Ranks

Enlistees

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.	Min. Allowance (S$)
	Recruit	REC	630
	Private	PTE	630
	Lance Corporal	LCP	650
	Corporal	CPL	700
	Corporal First Class	CFC	740

Specialists

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.	Min. Allowance (S$)
	Specialist Cadet	SCT	720
	Third Sergeant	3SG	950
	Second Sergeant	2SG	1050
	First Sergeant	1SG	1120
	Staff Sergeant	SSG
	Master Sergeant	MMG

Address all sergeants as as Sergeant, with the exception of SSGs as Staff and MSGs as Master.

Sir, Sergeant, or Encik?

This is a question most BMT recruits have:

• arrows pointing down: sergeant (see 3SG)
• horizontal lines: sir (see 2LT)
• arrows pointing up: encik (see 3WO)

This isn't a "one rule fits all", but in BMT the ranks you usually see are 3SG/2SG (sergeant), WOs (encik), 2LT/CPT (sir).

Warrant Officers

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.
	Third Warrant Officer	3WO
	Second Warrant Officer	2WO
	First Warrant Officer	1WO
	Master Warrant Officer	MWO
	Senior Warrant Officer	SWO
	Chief Warrant Officer	CWO

Refer to all warrant officers as Encik. CWOs may be addressed as Sir too.

Junior Officers

Refer to all Officers and Generals as Sir.

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.	Min. Allowance (S$)
	Officers Cadet, Common Leadership Term	OCT	910
	Officers Cadet, Service Term	OCT	910
	Officers Cadet, Professional Term	OCT
	Second Lieutenant	2LT	1150
	Lieutenant	LTA	1330
	Captain	CPT

Senior Officers

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.
	Major	MAJ
	Lieutenant Colonel	LTC
	Senior Lieutenant Colonel	SLTC
	Colonel	COL

Generals

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.
	Brigadier General	BG
	Major General	MG
	Lieutenant General	LG

MDEs

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.	Equivalent rank
	Military Expert 1 Trainee	ME1(T)	SCT
	Military Expert 4 Trainee	ME4(T)	OCT
	Military Expert 4 Apprentice	ME4(A)	2LT
	Military Expert 1	ME1	2SG
	Military Expert 2	ME2	MSG
	Military Expert 3	ME3	1WO
	Military Expert 4	ME4	CPT
	Military Expert 5	ME5	MAJ
	Military Expert 6	ME6	LTC
	Military Expert 7	ME7	COL
	Military Expert 8	ME8	BG

SAFVC Voluneteers

Symbol	Rank	Abbr.
	SAF Voluneteer (Trainee)	SV(T)
	SAF Voluneteer 1	SV1
	SAF Voluneteer 2	SV2
	SAF Voluneteer 3	SV3
	SAF Voluneteer 4	SV4

Vocation allowance

Vocations	Allowance (S$)
Service and Technical vocations2	50
Combat vocations	175

Example: A combat vocation PTE gets (580 + 50) + 175