Flashcards: Military ranks

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

Khan (Mongolian: хан/khan; Turkish: kağan or hakan; Azerbaijani: xan; Ottoman: han; Old Turkic: ????????????, kaɣan; Chinese: 可汗, kèhán; Goguryeo : 皆, key; Silla: 干, kan; Baekje: 瑕, ke; Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨ, Pashto: خان Urdu: خان‎, Balochi: خان Hindi: ख़ान; Nepali: खाँ Bengali: খ়ান; Bulgarian: хан, Chuvash: хун, hun) is originally a title for a sovereign or a military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Mongolic and later Turkic tribes living to the north of China.

A One-year volunteer, short EF (de: Einjährig-Freiwilliger), was, in a number of national armed forces, a conscript who agreed to pay his own costs for the procurement of equipment, food and clothing, in return for spending a shorter-than-usual term on active military service and the opportunity for promotion to Reserve Officers.

The term "general of the branch" or "general of the branch of service" refers to a rank equivalent to a three-star lieutenant general or four-star general.

Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organizations.

A non-commissioned officer or noncommissioned officer (NCO, colloquially non-com) is a military officer who has not earned a commission.

Private first class (PFC) is a military rank held by junior enlisted persons.

Bootsmannsmaat, short BtsmMaat/BMT (en Boatswain`s mate), was in the Austro-Hungarian Navy (1786-1918) so-called enlisted rang (OR4) and in the Imperial German Navy a non-commissioned officer (NCO) OR5-rank.

General of the Infantry (Russian: Генера́л от инфанте́рии) was an Imperial Russian Army military rank.

(This article is about the military rank. For other uses, see Major (disambiguation).)(Not to be confused with mayor.) Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces, police, intelligence agencies or other institutions organized along military lines.

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., LT, LTA, Lieut., LEUT and LEUT.) is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces, fire service or police.

A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark the position from which the officer exercises command.

A commander-in-chief is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces or significant elements of those forces.

Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.

Major general (or major-general, short MG) is a military rank used in many countries.

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.

Second lieutenant (called under-lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.

Sergeant (normally abbreviated to Sgt) is a rank used in many armies, police forces, and other uniformed organizations.

Fahnenjunker (en: officer cadet; literal: colors junker) is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and of former German speaking armed forces (Heer/ Luftwaffe).

Fähnrich (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛːnʁɪç]) is an officer candidate rank in the Austrian Bundesheer and German Bundeswehr.

Oberleutnant (OF-1a) is the highest lieutenant officer rank in the armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr), Austrian Armed Forces, and Military of Switzerland.

Officer candidate or Officer aspirant (OA) is a rank in some militaries of the world that is an appointed position while a person is in training to become an officer.

An executive officer (often abbreviated XO) is generally a person responsible for running an organization, although the exact nature of the role varies depending on the organization.

A field officer, field grade officer, or senior officer is an army, marine, or air force commissioned officer senior in rank to a company officer but junior to a general officer.

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

Colonel-in-Chief is a ceremonial position in a military regiment.

Sonderführer (short: Sdf | or Sf = Sonderführer with military command power German: Sonderführer mit militärischer Kommandobefugnis) – in the meaning of specialist leader (literal: special leader) – was the function assignment, introduced in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in 1937.

Oberfeldarzt (short: OFArzt or OFA) is a military rank in German speaking armed forces.