troop commander
Soldiers' commanding officer
A troop commander is a military officer who leads a troop—typically a cavalry or armored unit equivalent to a company.
The term applies most commonly to captains commanding tank or reconnaissance units: The troop commander ordered his vehicles into formation.
In some contexts, it refers more broadly to any officer commanding a body of troops.
- captainOne who commands
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- field officerMid-level military commander
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- platoonSmall infantry formation
drill sergeant · sergeant · military rank · leader · officer · military · squad · regiment · soldiers · infantry · special forces · orders · battle plan · battlefield · army · deploy · ranks · unit
troop commanderenlisted soldier
Non-officer in armed forces
private · foot soldier · enlisted personnel · conscript · grunt
troop commandersubordinate
One lower in rank
follower · underling · troops · rank and file
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