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TheMilitary ranks of Burkina Faso are the military insignia used by theBurkina Faso Armed Forces. Burkina Faso is alandlocked country and, therefore, does not possess a navy. Being aformer colony of France, Burkina Faso shares a rank structure similar to that ofFrance.[1]
The rank insignia ofcommissioned officers.
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The rank insignia ofnon-commissioned officers andenlisted personnel.
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During the regime ofThomas Sankara, Burkina Faso briefly introduced Soviet-style rank insignia,[a] which were reverted to the French-style when he was overthrown.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Burkina Faso Ground Forces(1983–1987) | | | | | |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel Major | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Aspirant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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