Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State

The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (PMERJ) like other military polices in Brazil

Brazil

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is a reserve

Military reserve force

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and ancillary force of the Brazilian Army

Brazilian Army

The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. The Brazilian Army has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America and during the 19th century, such as the Brazilian War of Independence , Argentina-Brazil War , War of the Farrapos , Platine War , Uruguayan War ...

, and part of the System of Public Security

Public security

To meet the increasing challenges in the public security area, responsible public institutions and organisations can tap into their own intelligence to successfully address possible threats in advance...

and Brazilian Social Protection. Its members are called "State Military" person.

The primary mission of PMERJ is ostensibly preventive policing

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

for the maintenance of public order in the State of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (state)

Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast...

.

Under the United Nations, in cooperation with the Brazilian Army

Brazilian Army

, the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State has served in Angola

Angola

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, Mozambique

Mozambique

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, East-Timor, Sudan

Sudan

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, and Haiti

Haiti

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History

The first militarized police in Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

(when Brazil was still a colony) was the Royal Police Guard of Lisbon , established in 1801, which followed the model of the National Gendarmerie of France

France

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, created in 1791.

When the Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

Royal Family

House of Braganza

The Most Serene House of Braganza , an important Portuguese noble family, ruled the Kingdom of Portugal and its colonial Empire, from 1640 to 1910...

was transferred to Brazil

Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil

The Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil was an episode in the history of Portugal and the history of Brazil in which the Portuguese royal family and its court escaped from Lisbon on November 29, 1807 to Brazil, just days before Napoleonic forces captured the city on December 1...

, the Royal Police Guard of Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

remained in Portugal, and another equivalent guard was created in Rio de Janeiro under the name of Military Division of the Royal Guard Police of Rio de Janeiro, in 1809.

With the abdication

Abdication

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of Emperor

Emperor

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Pedro I in 1831, the Regency

Regent

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held reformulations on the Brazilian Armed Forces. The Royal Guard Police of Rio de Janeiro became extinct, and was replaced by the Municipal Guard Corps of Volunteers, a type of security force similar to the National Guard

National Guard (France)

The National Guard was the name given at the time of the French Revolution to the militias formed in each city, in imitation of the National Guard created in Paris. It was a military force separate from the regular army...

. The same law allowed each Province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

to establish its own Guard of Volunteers.

In 1834, Pedro I died in Portugal and this reduced the fear in Brazil of a reunification of the kingdoms

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication and is often hereditary and includes a royal house. In some cases, the monarch is elected...

. The Guard of Volunteers were then transformed into Province Police Corps, with professional

Professional

A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...

troops. The Police Corps were created with the same structure as the Army, and to serve as reserve troops when necessary, under provinces presidents' control. In 1835, the president of Rio de Janeiro province created the "Rio de Janeiro Province Police Corp" (Guarda Policial da Província do Rio de Janeiro).

With the Proclamation of the Republic, Brazil adopted a constitution

Constitution

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...

based on the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, where the states have a large autonomy. The Corps of Police began to be administered by the states and became smaller regional armies, with infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

, cavalry

Cavalry

Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...

, artillery

Artillery

Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...

, and later, even with air forces. This dangerous situation to the national security remained until the rise of Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, and second in Brazilian history to Emperor Pedro II...

dictatorial government in 1930s, when he abolished states autonomy, and the Brazilian army began its control over states military polices and firefighters corps.

Organization

The PMERJ is operationally organized into Intermediary Commands or Policing Area Command , Military Police Battalion

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...

s, companies

Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 80–225 soldiers and usually commanded by a Captain, Major or Commandant. Most companies are formed of three to five platoons although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure...

, and platoon

Platoon

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s; and administratively, in departments.

The battalions are based in major urban centers, and their companies and platoons are distributed according to population

Population

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density in cities

City

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.
The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro is present in all cities of the State.

Commands and Battalions of Military Police

These are the Policing Area Commands and their respective batallions. Cities and neighborhoods indicate the location of their headquarters.

1st Policing Area Command – city of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
- 1st Battalion – Estácio
- 2nd Battalion – Botafogo
- 3rd Battalion – Méier
- 4th Battalion – São Cristovão
- 5th Battalion – Saúde
- 6th Battalion – Tijuca
- 13th Battalion – Downtown
- 16th Battalion – Penha
- 17th Battalion – Ilha do Governador
- 19th Battalion – Copacabana
- 22nd Battalion – Maré
- 23rd Battalion – Leblon
- 1st Independent Company (Governor's Palace Guard) – Laranjeiras

2nd Policing Area Command – city of Rio de Janeiro
- 9th Battalion – Rocha Miranda
- 14th Battalion – Bangu
- 18th Battalion – Jacarepaguá
- 27th Battalion – Santa Cruz
- 31st Battalion – Barra da Tijuca
- 40th Battalion – Campo Grande
- 41st Battalion – Irajá

3rd Policing Area Command – city of Mesquita
Mesquita
Mesquita is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 182,546 and its area is 35 km²....
- 15th Battalion – city of Duque de Caxias
  Duque de Caxias
  Duque de Caxias is a city in southeast Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, bordered by Rio de Janeiro to the south. Its population was 842,890 and its area is 465 km². Its current Mayor is José Camilo Zito...
- 20th Battalion – city of Mesquita
- 21st Battalion – city of São João de Meriti
  São João de Meriti
  São João de Meriti is a brazilian city in Rio de Janeiro state. Its historical name is São João do Rio Meriti. Its population was 468.309 inhabitants in 2008...
- 24th Battalion – city of Queimados
  Queimados
  Queimados is a city and a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 136,509 and its area is 77 km²....
- 34th Battalion – city of Magé
  Magé
  Magé is a city and a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.Magepe-Mirim was established in 1566 by Portuguese colonists...
- 39th Battalion – city of Belford Roxo
  Belford Roxo
  Belford Roxo is a city in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro and was created in 1990. Its population was 480,555 in 2007 and its area is 79 km². Belford Roxo is one of the richest and wealthiest cities in the state, due to its high GDP...

4th Policing Area Command – city of Niterói
Niterói
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de...
- 7th Battalion – city of São Gonçalo
  São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro
  São Gonçalo is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is located at 22 ° 49'37 "south latitude and 43 º 03'14" west longitude at an altitude of 19 meters. Its population in 2008 is 982,832 inhabitants, being the second most populous city in the state after the capital...
- 12th Battalion – city of Niterói
- 25th Battalion – city of Cabo Frio
  Cabo Frio
  Cabo Frio is a Brazilian municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, founded by the Portuguese on November 13, 1615.The city's economy is mainly based on tourism, as most of the cities situated in the called Região dos Lagos . The city is usually visited by people from Minas Gerais, Brasília and Rio de...
- 35th Battalion – city of Itaboraí
  Itaboraí
  Itaboraí is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It was founded in 1672. In 2006, it had a population of 220,981....

5th Policing Area Command – city of Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda is the name of a city in the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with 182.81 km² of area, located from 350m to 707m from the sea level and with a population of 259,811 inhabitants . The area around the city has nearly 700,000...
- 10th Battalion – city of Barra do Piraí
  Barra do Piraí
  Barra do Piraí is a Brazilian city of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 94,332 and its area is 578 km². The area is 582,1 km². It is 127 km far away from Rio de Janeiro.-References:...
- 28th Battalion – city of Volta Redonda
- 33rd Battalion – city of Angra dos Reis
  Angra dos Reis
  Angra dos Reis is a Brazilian municipality located in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro state. It is located at an altitude of 6 meters and includes in its territory 365 offshore islands. It was discovered on January 6, 1502, but has been under continual settlement since 1556. Its population...
- 37th Battalion – city of Resende
  Resende
  -Portugal:* Resende Municipality, a municipality in the district of Viseu* Resende , a civil parish in the municipality of Resende* Resende , a civil parish in the municipality of Paredes de Coura...

6th Policing Area Command – city of Campos dos Goytacazes
Campos dos Goytacazes
Campos dos Goytacazes is a municipality and city located in the northern area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 463,545 inhabitants. Its area is 4,031.910 km², which makes it the largest municipality in the state and its elevation is 14 m...
- 8th Battalion – city of Campos dos Goytacazes
- 29th Battalion – city of Itaperuna
  Itaperuna
  Itaperuna is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 99,454 and its area is 1,106 km²....
- 32nd Battalion – city of Macaé
  Macaé
  Macaé is a city located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. Its population was recorded as 206,748 in 2010 and the municipal covers an area of 1,216 km²....
- 36th Battalion – city of Santo Antônio de Pádua
  Santo Antônio de Pádua
  Santo Antônio de Pádua is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro...

7th Policing Area Command – city of Petrópolis
Petrópolis
Petrópolis , also known as The Imperial City of Brazil, is a town in the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 65 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro....
- 11th Battalion – city of Nova Friburgo
  Nova Friburgo
  Nova Friburgo is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the northern mountainous region of the state, 136 km from its capital Rio de Janeiro...
- 26th Battalion – city of Petrópolis
  Petrópolis
  Petrópolis , also known as The Imperial City of Brazil, is a town in the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 65 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro....
- 30th Battalion – city of Teresópolis
  Teresópolis
  Teresópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in a mountainous region known as Região Serrana. The Serra dos Órgãos National Park lies partly within the city limits.-History:...
- 38th Battalion – city of Três Rios
  Três Rios
  Três Rios is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. As of 2007 its population was 72,848 and its area is 325 km².As of 2009, the mayor of Três Rios is Vinicius Farah.-Sports:...

Special Units

Mounted Police
Mounted police
Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback or camelback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and...

Regiment
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

;
Highway Patrol
Highway patrol
A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties.Duties of highway patrols or traffic...

Battalion;
Prison
Prison
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Security
Security police
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Groupment;
Environmental
Natural environment
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Battalion;
Riot Control
Riot control
Riot control refers to the measures used by police, military, or other security forces to control, disperse, and arrest civilians who are involved in a riot, demonstration, or protest. Law enforcement officers or soldiers have long used non-lethal weapons such as batons and whips to disperse crowds...

Battalion;
Special Police Operations Battalion.
Action with Dogs Battalion (K-9 Unit)
Railway Police Company;
Air-Maritim Groupment.

Administrative Commands

Department of Education:
- Dom João VI Military Police Academy
  Military academy
  A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the army, the navy, air force or coast guard, which normally provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.Three...
  
  (to officer cadet
  Officer Cadet
  Officer cadet is a rank held by military and merchant navy cadets during their training to become commissioned officers and merchant navy officers, respectively. The term officer trainee is used interchangeably in some countries...
  
  s);
- Military Police Formation Center (to non-commissioned officer
  Non-commissioned officer
  A non-commissioned officer , called a sub-officer in some countries, is a military officer who has not been given a commission...
  
  s and soldier
  Soldier
  A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
  
  s).
Department of Logistic
Military logistics
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Support.
Department of Personnel
Human resources
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.
Department of Finance
Finance
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.
Department of Intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....

.
Department of Social Assistance (welfare).
Communications and Informatic Center.
Department of Health:
- Military Police Central Hospital
  Hospital
  A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
  
  , Rio de Janeiro city;
- Military Police Hospital, in Niteroi
  Niterói
  Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de...
  
  ;
  - 4 Clinics;
- Veterinary Center;
- Dentistry Center;
- Reahabilitation Center (Physical therapy).

Arms

FN FAL
FN FAL
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assault rifle
Heckler & Koch PSG1
Heckler & Koch PSG1
The PSG1 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by the German company Heckler & Koch of Oberndorf am Neckar.-Development:...

sniper rifle
M16A2
M16A2
M16A2 is a designation for two pieces of military hardware:* M16A2 rifle* M16A2 mine...

assault rifle
IMBEL MD2
IMBEL MD2
The IMBEL MD series of assault rifles are the standard-issue rifles of the Brazilian Army.-History:...

assault rifle
M4
M4 carbine
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and AR15 carbine
Taurus CT-30 carbine
Madsen machine gun
Madsen machine gun
The Madsen was a light machine gun developed by Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schoubue and proposed for adoption by Captain Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War and adopted by the Danish Army in 1902...
MP5 submachine BOPE
BOPE
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais , mostly known by its acronym BOPE, is a special forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil....
FN P90
FN P90
The FN P90 is a selective fire personal defense weapon designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. The P90's name is taken from 1990, the year it was introduced...

submachine gun BOPE
BOPE
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais , mostly known by its acronym BOPE, is a special forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil....
Imbel MT-12 submachine
Imbel PT-100 pistol
Taurus PT 24/7
Taurus PT 24/7
Introduced to the firearms market in 2004, the Taurus PT 24/7 is a semi-automatic pistol using the short type of recoil operation, and available in various models with double action only and double action/single action type trigger actions...

pistol

Police vehicles

VW Gol G5
Volkswagen Gol
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Patrol car
Renault Logan
Dacia Logan
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Patrol car
Chevrolet Blazer
Chevrolet S-10 Blazer
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Response car
Toyota Hilux SW4
Toyota Fortuner
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Response car / Dog unit Car (K9)
Nissan Frontier D40 Multi-purpose car
Ford Cargo 815
Ford Cargo
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Armored vehicle
VW Cargo 1722
Volkswagen
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Armored vehicle

Aircraft inventory

Piper PA-34 Seneca

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| Personal transport
| PA-34
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Uniforms

Since 1975, the PMERJ use dark blue in their uniforms on blue

Blue

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with black

Black

Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...

trousers

Trousers

Trousers are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately...

Ranks

The PMERJ has the same hierarchical classification of the Brazilian Army, with another type of insignias.

Colonel Colonel Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...	Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...	Major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...	Captain	First Lieutenant Lieutenant A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...	Second Lieutenant	Aspirant Aspirant Aspirant is a military rank in the Canadian Navy, French military, Brazilian military, Romanian Navy and Polish Police.-Canadian Navy:Similar to the French usage, the Canadian Navy uses the French-language rank of "Aspirant de marine" to denote a junior officer under training. The same rank in the...	Student Officer or Cadet Cadet A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :...

Sub-Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant is a military rank. It is normally a junior officer rank.In many navies, a sub-lieutenant is a naval commissioned or subordinate officer, ranking below a lieutenant. In the Royal Navy the rank of sub-lieutenant is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant in the British Army and of...	First Sergeant First Sergeant First sergeant is the name of a military rank used in many countries, typically a senior non-commissioned officer.-Singapore:First Sergeant is a Specialist in the Singapore Armed Forces. First Sergeants are the most senior of the junior Specialists, ranking above Second Sergeants, and below Staff...	Second Sergeant Second Sergeant Second Sergeant is a Specialist rank in the Singapore Armed Forces. Second Sergeants are more senior than Third Sergeants, but less senior than First Sergeants. The rank insignia for a Second Sergeant features the three chevrons pointing down shared by all Specialists, and one chevron pointing...	Third Sergeant Third Sergeant Third Sergeant is a Specialist rank in the Singapore Armed Forces. Third Sergeants are the most junior of Specialists, ranking above Corporal First Class, who, in the SAF, are not considered Specialists and do not have command authority...	Corporal Corporal Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4....	Private Private (rank) A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank .In modern military parlance, 'Private' is shortened to 'Pte' in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries and to 'Pvt.' in the United States.Notably both Sir Fitzroy MacLean and Enoch Powell are examples of, rare, rapid career... of First Class

External links

Official website of Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (in portuguese)

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