| Category | Ground Forces ranks | Air Force ranks | Navy Ranks |
| Supreme Armed Forces Commander | Marshal of Yugoslavia1
(Maršal Jugoslavije - Маршал Југославије)
 |
Supreme Officers
or
General Officers | General of the Yugoslav People's Army2
(General J.N.A. - Генерал Ј.Н.А.)
(General Jugoslavenske narodne armije - Генерал Југословенске нардоне армије)  |
General of the Army
(General Armije)
 | Admiral of the Fleet
(Admiral Flote)
 |
Colonel General
(General-pukovnik)
 | Colonel General of aviation
(General-pukovnik avijacije)
 | Admiral
(Admiral)
 |
Lieutenant General
(General-potpukovnik)
 | Lieutenant General of aviation
(General-potpukovnik avijacije)
 | Vice Admiral
(Vice Admiral)
 |
Major General
(General-major)
 | Major General of aviation
(General-major avijacije)
 | Rear Admiral
(Kontraadmiral)
 |
Senior Officers
or
Field Grade Officers | Colonel
(Pukovnik)
 | Colonel of aviation
(Pukovnik avijacije)
 | Captain
(Kapetan Bojnog Broda)
 |
Lieutenant Colonel
(Potpukovnik)
 | Lieutenant Colonel of aviation
(Potpukovnik avijacije)
 | Commander
(Kapetan fregate)
 |
Major
(Major)
 | Major of aviation
(Major avijacije)
 | Lieutenant Commander
(Kapetan Korvete)
 |
Junior Officers
or
Company Grade Officers | Captain, 1st class
(Kapetan 1. klase)
 | Captain, 1st class of aviation
(Kapetan 1. klase avijacije)
 | First Lieutenant
(Poručnik bojnog broda)
 |
Captain
(Kapetan)
 | Captain of aviation
(Kapetan avijacije)
 | Lieutenant
(Poručnik Fregate)
 |
First Lieutenant
(Poručnik)
 | First Lieutenant of aviation
(Poručnik avijacije)
 | Lieutenant Junior Grade
(Poručnik korvete)
 |
Second Lieutenant
(Potporučnik)
 | Second Lieutenant of aviation
(Potporučnik avijacije)
 | Ensign
(Potporučnik)
 |
Under-Officers
or
Master non-commissioned officers | Warrant Officer, 1st class
(Zastavnik 1. klase)
 | Warrant Officer, 1st class of aviation
(Zastavnik 1. klase avijacije)
 | Warrant Officer, 1st class
(Zastavnik 1. klase)
 |
Warrant Officer
(Zastavnik)
 | Warrant Officer of aviation
(Zastavnik avijacje)
 | Warrant Officer
(Zastavnik)
 |
| Sergeants | Senior Sergeant, 1st class
(Stariji vodnik 1. klase)
 | Senior Sergeant, 1st classof aviation
(Stariji vodnik 1. klase avijacije)
 | Senior Sergeant, 1st class
(Stariji vodnik 1. klase)
 |
Senior Sergeant
(Stariji vodnik)
 | Senior Sergeant of aviation
(Stariji vodnik avijacije)
 | Senior Sergeant
(Stariji vodnik)
 |
Sergeant, 1st class
(Vodnik 1. klase)
 | Sergeant, 1st class of aviation
(Vodnik 1. klase avijacije)
 | Sergeant, 1st class
(Vodnik 1. klase)
 |
Sergeant,
(Vodnik)
 | Sergeant, of aviation
(Vodnik avijacije)
 | Sergeant,
(Vodnik)
 |
Soldiers,
airmen,
seamen | Junior Sergeant,
(Mlađi vodnik)
 | Junior Sergeant, of aviation
(Mlađi vodnik avijacije)
 | Junior Sergeant,
(Mlađi vodnik )
 |
Corporal,
(Desetar)
 | Corporal, of aviation
(Desetar avijacije)
 | Corporal,
(Desetar)
 |
Private,
(Razvodnik)
 | Private, of aviation
(Razvodnik avijacije)
 | Seaman, 1st class,
(Razvodnik)
 |
| 1 Marshal of Yugoslavia (Marshal) - Maršal of Yugoslavia was a honorary title of the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces and not a military rank. The first and the only one was given to Josip Broz Tito, who (beside the title of Maršal and Supreme Commander), also held the lifelong function of the President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. 2 General J.N.A. (General of the Yugoslav People's Army) - General Ivan Gošnjak, while serving as a defence minister with a rank of General of the Army - 4 star, was considered for promotion, no officers were promoted to this rank. |
