The Military ranks of The Bahamas are the military insignia used by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. The Bahamas does not have an army or air force, and the entire defence force is composed of the navy. Being a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, The Bahamas shares a rank structure similar to that of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodore | Captain | Senior commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Senior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Acting Sub-lieutenant | Midshipman |
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Force chief petty officer | Chief petty officer | Petty officer | Leading marine | Able marine | Marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() (1973-2004) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
No insignia | No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fleet chief petty officer | Chief petty officer | Petty officer | Leading rate | Able rate | Seaman |