Enlisted Ranks
Both North Korea and South Korea share the same enlisted rank structure among all of their military branches. They also have enlisted ranks called "Corporal" and "Sergeant" in English, but they are not considered non-commissioned officer ranks, though they are treated as one if they hold an NCO position.
| 병사 (兵士) Byeong-sa (Soldier ranks) | |||||||||||||||
| NATO Rank Code | North Korean rank | North Korean insignia | South Korean rank | South Korean insignia | U.S. Army equivalent | U.S. Army insignia | U.S. Air Force equivalent | USAF insignia | U.S. Navy equivalent | USN insignia |
USN insignia |
U.S. Marine Corps equivalent | USMC insignia | ||
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| 부사관 (副士官) Busa-gwan (Non-commissioned officer ranks) | |||||||||||||||
| OR-9 | 특무상사 T'ŭkmu-sangsa (Warrant Officer) | 원사 (元士) Wonsa (Sergeant Major/Master Chief Petty Officer) | Sergeant Major | Chief Master Sergeant | Master Chief Petty Officer | Sergeant Major | |||||||||
| OR-8 | 상사 Sangsa (Sergeant First Class/Senior Chief Petty Officer) | 상사 (上士) Sangsa (Master Sergeant/Senior Chief Petty Officer) | Master Sergeant | Senior Master Sergeant | Senior Chief Petty Officer | Master Sergeant | |||||||||
| OR-7 | 중사 Chungsa (Staff Sergeant/Chief Petty Officer) | 중사 (中士) Jungsa (Sergeant First Class/Chief Petty Officer) | Sergeant First Class | Master Sergeant | Chief Petty Officer | Gunnery Sergeant | |||||||||
| OR-6 | 하사 Hasa (Sergeant/Petty Officer 1st Class) | 하사 (下士) Hasa (Staff Sergeant/Petty Officer 1st Class) | Staff Sergeant | Technical Sergeant | Petty Officer First Class | Staff Sergeant | |||||||||
| Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Petty Officer Second Class | Sergeant | ||||||||||||
| Corporal | no equivalent | Petty Officer Third Class | Corporal | ||||||||||||
| 병 (兵) Byeong (Enlisted ranks) | |||||||||||||||
| OR-5 | 상급병사 Sanggŭp-pyŏngsa (Lance Sergeant/Petty Officer 2nd Class) | 병장 (兵長) Byeongjang (Sergeant/Petty Officer 2nd Class) | Specialist | Senior Airman | no equivalent | no equivalent | |||||||||
| OR-4 | 중급병사 Chungŭp-pyŏngsa (Corporal/Leading Seaman) | 상병 (上兵) Sangbyeong (Corporal/Petty Officer 3rd Class) | Private First Class | Airman First Class | Seaman | Lance Corporal | |||||||||
| OR-3 | 하급병사 Hagŭp-pyŏngsa (Lance Corporal/Able Seaman) | 일병 (一兵) Ilbyeong (Private First Class/Seaman) | Private (PV2) | Airman | Seaman Apprentice | Private First Class | |||||||||
| OR-2 | 전사 Chŏnsa (Private/Seaman) | 이병 (二兵) Ibyeong (Private Second Class/Seaman Apprentice) | Private (PVT) | no insignia | Airman Basic | no insignia | Seaman Recruit | no insignia | Private | no insignia | |||||
| OR-1 | 장정 (壯丁) Jangjeong² (Recruit) | no insignia | no equivalent | no equivalent | no equivalent | no equivalent | |||||||||
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