UK ranked as FIFTH most powerful military in the world.

Naval Forces. Military Strength Comparisons (2020) Online tool for comparing the current military strengths of two world powers. The GFP country comparison form is provided to allow you to make direct, side-by-side comparisons of any two world powers represented in the GFP database. Simply use the dropdowns below to select your global powers.

Within the British armed services, both Sir Fitzroy Maclean and Enoch Powell are examples of, rare, rapid career progression with the British army, both rising from the rank of private to brigadier during World War II. In the US military such advancement is not uncommon, all four services maintaining programs that select promising enlisted men and women for the commissioned ranks.

This article is a list of various states' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another. Several of these lists mention NATO reference codes.These are the NATO rank reference codes, used for easy comparison among NATO countries. Links to comparison charts can be found below.

This table provides a listing of military ranks by pay grade and branch of Military Service: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. While pay grades are administrative classifications used primarily to standardize compensation across the military services, ranks indicate a level of responsibility (for personnel, equipment, and mission) which grows with each increase in rank.

As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. Many of the 171 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.

Rank structure, in the enlisted ranks, is determined by amount of time served, ability to conform to a superior’s agenda, knowledge of rating, and lastly leadership ability. Sadly, the criteria, in the order listed above, is the determining factors of where someone is in the rank structure in the modern day military.

The following table shows comparative officer ranks of several Allied and Central powers during World War I.Not all combatant countries are shown in the table. For modern ranks refer to List of comparative military ranks. See also: Comparative officer ranks of World War II.

The following table offers an approximate comparison for the officer ranks appointed by the major Allied powers, the major Axis powers and various occupied countries and co-belligerents during World War II.

World War 2 was a global military conflict that lasted for nearly 6 years and resulted in heavy losses for all that were involved all over the world. In this paper I will express my opinion on what I feel were two crucial attributes of the Second World War; why it was fought and how it affected the entire world.

Only when one understands what responsibilities were usually assigned to soldiers holding these ranks can an accurate comparison to other militaries be made. One then finds that a Canadian corporal in the Second World War actually wielded as much authority as a US Army sergeant, for example, in that both commanded a section or squad of 10 to 12 men.

The US Congressional Research Service broke down China's 2.3 million member armed forces and shined a light on misconceptions from Western military analysts.