Editing Israel Defense Forces (section)

=== Ranks ===
{{Main|Israel Defense Forces ranks}}
[[File:Dayan w Kuntila Raid comm.jpg|thumb|Israeli officers of the Paratrooper Battalion 890 in 1955 with [[Moshe Dayan]] (standing, third from the left). [[Ariel Sharon]] is standing, second from the left and commando [[Meir Har Zion]] is standing furthest left. Note the wearing of four pocket tunics by paratroopers and khaki uniforms being worn as a sort of dress uniform.]] Unlike most militaries, the IDF uses the same rank names in all corps, including the air force and navy.

[[File:Milhama1.jpg|thumb|Israeli soldiers coming back from the Second Lebanon war, armed with the [[M4 Carbine]] and the [[IMI Negev]] light [[machinegun]]]]

From the formation of the IDF until the late 1980s, [[sergeant major]] was a particularly important [[warrant officer]] rank, in line with usage in other armies. In the 1980s and 1990s the proliferating ranks of sergeant major became devalued, and now all professional [[non-commissioned officer]] ranks are a variation on sergeant major (''rav samal'') except for ''rav nagad''.

All translations here are the official translations of the IDF's website.<ref name="IDF">{{cite web|url=http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/about/insignia/ranks.htm |title=IDF Ranks |publisher=IDF |access-date=10 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830070254/http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/about/insignia/ranks.htm |archive-date=30 August 2009}}</ref>

'''[[Conscript]]s''' (''Hogrim'') (Conscript ranks may be gained purely on time served)
* [[Private (rank)|Private]] (''Turai'')
* [[Corporal]] (''Rav Turai'') (also called ''rabat''<ref>Pgs 10 & 59, Israeli Defense Forces since 1973, Osprey Elite 8, Samuel Katz, 1986, Osprey Publishing, {{ISBN|978-0-85045-687-5}}</ref>)
* [[Sergeant]] (''Samal'')
* [[First Sergeant]] (''Samal Rishon'')

'''[[Warrant Officer]]s''' (''Nagadim'')
* [[Sergeant First Class]] (''Rav Samal'')
* [[Master Sergeant]] (''Rav Samal Rishon'')
* [[Sergeant Major]] (''Rav Samal Mitkadem'')
* [[Warrant Officer]] (''Rav Samal Bakhir'')
* [[Master Warrant Officer]] (''Rav Nagad Mishneh'')
* [[Chief Warrant Officer]] (''Rav Nagad'')

'''Academic officers''' (''Ktzinim Akadema'im'')
* Professional Academic Officer (''Katzin Miktzo'i Akadema'i'')
* Senior Academic Officer (''Katzin Akadema'i Bakhir'')

'''[[Officer (armed forces)|Officers]]''' (''Ktzinim'')
* [[Second Lieutenant]] (''Segen Mishneh'') [1951–Present]
* [[Lieutenant]] (''Segen'')
* [[Captain (OF-2)|Captain]] (''Seren'')
* [[Major (rank)|Major]] (''Rav Seren'')
* [[Lieutenant Colonel]] (''Sgan Aluf'')
* [[Colonel]] (''Aluf Mishneh'') [1950–Present]
* [[Brigadier General]] (''Tat Aluf'') [1968–Present]
* [[Major General]] (''[[Aluf]]'') [1948–Present]
* [[Lieutenant General]] (''Rav Aluf'')