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Other ranks (UK)
Other ranks
(
ORs
) in the
British Army
,
Royal Marines
,
Royal Air Force
and in the armies and air forces of many other
Commonwealth
countries are those personnel who are not
commissioned officers
, usually including
non-commissioned officers
(NCOs). In the
Royal Navy
, these personnel are called "
ratings
".
Non-commissioned member
is the equivalent term for the
Canadian Armed Forces
. Colloquially, members of the other ranks are known as "rankers".
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