Argentine Army officer rank insignia the Joint General Staff, if he should be an Army officer. There are mentions of the rank of "" (Captain General), but it is a purely honorific rank bestowed posthumously upon José de San Martín. The rank of Senior Colonel is an honorary rank for long-serving colonels who have not been promoted to Brigade General; the rank is considered inferior to Brigade General but superior to Colonel. Senior Colonels may be further promoted to general ranks. The following table displays the rank insignia worn by officers of the Argentine Army. Argentine Army officer rank insignia Argentine Army officers wear their
Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1918–1935 Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1918–1935 In the period from 1918 to 1935 of the young Soviet Union any bourgeois military thoughts were put under general suspicion by the communists, the new political establishment. Among others, the Old Russian tradition to wear epaulets and shoulder straps as rank insignia was rigorously abolished and was replaced with a new tradition of rank designations and insignia for the new Red Army and the nascent Soviet Navy. In the early period of the October revolution new uniforms were used and new units structured on the basis of the former