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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|UK and Commonwealth military personnel who are not commissioned officers}}<br />
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'''Other ranks''' ('''ORs''') in the [[Royal Marines]] (RM), the [[British Army]], and the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF), along with the [[Navy|navies]], [[Army|armies]], and [[air force]]s of many other [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries and the [[Republic of Ireland]], are those personnel who are not [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned officers]], but usually include [[non-commissioned officer]]s (NCOs).<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Gavin|last1=Berman|first2=Tom|last2=Rutherford|date=17 November 2011|url=https://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN02183.pdf|title=Defence personnel statistics (SN/SG/02183)|website=www.Parliament.uk|publisher=[[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]]|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122024012/http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=SN02183|archive-date=22 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/pac/V2_Ch3_Pt1_PtB_Div5.htm|title=PACMAN Chapter 3 Part 1 Part B Division 5: Salary (Other Ranks)|website=Defence.gov.au|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (Australia)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]]|access-date=8 February 2014}}{{Failed verification|date=March 2023}}</ref> In the [[Royal Navy]] (RN), these personnel are called '[[Naval rating|ratings]]'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/Careers/Life-in-the-Royal-Navy/Life-as-a-Rating|title=Life as a Rating|website=www.RoyalNavy.MoD.uk|publisher=[[Royal Navy]]|access-date=8 February 2014}}</ref> rather than 'other ranks'. [[Non-commissioned member]] (NCM) is the equivalent term in the [[Canadian Armed Forces]]. Colloquially, members of the other ranks are often known as 'rankers'.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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The term 'other ranks' is often considered to exclude [[warrant officer]]s (WO), and occasionally in some militaries also excludes NCOs. Formally, a [[regiment]] consists of the 'officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men', or the 'officers, warrant officers, and other ranks'.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=svsDnQEACAAJ|title=Roll of Honour of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment|year=1951 }}{{ISBN missing|date=March 2023}}</ref><br />
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==British other ranks==<br />
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{{Ranks and Insignia of NATO Armies/OR/Blank}}<br />
{{Ranks and Insignia of NATO Navies/OR/United Kingdom}}<br />
{{Ranks and Insignia of NATO Navies/OR/United Kingdom (RM)}}<br />
{{Ranks and Insignia of NATO Armies/OR/United Kingdom}}<br />
{{Ranks and Insignia of NATO Air Forces/OR/United Kingdom}}<br />
{{Ranks and Insignia of NATO Armies/OR/Blank}}<br />
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==See also==<!--list in order of seniority--><br />
{{Portal|Military history|United Kingdom}}<br />
*[[Royal Navy ratings rank insignia]]<br />
*[[British Army other ranks rank insignia]]<br />
*[[RAF other ranks]]<br />
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