officer ranks
Commissioned position levels
Officer ranks are the hierarchical grades within military, police, or other uniformed services that distinguish levels of command authority.
Military officer ranks typically progress from lieutenant through captain, major, colonel, and general (or naval equivalents like ensign, lieutenant, commander, captain, and admiral).
Police departments use similar structures: She rose through the officer ranks to become chief.
The specific titles and insignia vary by country and branch of service.
- CaptainCommander of ship or team
- MajorHigh-ranking army officer
- ensignFlag or junior officer
- CommodoreDefunct home computer manufacturer
- brigadierSenior military officer
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- military ranksgeneral, captain, major, sergeant, private
- military insigniainsignia, patch, wings, crest, badge
- Union soldiersUnion infantry, federal troops, enlisted men, volunteers, privates
- nautical vocabularynautical terms, seamanship
- Military Diversityblack soldiers, minority recruitment, minority representation, ethnic diversity, diversity goals
officer ranksenlisted ranks
Non-officer military members
enlisted personnel · non-commissioned officers · enlisted men · enlisted soldiers · privates