Chadian National Gendarmerie

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The Chadian National Gendarmerie (Arabic: قوات الدرك الوطني التشادي) is the branch of the Military of Chad in charge of judicial policing, administrative policing, and military policing. Created by decree of August 17, 1961 No. 2 following the independence of Chad, it was directly inspired by the French National Gendarmerie.^[1] In 2014, it had 8,500 soldiers.^[1]

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Chadian National Gendarmerie v t e
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Chadian National Gendarmerie v t e
									Sergent major		Sergent-chef						Sergent										Caporal		Soldat première						Soldat