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Peru Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
The three services used a variety of uniforms for
routine
duties as well as for parade, fatigue, field, and
shipboard
duties. Colors were army khaki and army green, navy blue,
and air
force blue. Officers had an optional white uniform for
summer
wear in addition to dress uniforms for ceremonies and
formal
occasions. Government-issue uniforms worn by enlisted
personnel
were made of less expensive material and were simpler in
design
than uniforms worn by officers.
Army officer ranks up to the grade of colonel were the
same
as in the United States Army, that is, three company
grades and
three field grades
(see
fig. 15). The two general officer
grades
were equivalent to major general and lieutenant general in
the
United States system. Rank insignia, worn on shoulder
boards or
shirt collar, consisted of from one to six gold bars for
second
lieutenant through colonel, and two and three miniature
gold
sunbursts for major general and lieutenant general,
respectively.
Navy and air force officers had eight comparable ranks;
insignia
were worn on lower sleeves similar to the United States
Navy.
All services utilized several ranks of technicians
between
the commissioned officer and NCO levels. These were highly
trained specialists who in many respects could be compared
to
warrant officers in the United States services.
Technicians--five
levels in the army and the air force and four in the
navy--were
career personnel who had been carefully screened for
technical
aptitude before being accepted for special training.
Selected
from among conscripts and volunteers, those accepted
usually had
attained higher educational levels than the average
conscript.
In the navy, there were three petty officer ranks and
two
seaman ranks, but the other two services had, in effect,
two
levels of NCOs: subofficers, and sergeants and corporals.
Subofficers were generally those who had served an initial
tour
and decided to follow a military career; in the structure,
they
were comparable to the supergrades among United States
enlisted
personnel. The sergeants and corporals were generally
conscripts
on their initial tour who were selected for leadership
traits
(see
fig. 16).
Data as of September 1992
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