The Swedish Armed Forces ranking system is a little funky. The ranks descend in number by the designation of OF; officers(9 through 1), and OR; Other Ranks(9 through 1), providing the regiment a potential of 18 different ranks.
For the sake of simplicity, and the fact that I dont want to be a General, we will start at Colonel. All ranks in the regiment will be displayed by their numerical value. (Ex; 1stSLG_OF-5_Tormidal)
Överste; OF-5 - The Colonel. He is the brains and administration of the regiment. He is the Samuel L. Jackson of the regiment. He is the guy that takes charges and leads the Swedish Grenadiers to eternal glory.
Överste-löjtnant; OF-4 - The Lieutenant Colonel. He's the back-up colonel. If the Colonel's brains happens to get blown all over the guy behind him, well, this is the guy that steps up to the plate and takes over, less the regiment fall into chaos.
Major; OF-3 - The Major. Honestly. I dont even know what this rank is for, other than paper work, and being a third-in-command.
Kapten; OF-2 - The Captain. A platoon leader. He leads a division of the regiment. Theres a griping chain. People gripe to him, he gripes to the major, the major gripes to the Lt Colonel. And he grips to me. The Colonel.
Löjtnant; OF-1 - The Lieutenant. For the life of me, I misspell "Lieutenant" half of the time. But he's the second-in-command of a platoon.
Regements-förvaltare; OR-9 - The Regimental Sergeant Major. He's the badass of badasses. If there's a go to guy that will charge an entire enemy line alone, and come out covered in blood and gore, then he's the guy you want.
Förvaltare; OR-8 - The Sergeant Major. He's a sergeant. And a major. Seriously, I have no idea what this rank is for.
Fankjunkare; OR-7 - The Colour Sergeant. Yeah! Carrying flags!
Förste sergeant; OR-6 - The First Sergeant. He's the first sergeant. There is no other.
There can be only one.Sergeant; OR-5 - The Sergeant. He's a sergeant. But not a first Sergeant. Yes. There's a difference. We'll find out eventually what it is.
Korpral; OR-4 - The Corporal. Damn we're getting low. He's the guy that is going to keep the line in order. The nice way. The harsh way is left to the Sergeants. Seriously. Its in their paygrade. Check the budget.
Vicekorpral; OR-3 - The "Almost a Corporal" Corporal. You're almost there, buddy. Vigilance.
Menig 1kl; OR-2 - The "Better" Private. He is the meat of the being. He is the guts of the machine. He is the bullet shield of everyone higher than him. (But dont tell him.) When you need something done right, tell these guys to do. Its their job.
Menig; OR-1 - The Private. He's the private. The new recruit. The fresh meat. Until properly trained, he is a wild beast. Unruly and undisciplined.
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