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Teniente Coronel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant colonel
Mayor	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Capitán	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Captain
Primer Teniente Teniente	OF-1 Lieutenant	First lieutenant Second lieutenant
No equivalent	OF-D Student Officer	Cadet / Officer candidate
Enlisted ranks
Sargento Supervisor	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Command sergeant major Sergeant major
Sargento Ayudante	OR-8 1st Sergeant	First sergeant Master sergeant
Sargento Mayor de Primera Sargento Mayor de Segunda Sargento Mayor de Tercera	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Sergeant first class
Sargento Primero	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Staff sergeant
Sargento Segundo	OR-5 Sergeant	Sergeant
Cabo Primero	OR-4 Corporal	Specialist Corporal
Cabo Segundo	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Private first class
Distinguido	OR-2 Private	Private
Soldado raso	OR-1 Private	Private

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.