Indonesian military ranks

The Indonesian National Armed Forces use a unified ranking system across the Army, Navy, and Air Force, with most insignia standardized. The Marine Corps, although part of the Navy, is an exception: it uses Army-style rank titles while retaining Navy-style insignia, with blue replacing red for enlisted personnel.
Flag officers hold branch-specific titles, such as Jenderal in the Army, Laksamana in the Navy, and Marsekal in the Air Force. Junior and middle-ranking officers use common titles but add a corps abbreviation. For example, an Army colonel in the Infantry branch is styled Kolonel INF, a Navy colonel in the Supply Corps is styled Kolonel Laut, and an Air Force colonel in the Electronics Corps is styled Kolonel. Enlisted personnel share the same titles in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, where the junior enlisted ranks are styled Prajurit. In the Navy, the equivalent junior enlisted ranks are styled Kelasi, and Navy enlisted personnel use corps abbreviations after their titles.
Insignia follow a standardized system: flag officers wear stars, middle-ranking officers use jasmine buds, and junior officers use bars. Senior NCOs use wavy bars, NCOs use yellow chevrons, senior enlisted personnel wear red chevrons, and junior enlisted personnel wear red bars.

Current military ranks

All branches of the armed forces maintain the same rank insignia, with minor color difference in insignia background. Since, all services have at least three type of uniform, Full dress uniform, and Field uniform ), there are three different insignia style corresponding to type of uniform. Aside from type of the uniform above, The Navy has uniform for wear in oversea service, officially known as Black Navy. When wearing such uniform, officers wear their ranks as gold stripes on their lower sleeves. The number and width of the stripes for each rank is similar to that of the United States Navy.
The rank insignia for same services are also differentiated by red piping or no piping at the sides of the boards.
Note: Indonesia is not a member of NATO, so there is no official equivalence between the Indonesian military ranks and those defined by NATO. The displayed parallel is approximate and for illustration purposes only.

Commissioned officers

The following are the rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.

Enlisted personnel

The rank insignia for enlisted personnel for the army, navy and air force respectively.

History

Ranks between 1945–1957

The following ranks were used at the beginning of the establishment of the Tentara Keamanan Rakyat in late 1945, the basis of the present day Indonesian National Armed Forces. This first rank system, with insignia following the former Imperial Japanese practice, was used until mid 1948.
The TKR's Ground, Air and Naval Forces, later the Indonesian Army, Air Force, and Navy, used these ranks with different insignias for Navy officers following Japanese and Dutch precedence.
In 1950 the Navy received updated officer shoulder board insignia which removed the executive curl on the shoulder board mark.

Note: Previous spelling used until 1973 was utilised.

Indonesian Army

Commissioned officers

The following were the rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Enlisted personnel

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnels.

Indonesian Navy

Commissioned officers

The following were the rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Enlisted ratings

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnels.

Indonesian Air Forces

Commissioned officers

The following were the rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Enlisted personnel

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnels.

Ranks between 1957–1973

The rank system was updated by yet another Government Regulation on 22 June 1957. The Army received the Brigadier General rank, the Navy flag officer ranks were replaced by new ones and the Air Force flag officer ranks replaced to be similar with Navy. The ranks remained Army-style in the Army and Navy and army-style ranks were formally introduced into the air force. NCOs and Enlisted ranks and ratings became different per service branch. Although the government regulation did not specifically mention rank to be used in the Naval Commando Corps, the rank system of Army was begun to be used in the Naval Commando Corps.

Note: Enhanced Indonesian Spelling System used

Rank Category	Indonesian Army, Naval Commando Corps	Indonesian Navy	Indonesian Air Force
Generals, flag officers, air marshals	Jenderal Besar	Laksamana Besar	Laksamana Besar Udara
Generals, flag officers, air marshals	Jenderal	Laksamana	Laksamana Udara
Generals, flag officers, air marshals	Letnan Jenderal	Laksamana Madya	Laksamana Madya Udara
Generals, flag officers, air marshals	Mayor Jenderal	Laksamana Muda	Laksamana Muda Udara
Generals, flag officers, air marshals	Brigadir Jenderal	Komodor	Komodor Udara
Field officers	Kolonel	Kolonel Laut	Kolonel Udara
Field officers	Letnan Kolonel	Letnan Kolonel Laut	Letnan Kolonel Udara
Field officers	Mayor	Mayor	Mayor Udara
Junior grade officers	Kapten	Kapten	Kapten Udara
Junior grade officers	Letnan I	Letnan	Letnan Udara I
Junior grade officers	Letnan II	Letnan Muda	Letnan Udara II
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Pembantu Letnan I	Pembantu Letnan	Letnan Muda Udara I
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Pembantu Letnan Calon Perwira	Pembantu Letnan	Letnan Muda Udara I
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Pembantu Letnan II	Ajudan	Letnan Muda Udara II
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Sersan Mayor	Sersan Mayor I	Sersan Mayor Udara
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Sersan Mayor	Sersan Mayor II	Sersan Mayor Udara
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Sersan Kepala	Sersan I	Sersan Udara I
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Sersan I	Sersan I	Sersan Udara I
Warrant officers and non-commissioned personnel	Sersan II	Sersan II	Sersan Udara II
Enlisted personnel, ratings	Kopral Kepala	Kopral	Kopral Udara I
Enlisted personnel, ratings	Kopral I	Kopral	Kopral Udara I
Enlisted personnel, ratings	Kopral II	Kopral	Kopral Udara II
Enlisted personnel, ratings	Prajurit Kader	Kelasi I	Prajurit Udara I
Enlisted personnel, ratings	Prajurit I	Kelasi I	Prajurit Udara I
Enlisted personnel, ratings	Prajurit II	Kelasi II	Prajurit Udara II
Enlisted personnel, ratings	Prajurit II	Kelasi III	Prajurit Udara II

Changes between 1973–1990

Government Regulation No. 24/ 1973, updated the rank system once again, the changes were as follows:

Perwira Tinggi
* Ranks of General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General are used in the Army, the Naval Commando Corps, and the Police.
* Ranks of Admiral, Vice Admiral, and Rear Admiral are to be maintained in the Navy and the rank of Commodore reintroduced
* Air Chief Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice Marshal, and Air Commodore are to be used in the Air Force
Perwira Menengah, used same rank system in all branches of armed forces.
Perwira Pertama, used same rank system in all branches of armed forces.
Bintara Tinggi, used same Army rank system in all branches of armed forces.
Bintara, used same rank system in all branches of armed forces.
Tamtama, used Navy and Air Force rank system in all branches of the armed forces.
Tamtama
* Private is used in the Army, the Naval Commando Corps, and the Air Force
* Seaman is used in the Navy
* Agent is used in the Police

Changes between 1990–1997

During this period, there are minor changes of rank system in all branch of the armed forces, which are removal of rank of senior warrant officer and new enlisted ranks introduced. Those changes are based on Government Regulation No.6/ 1990.

Changes between 1997–2010

Government Regulation No. 32/ 1997 regarding the rank system of armed forces was issued. The primary difference with previous regulation were that five-star honorary rank for all branches of the armed forces was reintroduced and warrant officers rank was re-introduced.
In 2000, with the Indonesian National Police having regained its independence from the armed forces, the TNI rank system ceased to be used.

Current ranks 2010–present

Five-star honorary rank for all branches of the armed forces are no longer regulated on the latest regulation.
The ranks and rank insignia used today come from the Armed Forces rank regulations of 1990 and 1997, themselves revisions of the first rank regulations published in 1973 to use the current system. All three branches have the same rank titles at the same paygrades, except for the Perwira Tinggi and the Tamtama of the Navy and Air Force.