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| x Lieutenant | Job title |
Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, or Lieut) is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service, emergency medical services or police officer rank.
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| x Lieutenant Commander |
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Lieutenant Commander (Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies superior to a Lieutenant and subordinate to a Commander. The corresponding rank in most armies, (armed services) and air forces is Major, and...
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Petty Officer Third Class is the fourth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, just above Seaman and below Petty Officer Second Class, and is the lowest form of non-commissioned officer, equivalent to a Corporal in the U.S. Army and ...
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Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. A Vice Admiral is typically senior to a Rear Admiral and junior to an Admiral. In most navies, Vice Admiral is a 3 star rank.
In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice...
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Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the military, particularly in...
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A Petty Officer is a noncommissioned officer or equivalent in many navies.
There are two Petty Officer ranks in the Canadian Navy. Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2) (Maître de deuxième classe or m2 in French) is equivalent to a Sergeant and Petty...
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Sergeant (abbr. sgt) is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent.
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| x Field Marshal |
Field marshal is a military officer rank. Today it is the highest rank in the armies in which it is used, one step above a general or colonel-general. Historically, however, several armies used field marshal as a divisional command rank, notably...
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Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to...
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A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that...
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| x First Lieutenant | rank |
First Lieutenant is a military rank.
The rank of Lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations (see comparative military ranks), but the majority of cases it is common for it to be sub-divided into a senior (First Lieutenant)...
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| x Lance Corporal |
Lance Corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organizations. It is below the rank of Corporal, and is typically the lowest non-commissioned or enlisted rank, usually...
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| x Admiral |
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, admiral (ADM) is a four-star flag officer, with the pay grade of O-10. Admiral ranks above vice admiral and below Fleet Admiral...
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Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4. The word is derived from the Italian phrase capo corporale, meaning "head of...
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| x Rear admiral |
The uniformed services of the United States have two grades of rear admirals.
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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| x Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom |
The Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is a now honorary office generally held by a senior (possibly retired) Royal Navy admiral. Despite the title, the Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is usually a full admiral. He is the deputy to the Vice...
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| x Lieutenant Colonel | Job title |
Lieutenant colonel (lieutenant-colonel in English from the French grade's spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of...
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Master Chief Petty Officer is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank (E-9) in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, just above Senior Chief Petty Officer, and is a non-commissioned officer. They are referred to as Master Chief in most circumstances....
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General of the Armies (or in its full title General of the Armies of the United States) is the highest possible rank in the United States Army. For the next rank down, see General of the Army.
No one currently holds this rank, and it has never been...
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| x Brigadier General |
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Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.
The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier,...
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Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.
A Brigadier is superior to a Colonel but subordinate to a Major-General. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, equivalent to a Commodore in the Royal Navy or an Air Commodore...
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| x Second Lieutenant | Job title |
Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.
In British English the rank is pronounced second /lɛf'tɛnənt/ (lef-tenent), while in American English it is pronounced second /lu'tɛnənt/ (loo-tenent).
The rank...
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| x Fleet Admiral |
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Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy (FADM), or more commonly referred to as Fleet Admiral, is a five-star flag officer rank and is presently considered the highest possible rank in the United States Navy. A special grade of Admiral of the Navy,...
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| x Admiral of the Fleet |
Admiral of the Fleet is a rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, equating to the NATO rank code OF-10.
The rank evolved from the ancient sailing days of the Royal Navy. The fleet was divided into three divisions and each designated a...
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| x Marshal of the Air Force |
Marshal of the Air Force may be used as a generic term for a rank in some air forces which use a similar title, with their air force's name inserted, as their most senior rank. The first such rank was Marshal of the Royal Air Force. No air force...
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff, and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff, who were promoted to it...
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In the United States military, a Warrant Officer (grade W-1 to W-5) is ranked as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and candidates, but below the officer grade of O-1 (NATO: OF-1). Warrant officers are highly...
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| x Captain | Job title |
In the uniformed services of the United States, captain is a federal commisioned officer rank.
In the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, Captain is a company grade officer rank, with the pay grade of...
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A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in). The term dates from the Middle Ages, where privates were known as "private soldiers" (a term still used in the United...
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| x Major | Character Rank |
In many European-speaking countries, the term Major refers to a military rank, denoting seniority at one of usually various levels of rank, for example: "Sergeant-Major" denoting the most senior ranking sergeant of a large military unit; "Captain...
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| x Colonel |
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In the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, colonel (IPA: /ˈkɜrnəl/) is a field grade officer rank, with the pay grade of O-6. Colonel ranks above lieutenant colonel and below brigadier general. Colonel...
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| x Obergruppenführer |
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Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest SS rank inferior only to Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler). Translated as "Senior Group Leader", the rank of...
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| x Obersturmbannführer |
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Obersturmbannführer was a paramilitary Nazi Party rank used by both the SA and the SS. It was created in May 1933 to fill the need for an additional field grade officer rank above Sturmbannführer as the SA expanded. It became an SS rank at the same...
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Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which was used by both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). Translated as “Assault (or Storm) Unit Leader” (Sturmbann being the SA and early SS equivalent to a battalion), the...
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Reichsführer-SS (help·info) was a special SS rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945. Reichsführer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933 and, after 1934, became the highest rank of the German Schutzstaffel (SS).
Reichsführer-SS was both a...
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| x Field Marshal General |
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Field Marshal General, in German Generalfeldmarschall (listen (help·info)) (usually translated simply as field marshal, and sometimes written only as Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states, the Holy Roman Empire, and the...
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| x Gruppenführer |
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Gruppenführer (literally “Group Leader”) was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior rank of the SA.
In 1930, Gruppenführer became an SS rank and was originally bestowed upon those officers who commanded SS...
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The chief of staff is the chief aide to the commander of larger military formations and units. It is sometimes the case that the chief of staff is more directly influential than the theoretical commander. This may be the case when the commander is a...
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The Chief of General Staff (Hebrew: ראש המטה הכללי, Rosh HaMateh HaKlali, abbr. Ramatkal—רמטכ"ל) is the supreme commander and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. The Chief of Staff is the only active Israeli officer with the rank of Rav...
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| x Major General | Job title |
In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general. Major general...
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| x Major-General |
Major General (Maj Gen) is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within The Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of Major General.
A Major General is superior to a Brigadier but...
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| x Colonel |
Colonel (RP IPA: /ˈkɜ:nəl/, GA IPA: /ˈkɜrnəl/) (Col or COL) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. The rank of colonel is one of the oldest in existence, dating as far...
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| x Hauptsturmführer |
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Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945. The rank of Hauptsturmführer was a mid-grade company level officer and was the equivalent of a Captain (Hauptmann) in the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) and...
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| x Stabschef |
For other uses of the term "Stabschef" please refer to Chief of Staff
Stabschef (Chief of Staff) was a paramilitary rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi movement.
The SA rank of Stabschef was first...
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Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of Sturmführer which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921. The rank of Untersturmführer...
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| x Brigadeführer |
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Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945. Brigadeführer was also an SA rank.
The rank was first created due to an expansion of the SS and assigned to those officers in command of SS-Brigaden. In...
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| x Oberführer |
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Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as “Senior Leader”, an Oberführer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region. From 1921...
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| x Standartenführer |
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Standartenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the S.A. and the S.S.. First founded as a title in 1925, in 1928 the rank became one of the first commissioned Nazi ranks and was bestowed upon those S.A. and S.S. officers...
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| x Obersturmführer |
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Obersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi party that was used by the SS and also as a rank of the SA. Translated as “Senior Assault (or Storm) Leader”, the rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of...
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