#military_officer__officer any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
supertype: #serviceman__military_man__man__military_personnel someone who serves in the armed forces; "two men stood sentry duty"
subtype: #adjutant__aide__aide-de-camp an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
subtype: #adjutant_general a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
subtype: #army_officer an officer in the armed forces; "he's a retired army officer"
subtype: #quartermaster an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
instance: #Alfred_Dreyfus__Dreyfus__dreyfu
subtype: #brass_hat__brasshat a high-ranking military officer
subtype: #chief_of_staff the senior officer of a service of the armed forces
subtype: #commanding_officer__commandant__commander an officer in command of a military unit
subtype: #commander_in_chief__generalissimo the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief"
subtype: #wing_commander (RAF rank) one who is next below a Group Captain
subtype: #commissioned_officer a military officer holding a commission
subtype: #commissioned_military_officer a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marine corp
subtype: #captain an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
subtype: #colonel a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
subtype: #lieutenant_colonel__light_colonel__lightcolonel a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
subtype: #field-grade_officer__fieldgradeofficer__field_officer__fieldofficer an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
subtype: #general_officer__generalofficer officers in the army or air force or marines above the rank of colonel
subtype: #brigadier_general__brigadiergeneral__brigadier a general officer ranking below a major general
subtype: #full_general__general a general officer of the highest rank
instance: #Gnaeus_Julius_Agricola__Agricola #Alcibiades #Antigonus_Cyclops__Antigonus__Monophthalmos #Mark_Antony__Antony__Anthony__Mark_Anthony__Antonius__Marcus_Antonius #Benedict_Arnold__Arnold #Belisarius #Belshazzar #Simon_Bolivar__Bolivar__bolivar__ellibertador #Omar_Nelson_Bradley__Bradley__Omar_Bradley #Braxton_Bragg__Bragg #John_Burgoyne__Burgoyne__Gentleman_Johnny #Gaius_Julius_Caesar__Caesar__Julius_Caesar #Chiang_Kai-shek__Chiang_Chung-cheng #John_Churchill__Churchill__Duke_of_Marlborough__First_Duke_of_Marlborough #Mark_Wayne_Clark__Clark__Mark_Clark #Karl_von_Clausewitz__Clausewitz #Lucius_DuBignon_Clay__Clay__Lucius_Clay #Baron_Clive_of_Plassey__Clive__Robert_Clive__Baron_Clive #First_Marquess_Cornwallis__Cornwallis__Charles_Cornwallis #Oliver_Cromwell__Cromwell__Ironsides #Duke_of_Cumberland__Cumberland__William_Augustus__Butcher_Cumberland #George_Armstrong_Custer__Custer #Moshe_Dayan__Dayan #Charles_Andre_Joseph_Marie_de_Gaulle__de_Gaulle__Charles_de_Gaulle #Demetrius_Poliorcetes__Demetrius__Demetrius_I #James_Harold_Doolittle__Doolittle__Jimmy_Doolittle #Baron_Hugh_Caswall_Tremenheere_Dowding__Dowding__Hugh_Dowding__Dowdy #Dwight_David_Eisenhower__Eisenhower__Dwight_Eisenhower__Dwight_D._Eisenhower__Ike__President_Eisenhower #Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy__Eugene #Flaminius__Gaius_Falminius #Francisco_Franco__Franco__El_Caudillo #Giuseppe_Garibaldi__Garibaldi #Ulysses_Simpson_Grant__Grant__Ulysses_Grant__Ulysses_S._Grant__Hiram_Ulysses_Grant__President_Grant #Leslie_Richard_Groves__Groves #Hannibal.full_general__hannibal #Sir_Arthur_Travers_Harris__Harris__Bomber_Harris #Hasdrubal #Paul_Ludwig_von_Beneckendorff_und_von_Hindenburg__Hindenburg__Paul_von_Hindenburg #Holofernes #Fighting_Joe_Hooker__Hooker__Joseph_Hooker #Samuel_Houston__Houston__Sam_Houston #Andrew_Jackson__Jackson__Old_Hickory #Thomas_Jonathan_Jackson__Jackson__Thomas_Jackson__Thomas_J._Jackson__Stonewall_Jackson #Joseph_Eggleston_Johnston__Johnston__J._E._Johnston #Flavius_Josephus__Josephus__Joseph_ben_Matthias #Robert_Edward_Lee__Lee__Robert_E_Lee #Lucius_Licinius_Luculus__Luculus #Lysander #Lysimachus #Douglas_MacArthur__MacArthur #George_Catlett_Marshall__Marshall__George_Marshall #George_Gordon_Meade__Meade #Miltiades #William_Mitchell__Mitchell__Billy_Mitchell #1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein__Montgomery__Bernard_Law_Montgomery__Sir_Bernard_Law_Montgomery #Napoleon_Bonaparte__Napoleon__Napoleon_I__Bonaparte__the_Little_Corporal #Michel_Ney__Ney__Duc_d'Elchingen #John_Joseph_Pershing__Pershing__Black_Jack_Pershing #George_Edward_Pickett__Pickett__pickett #Pompey_the_Great__Pompey__Gnaeus_Pompeius_Magnus #Comte_de_Rochambeau__Rochambeau__Jean_Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur #Antonio_Lopez_de_Santa_Anna__Santa_Anna__Santa_Ana__Antonio_Lopez_de_Santa_Ana #Hermann_Maurice_Saxe__Saxe__comte_de_Saxe #Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_Africanus_Major__Scipio__Scipio_Africanus__Scipio_Africanus_Major__Publius_Cornelius_Scipio__Scipio_the_Elder #Winfield_Scott__Scott #Seleucus_I_Nicator__Seleucus__Seleucus_I #William_Tecumseh_Sherman__Sherman #Siraj-ud-daula #Joseph_Warren_Stilwell__Stilwell__Vinegar_Joe_Stilwell__Uncle_Joe #Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla_Felix__Sulla #Albrecht_Eusebius_Wenzel_von_Wallenstein__Wallenstein #President_Washington__Washington__George_Washington #Archibald_Percival_Wavell__Wavell__First_Earl_Wavell #Mad_Anthony_Wayne__Wayne__Anthony_Wayne #First_Duke_of_Wellington__Wellington__Duke_of_Wellington__Arthur_Wellesley__the_Iron_Duke #Xenophon #Georgi_Konstantinovich_Zhukov__Zhukov
subtype: #lieutenant_general a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
subtype: #major-general__majorgeneral a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
subtype: #lieutenant a commissioned military officer
subtype: #first_lieutenant__firstlieutenant a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
subtype: #second_lieutenant a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marine corps holding the lowest rank
subtype: #sublieutenant (British) an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
subtype: #major a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
subtype: #marshall__marshal (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
subtype: #field_marshal__fieldmarshal an officer holding the highest rank in the army
instance: #Paul_Ludwig_von_Beneckendorff_und_von_Hindenburg__Hindenburg__Paul_von_Hindenburg #Joseph_Jacques_Cesaire_Joffre__Joffre #First_Earl_Kitchener_of_Khartoum__Kitchener__Herbert_Kitchener__Horatio_Herbert_Kitchener #Mikhail_Ilarionovich_Kutuzov__Kutuzov__Prince_of_Smolensk #Erwin_Rommel__Rommel__Desert_Fox #Karl_Rudolf_Gerd_von_Rundstedt__Rundstedt__von_Rundstedt #Archibald_Percival_Wavell__Wavell__First_Earl_Wavell
instance: #Baron_Hugh_Caswall_Tremenheere_Dowding__Dowding__Hugh_Dowding__Dowdy #Sir_Arthur_Travers_Harris__Harris__Bomber_Harris #Michel_Ney__Ney__Duc_d'Elchingen #Hermann_Maurice_Saxe__Saxe__comte_de_Saxe
subtype: #subaltern a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
subtype: #commissioned_naval_officer a commissioned officer in the navy
subtype: #ensign.commissioned_naval_officer a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
subtype: #captain.commissioned_naval_officer__skipper the naval officer in command of a military ship
subtype: #flag_captain the captain of a flagship
subtype: #commander.commissioned_naval_officer a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
subtype: #commodore a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
instance: #Oliver_Hazard_Perry__Perry__Commodore_Perry
subtype: #flag_officer a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
subtype: #full_admiral__admiral the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
instance: #William_Bligh__Bligh__Captain_Bligh #Sir_Francis_Drake__Drake__Francis_Drake #David_Glasgow_Farragut__Farragut #Viscount_Nelson__Nelson__Horatio_Nelson #Chester_William_Nimitz__Nimitz__Chester_Nimitz #Matthew_Calbraith_Perry__Perry #Hyman_George_Rickover__Rickover__Hyman_Rickover #Isoroku_Yamamoto__Yamamoto
subtype: #fleet_admiral__fleetadmiral an admiral of the highest rank; five-star admiral
subtype: #rear_admiral an admiral junior to a vice admiral
subtype: #vice_admiral an admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral
subtype: #lieutenant.commissioned_naval_officer an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
subtype: #lieutenant_commander a commissioned officer in the navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander
subtype: #lieutenant_junior_grade__lieutenant_JG an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign
subtype: #judge_advocate.commissioned_officer__judgeadvocate an officer assigned to the judge advocate general
subtype: #judge_advocate_general the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military
subtype: #line_officer a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)
subtype: #ranker.commissioned_officer (British) a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status
subtype: #staff_officer__staffofficer a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
subtype: #judge_advocate__judgeadvocate a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander
subtype: #quartermaster_general__quartermastergeneral a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
subtype: #supply_officer a commissioned officer responsible for logistics
subtype: #desk_officer a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
subtype: #executive_officer__executiveofficer the officer second in command
subtype: #inspector_general__inspectorgeneral a military officer responsible for investigations
subtype: #naval_officer__navalofficer an officer in the navy
subtype: #naval_commander__navalcommander naval officer in command of a fleet of warships
instance: #John_Paul_Jones__johnpauljone__Jones
instance: #Isaac_Hull__Hull #Alfred_Thayer_Mahan__Mahan
subtype: #noncommissioned_officer__noncommissionedofficer__noncom a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
subtype: #aircraftsman__aircraftman a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
subtype: #bombardier.noncommissioned_officer a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
subtype: #chief_petty_officer__chiefpettyofficer a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
subtype: #corporal a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
subtype: #drill_master__drillmaster__drill_instructor__drillinstructor a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
subtype: #lance_corporal__lancecorporal an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
subtype: #petty_officer__PO__P.O. a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank comparable to sergeant in the army
subtype: #master-at-arms the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship
subtype: #sergeant any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal
subtype: #color_sergeant__colorsergeant a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
subtype: #first_sergeant__firstsergeant__sergeantfirstclas a sergeant in the army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
subtype: #orderly_sergeant__orderlysergeant the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders
subtype: #gunnery_sergeant__gunnerysergeant a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines
subtype: #master_sergeant a senior noncommissioned officer in the army or air force or marines
subtype: #recruiting-sergeant a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits
subtype: #staff_sergeant__staffsergeant a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the army or marines or above airman 1st class in the air force
subtype: #technical_sergeant__technicalsergeant a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines
subtype: #warrant_officer__warrantofficer holds rank by virtue of a warrant
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