Military Domain Experts Scheme Ranks
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The Military Domain Experts Scheme (MDES) consists of eight ranks. These ranks do not have names, but are instead indicated as MEX, with X being a digit from 1 to 8. The eight-rank structure is further divided into at least two pay grades. The ranks of ME3, ME4, ME6, ME7 have three pay grades. Pay grades are indicated in the format MEX-Y (for example, ME3-2). Usually, only the main rank (example, ME3) is indicated on any correspondence unless the pay grade is required to be known. Servicemen under this scheme are known as Military Experts (MEs).
Personnel from pre-MDES who made the switch to the MDES will be converted to the MDES ranks based on their previous, more traditional SAF ranks. The below shows the MDES ranks those who converted will hold:
Military Expert 1 (ME1): Third Sergeant (3SG), Second Sergeant (2SG) and First Sergeant (1SG)
Military Expert 2 (ME2): Staff Sergeant (SSG) and Master Sergeant (MSG)
Military Expert 3 (ME3): Third Warrant Officer (3WO), Second Warrant Officer (2WO) and First Warrant Officer (1WO)
Military Expert 4 (ME4): Master Warrant Officer (MWO), Second Lieutenant (2LT), Lieutenant (LTA) and Captain (CPT)
Military Expert 5 (ME5): Major (MAJ) and Senior Warrant Officer (SWO)
Military Expert 6 (ME6): Chief Warrant Officer (CWO), Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) and Senior Lieutenant Colonel (SLTC)
Military Expert 7 (ME7): Colonel (COL)
Military Expert 8 (ME8): Brigadier General (BG)
These ranks are not meant to be exactly equivalent to any of the traditional SAF ranks.
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