officership

Commissioned military rank

Officership is the position, rank, or tenure of an officer—typically military or organizational.

The term encompasses both the formal status and the qualities expected of someone in command: Her officership began in 2015, The responsibilities of officership weigh heavily.

It can also refer to the collective body of officers or the abstract concept of holding such authority.

command

orders

Instructions to obey

execution · supervision · oversight · control · deployment · conduct · management · navigation · stewardship · chain of command

military

commission

Payment for services rendered

insignia · regiment · battalion · brigade · corps · platoon · garrison · barracks · deployment · mobilization

leadership

responsibility

State of being answerable

discipline · integrity · honor · duty · courage · morale · esprit de corps · example · initiative · decisiveness

rank

lieutenant

Junior commissioned officer

general · admiral · ensign · commander · brigadier · commodore · marshal · lieutenant colonel · major general · rear admiral

authority

jurisdiction

Legal authority's scope

administration · enforcement · delegation · legitimacy · empowerment · chain of command · subordinates · superior · hierarchy · protocol

Opposites
military rank status

officershipenlistment

Voluntary entry into service

rank and file · enlisted ranks · enlisted rank · private · soldiery

leadership role

officershipsubordination

Lower position in hierarchy

followership · membership · rank and file

Family

office, officer, official, unofficial, officers, officials, officiate, officious, officialdom

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