Military Ranks and Service in Georgia

Military Ranks and Service

What are the terms between ranks?

From private to corporal — 1 year per step; sergeants — 3 to 5 years; officers — 2 to 6 years; in the reserve — double terms.

Is skipping a step possible?

No, ranks are granted sequentially; ahead-of-term granting only in a state of war.

Who grants the ranks?

Save the officer's highest, the Minister grants ranks; the highest — the President with the Prime Minister's counter-signature.

How is a rank stripped?

Only by a court decision in criminal-law cases, with cessation of social benefits.

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The Composition of Military Ranks

The Defence Code distributes military ranks by composition: the privates' composition includes private and private first class; the corporals' — corporal and corporal-specialist; the sergeants' — junior sergeant, sergeant, senior sergeant, master sergeant and chief sergeant. The officers' composition divides into three tiers: junior officers (lieutenant, senior lieutenant, captain), senior officers (major, lieutenant colonel, colonel) and the highest officers (brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general). Questions of rank subordination are regulated by military regulations.