The

Armed Forces of Bolivia The Bolivian Armed Forces ( Spanish: ''Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia'') are the military of Bolivia. The Armed Forces of Bolivia are responsible for the defence, both of external and internal, of Bolivia and they are constituted by Bolivian Army, ...

has four main branches:

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Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...

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and the National Police Force. Each of the four branches has a similar structure, each having four pay grades: non-commissioned officers, senior non-commissioned officers, commissioned officers and general staff. However, the SNCO roles vary depending on the branch; some of these hold specialisations.

Army

The Army trains all its personnel in the following: * Army NCO School, Sucre * Military College of Bolivia, La Paz

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Navy

Despite being a

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, Bolivia has a large quantity of rivers and lakes which the majority of their naval operations take place on, one example of this is

Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...

, which is shared between Bolivia and

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. The Navy, unlike the other three branches, has different specialisations for the NCOs and SNCOs once they reach the rank of 'seaman'. Once a specialisation has been achieved, the sailors' insignia will be adjusted slightly, to make his/her profession more visible. Those corps are as follows: * Machinist Corps * Medical Corps * Divers Corps * Logistics Corps * Quartermasters Corps * Signals Corps Any rank between Seaman and Master Chief Petty Officer can have a specialisation as part of their regular rank insignia, the only corps where the insignia varies is within the Machinist Corps, where both NCO and SNCO have a different insignia, this also helps determine their qualifications and what they are responsible for. The most Senior Non-Commissioned Officer, Fleet Master Chief Petty Officer, holds no specific specialisation. The SNCO would have been a specialist at a lower rank. This sailor would also be the overseer of each of the Corps, ensuring that this branch's members are fully trained and equipped.

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Air Force

Officer ranks

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Historical ranks

The ranks were introduced in 1968, based on design by the Central American Defense Council ( es, Consejo de Defensa Centroamericano; CONDECO). ;Officers ;Enlisted

References

* * {{Military ranks by country Military of Bolivia Bolivia