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==Asia==

[[File:Pangdam Jaya pelantikan bintara 2015.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Indonesian Army]] privates pose with two [[Officer (military)|officers]]]]

{{main article|Indonesian military ranks}}

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File:prada pdh ad.png|Private (''Prajurit Dua'')

File:pratu pdh ad.png|Private First Class (''Prajurit Satu'')

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===Philippines===

 

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* [[Trooper (rank)|Trooper]] (TPR) – [[Royal Australian Armoured Corps]], [[Australian Army Aviation]] and the [[Special Air Service Regiment (Australia)|Australian Special Air Service Regiment]]

*Patrolman - Regional Force Surveillance Units<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defencejobs.gov.au/jobs/reserves/army/regional-force-soldier|title=Australian Army Regional Force Soldier|website=defencejobs.gov.au}}</ref>

 

===Canada===

In the [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)]], ''Private'' is the lowest rank for members who wear the army uniform. It is equivalent to an aggregate of NATO codes OR-1 to OR-3, as opposed to any one specific NATO code. Canadian Forces policy dictates three types of promotions in this rank: ''promotion'' (substantive), ''advancement'', and ''granting of acting rank<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=49-4 CAREER POLICY NON-COMMISSIONED MEMBERS REGULAR FORCE|work=Canadian Forces Administrative Orders (CFAOs)|publisher=National Defence and the Canadian Forces|location=Ottawa|publication-date=1991-05-10}}</ref>''. There are three rank advancements (fr: ''échelons''<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=49-4 POLITIQUE EN MATIERE DE CARRIERE MILITAIRES DU RANG FORCE REGULIERE|date=10 May 1991|work=Ordonnances administratives des Forces canadiennes (OAFC)|publisher=Défence nationale et les Forces canadiennes|location=Ottawa}}</ref>) (not to be confused with substantive promotion, though advancement is under the umbrella terminology of ''promotion'') of the Private rank: ''Private (Recruit)'', ''Private (Basic)'', and ''Private (Trained)'', which could arguably unofficially be considered equivalent to NATO codes OR-1, OR-2, and OR-3, respectively.

 

*Acting Lacking Corporal Private (Trained) (AL/Cpl Pte (T)) / caporal intérimaire (qualification insuffisante) soldat (formé) (cpl(Int)(QI) sdt (F)) – a private may be granted an acting lacking qualification, once 48 months of qualifying service is met, if the member has not yet attained QL5 by then.<ref name=":0" />

 

* [[Trooper (rank)|Trooper]] – armoured crewmen in the [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps]]

* [[Gunner (rank)|Gunner]] – artillerymen in the [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery]]

*Drummer

*Ranger

 

===South Africa===

* [[Rifleman]] (Rfn) - [[South African Infantry Corps]]

 

===United Kingdom===

* Highlander (Hldr) – [[Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)|The Highlanders]]

* [[Kingsman (rank)|Kingsman]] (Kgn) – [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment]]

* Piper (Ppr) – bagpipers in Scottish and Irish regiments

* Ranger (Rgr) – [[The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)|Royal Irish Regiment]] (also previously [[Royal Irish Rangers]])

 

==Europe and Latin America==

=== Belgium ===

Upon enlistment to the [[Belgian army]], one is given the rank of {{lang|nl|soldaat}} (Dutch) or {{lang|fr|soldat}} (French), whether one wishes to be a volunteer, non-commissioned officer or officer. Subsequent rank depends on the branch of the service: for example, at the [[Royal Military Academy (Belgium)|Royal Military Academy]] (for officer training) one is soon promoted to the rank of {{lang|nl|korporaal}} (Dutch) or {{lang|fr|caporal}} (French) i.e. "corporal". The insignia is a simple black mark or the simplified version of the Royal Military Academy's coat of arms for candidate officers.

 

===Finland===

===France===

In the French army, ''soldat de seconde classe'' is the lowest military rank. This rank is also referred to as ''recrue'' ("recruit").

 

===Hungary===

 

===Italy===

{{lang|it|Soldato}} is the generic term for private. But in many specialized corps this term is never used, as a more specific, corp related, term is preferred. For instance the lowest rank in Alpine troops is {{lang|it|alpino}}, and the lowest rank in the artillery is {{lang|it|artigliere}}. In the air force this is ranked as {{lang|it|aviere}} and in the navy as {{lang|it|marinaio}}.

 

===Netherlands===

In the Royal Netherlands Army, the ''[[Landmacht]]'', the equivalent ranks are ''soldaat'' (soldier), similar to the original French, with different classes:

 

* ''Soldaat der eerste klasse'' (soldier/private 1st class), comparable to [[private first class]], with an insignia with two neighbouring striped red bands, obtained automatically a year after completion of IFO.

 

 

==United States==

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| equivalents = [[Seaman recruit]] {{small|(Navy)}}<br />[[Airman basic]] {{small|(Air Force)}}

===United States Army===

 

 

 

===United States Marine Corps===

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==See also==

* [[List of comparative military ranks]]

 

==References==