military officers
Army's commissioned personnel
Military officers are members of the armed forces who hold positions of command and authority, distinguished from enlisted personnel by their rank, training, and leadership responsibilities.
Officers typically enter service through military academies, officer candidate programs, or direct commissions.
The military officers briefed the president on troop movements.
A commissioned officer holds rank by presidential or governmental authority; a noncommissioned officer (NCO) rises through enlisted ranks to supervisory positions.
- admiralSenior naval commander
- four-star generalHighest peacetime army rank
- brigadierSenior military officer
- colonelSenior military officer
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
captain · marshal · chain of command · strategist · centurion · lieutenant · tactician · general · orders · commodore · court-martial · honorable discharge · ensign · aide-de-camp · drill instructor · samurai · shogun · medals
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, troops, ensigns
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- 19th Century Figurespoliticians, statesmen, rulers, generals, princes
- Decembrists
- historical figureshistorical figures, leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc
- enemiesenemy, foe, foes, adversary, nemesis
military officersenlisted personnel
Non-commissioned military members
enlisted soldiers · enlisted men · enlisted ranks · privates · rank and file
military officerscivilians
Non-military population
civilian population · noncombatants · non-combatants · civil servants · pacifists
military officerspeace activists
Those advocating nonviolent resolution
pacifists · diplomats · conscientious objectors · peacemakers · mediators