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• AirForceStation comment "An Air Force station.".
• AirForceWing comment "Wing is a term used by different military aviation forces for a unit of command. The terms wing, group or Staffel are used for different-sized units from one country or service to another. In some military aviation services, a wing is a relatively large formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons. In other contexts a wing is a smaller unit, comprising two to four squadrons, with several wings forming a group.".
• ArmsType comment "The category of arms in use".
• ArmyCompany comment "A military company".
• ArmyFront comment "A front was a major military formation. Appearing to originate with the Russian Empire, it has been used by the Polish Army, the Red Army and Soviet Army, and by Turkey. It was roughly equivalent to an army group in the militaries of most other countries. It should not to be confused with the more general usage of military front, describing a geographic area in wartime.".
• ArmyGroup comment "A field army containing Corps, Brigades, Divisions, etc...".
• ArmyTroop comment "A generic class for an army troop in the Cavalry or a Corps.".
• Artillery comment "Artillery as a weapon type and organizational unit.".
• BattleSpace comment "A detail from an Air Force flight.".
• CarrierBattleGroup comment "A carrier battle group (CVBG) consists of an aircraft carrier (designated CV) and its escorts, together comprising the group. The first naval task forces built around carriers appeared just prior to and during World War II. The Imperial Japanese Navy was the first to assemble a large number of carriers into a single task force, known as Kido Butai. This task force was used with devastating effect during the Pearl Harbor Attack.".
• Combatant comment "A person engaging in combat and/or war.".
• CorpsFormation comment "A military formation containing Brigades, Divisions, etc...".
• DraftedSoldier comment "A soldier which serves on a full-time basis.".
• Enlisted comment "A soldier below the rank of Officer or non-commissioned Officer.".
• FieldArmy comment "A field army containing Corps, Brigades, Divisions, etc...".
• Flotilla comment "A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small flota of ships, and this from French flotte), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same class of warship, such as frigates, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, gunboats, or minesweepers.".
• FrontLine comment "A military front or battlefront is a contested armed frontier between opposing forces. This can be a local or tactical front, or it can range to a theater. A typical front was the Western Front in France and Belgium in World War I. The term \"home front\" has been used to denote conditions in the civilian sector of a country at war, including those involved in the production of matériel.".
• MilitaryAppointment comment "An appointment / function in a Military Organization.".
• MilitaryFlightUnit comment "A flight is a military unit in an air force, naval air service, or army air corps. It usually comprises three to six aircraft, with their aircrews and ground staff; or, in the case of a non-flying ground flight, no aircraft and a roughly equivalent number of support personnel. In most usages, multiple flights make up a squadron. The \"flight\" is also a basic unit for intercontinental ballistic missiles.".
• MilitaryOrganization comment "An organization that is military.".
• MilitaryRank comment "A military rank.".
• NamedAirForceUnit comment "Use this for numbered / named air forces, eg: US 8th Air Force. Ambiguous useage over time within the command structure.".
• NavalFleet comment "A fleet, or naval fleet, is a large formation of warships, and the largest formation in any navy. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land. Fleets are usually, but not necessarily, permanent formations and are generally assigned to a particular ocean or sea. Most fleets are named after that ocean or sea, but the convention in the United States Navy is to use numbers.".
• NavalOfficer comment "A Commissioned Officer serving in a political entity's Navy.".
• NavalSquadron comment "A squadron, or naval squadron, is a unit of 3-4 major warships, transport ships, submarines, or sometimes small craft that may be part of a larger task force or a fleet. A squadron is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same classification of ships, such as battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers, destroyers or frigates, or of various types tasked with a specific mission such as coastal patrol, blockade, or minesweeping. Smaller warships are usually grouped in flotillas.".
• NavyBigFleet comment "A named or numbered Navy based on operating area or administrative grouping.".
• Non-Combatant comment "A person not engaged in combat and/or war, but which might be involved in a war. This includes nurses, chaplains, medics depending on the era.".
• NonCommissionedOfficer comment "A soldier with a rank of Corporal or above.".
• Officer comment "A commissioned officer, acting, breveted or confirmed.".
• Platoon comment "A platoon".
• PrivilegedCombatant comment "A person engaging in combat and/or war as a privileged combatants under the rules of war, circa Great War.".
• ProtoAirForce comment "Use this class for army air corps, naval aviation and army aviation.".
• RankCaptainNaval comment "Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel. The equivalent rank in some navies translates as \"ship captain\" (e.g. French - capitaine de vaisseau), \"captain of sea and war\" (Portuguese capitão de mar e guerra), \"captain at sea\" (e.g. German Kapitän zur See) or \"captain of the first rank\" (Russian - капитан 1-го ранга).".
• RankCombatMilitaryRank comment "Combat or Kombat, abbreviated from Командир батальона (\"Commander of a battalion\") was a military rank in the Red Army until the end of the 1930s. At that time it was roughly equivalent to the rank of Captain.".
• RankCommandant comment "Commandant is a military or police rank. In the French, Spanish and Irish armed forces it is a rank equivalent to major. In South Africa for most of the second half of the 20th century, commandant was a rank equivalent to lieutenant-colonel in other countries.".
• RankDriver comment "Driver (Dvr) was a military rank used in the British Army and the armies of other Commonwealth countries. It was equivalent to the rank of Private. The rank was initially used in the Royal Artillery for the men who drove the teams of horses which pulled the guns. It was phased out after the First World War (when all Royal Artillerymen of the lowest rank were redesignated as Gunners). It was also used in the Royal Australian Artillery and Royal Canadian Artillery.".
• Rank_Admiral_EnglishTradition comment "Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral (equivalent to full general) and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet. It is usually abbreviated to \"Adm\" or \"ADM\". Where relevant, admiral has a NATO code of OF-9, and is a 4 star rank.".
• Rank_Admiral_of_the_Fleet_Russia comment "Admiral of the Fleet or Fleet Admiral (Адмирал флoта, Admiral flota) is the highest naval (deck) rank of the Russian Federation. It is the equivalent of the Soviet naval rank of Admiral of the Fleet and the present Russian rank of General of the Army. The rank is roughly equivalent to 4-stars Admiral ranks of other nations. There is only one rank higher than that of Admiral of the Fleet in the Russian armed forces, namely Marshal of the Russian Federation.".
• Rank_Agha comment "For other uses of the term 'Aga', see Aga. For other uses of the term 'Agha', see Agha. Agha, also Aga, as a title for a civil or military officer, or often part of such title, was placed after the name of certain military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire. At the same time some court functionaries were entitled to the agha title.".
• Rank_Air_chief_marshal_Australia comment "The specific instance of the Air chief marshal rank in the context of country Australia.".
• Rank_Aircraftman_EnglishTradition comment "Aircraftman (AC), or Aircraftwoman (ACW), is the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of several other Commonwealth countries. Aircraftman ranks below Leading Aircraftman and has a NATO rank code of OR-1. It is presently a training rank only and no airmen in productive service hold this rank. Aircraftman do not wear any rank insignia.".
• Rank_Anthypolochagos comment "Anthypolochagos is used in the Greek language to mean \"Second Lieutenant\". In the modern Hellenic Army the rank is the lowest commissioned officer rank and is inferior to an Ypolochagos. The insignia consists of a single silver star (or a star and a bar for reserve officers). Officers holding this rank should be addressed as \"Kyrie Anthypolochage\" (Κύριε Ανθυπολοχαγέ) by their subordinates, or \"Anthypolochage + family name\" by their superior officers.".
• Rank_Antisyntagmatarchis comment "Antisyntagmatarchis is used in the Greek language to mean \"Lieutenant Colonel\". The typical responsibility of an Antisyntagmatarchis is to exercise command of a battalion. Officers holding this rank should be addressed as \"Kyrie Diikita\" (Κύριε διοικητά) (stressed on the last syllable), by their subordinates when they exercise battalion command or \"Kyrie Antisyntagmatarcha\" (Κύριε Αντισυνταγματάρχα) (stressed on the syllable before last) in other cases.".
• Rank_Army_General_Russia comment "Please see \"Army General\" for other nations which use this rank Army General is the second highest military rank in the Russian Federation, inferior only to a Marshal and superior to a Colonel General. It is a direct counterpart of the Soviet rank, General of the Army (USSR).".
• Rank_Aspirant comment "Aspirant is a military rank in the Canadian Navy, French military, Brazilian military, Romanian Navy and Polish Police.".
• Rank_Aspirant_Romania comment "The specific instance of the Aspirant rank in the context of country Romania.".
• Rank_Ataman comment "Ataman was a commander title of the Ukrainian People's Army, Cossack, and haidamak leaders, who were in essence the Cossacks. In the Russia Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military commanders of the Cossack armies. It had a derogatory suggestion and was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel, a band of robbers or thieves, or leaders of the opposition forces.".
• Rank_Birinci_Ferik comment "Birinci Ferik or Ferik-i evvel was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It is translated as Lieutenant General or General (Orgeneral). The title means \"first Ferik\" and was superior to a Ferik and junior only to the Müşir. The title of Birinci Ferik was abolished with Act No. 2590 of 26 November 1934 on the Abolition of Titles and Appellations such as Efendi, Bey or Pasha.".
• Rank_Bombardier comment "Bombardier is a rank used in artillery units in the armies of Commonwealth countries instead of corporal. Lance-bombardier is used instead of lance-corporal. Bombardier (Bdr) and lance-bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are used by the British Army in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery. The same applies to the Royal Australian Artillery, the Royal New Zealand Artillery, the South African Army Artillery and the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM).".
• Rank_Bootsmann comment "Bootsmann was a highest-ranking Petty Officer position in German naval forces. A lower-ranking Bootsmann was called Bootsmannsmaat. These names were adopted for the Russian Navy as боцман and боцманмат by Peter the Great, among many other Prussian and Holland military ranks; they were initially treated as positions rather than ranks. The army and air force equivalent is a Feldwebel. In the modern German Navy, Bootsmann is a senior NCO rank.".
• Rank_Brigadier_EnglishTradition comment "Brigadier is a senior military rank, the meaning of which is somewhat different in different military services. The brigadier rank is generally superior to the rank of colonel, and subordinate to major general. A brigadier typically commands a brigade consisting of three battalions (approximately 3,000 troops). Many countries use the rank Brigadier General rather than Brigadier, and prior to the 1920s, so did members of the Commonwealth.".
• Rank_Captain comment "The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to command of a company of soldiers. The rank is also used by some air forces and marine forces. Today a captain is typically either the commander or second-in-command of a company or artillery battery. In the Chinese People's Liberation Army, a captain may also command a platoon, or be the second-in-command of a battalion. Captain is one rank above a lieutenant and one below a major.".
• Rank_Captain_Lieutenant comment "Captain Lieutenant or Captain-Lieutenant is a military rank, used in a number of different navies worldwide. It is generally equivalent to the Commonwealth or US rank of Lieutenant, and has the NATO rank code of OF-2, though this can vary.".
• Rank_Chief_Marshal comment "The ranks of Marshal of a branch and Chief Marshal of a branch were senior military ranks of the Soviet Armed Forces. Immediately above the rank \"Marshal of a branch\" is the rank \"Chief Marshal of a branch\". Both ranks are immediately above the rank \"Colonel General\" and equal to Soviet General of the Army. The ranks were created as an analog to Air Marshal and Air Chief Marshal, though they weren't used just in the Soviet Air Force but also in the several Soviet Army's branch commands.".
• Rank_Chiliarch comment "Chiliarch, in the Greek army of the Hellenistic period, was a commander of a 1,000 men unit, roughly equivalent to a modern battalion. The office was an adaptation by Alexander the Great of the Persian Achaemenid empire's hazarapatish. A chiliarch held duties both martial and civil. Alexander the Great first awarded this rank to Hephaestion Amyntoros, but after Hephaestion's death it was awarded to Perdiccas.".
• Rank_Chorbaji comment "Çorbacı (sometimes variously transliterated as chorbaji, chorbadzhi, tschorbadji) was a military rank of the corps of Janissaries in the Ottoman Empire, used for the commander of an orta, i.e. , approximately corresponding to the rank of colonel. The word is pronounced tʃoɾbaˈdʒɯ in Turkish and literally means \"soup server\", derived from çorba, \"soup\". However, this word could be connected to an old Turkic word korbashi (head of the unit/campfire).".
• Rank_Chowqzy comment "Chorąży is a military rank in Poland and neighboring countries. A chorąży was once a knight who bore a standard — the emblem of an armed troop, a province, a land, a duchy, or the kingdom. This function later evolved into a non-hereditary noble title.".
• Rank_Colonel_EnglishTradition comment "Colonel, abbreviated as Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally \"Captain\". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures. A colonel is typically in charge of a regiment in an army. \"Colonel\" is usually the highest or second-highest field rank, and is below the general ranks.".
• Rank_Comandarm comment "Comandarm (also Komandarm, Commandarm, Russian \"командарм\" - abbreviated \"командующий армией\", Commander of the Army) was a military rank in the Red Army until the end of the 1930s. Comandarm 2nd rank, with the insignia of four rombs, is graded at 4 ranks above colonel. Comandarm 1st rank, with the insignia of four rombs and a star, is at 5 ranks above colonel.".
• Rank_Combrig comment "Combrig was a military rank used in the Red Army for commanders of brigades between 1935 and 1940 (with some individuals still holding the rank in 1941). Kombrigs were senior to polkovniks (colonels) and junior to comdivs (commander of the division). When general ranks were reintroduced in July 1940 most kombrigs were transferred to the junior rank of polkovnik, while some received the rank of major general.".
• Rank_Comcor comment "Comcor (or Comkor, Komkor, abbreviated from Commander of the Corps) was a military rank in the Red Army until the end of the 1930".
• Rank_Comdiv comment "Comdiv or Komdiv, abbreviated from (\"Commander of the division\") was a military rank in the Red Army until the end of the 1930s.".
• Rank_Commander_EnglishTradition comment "Commander is a naval 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 armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.".
• Rank_Commandeur comment "Commandeur is a title in French and Dutch (also, now a purism, Kommandeur), usually rendered in English as Commander, with different uses. The literal meaning is he who commands, parallel to Commandant. In most senses the German equivalent is Kommandeur.".
• Rank_Company_Quartermaster_Sergeant comment "Company Quartermaster Sergeant is a military rank or appointment.".
• Rank_Conductor_army comment "Conductor (Cdr) is an appointment held by a few selected Warrant Officers Class 1 in the Royal Logistic Corps and is the most senior appointment that can be held by a warrant officer in the British Army. The appointment was also reintroduced into the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps for selected Warrant Officers Class 1 in 2005.".
• Rank_Corporal_EnglishTradition comment "Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4. The rank of corporal nominally corresponds to commanding a section or squad of soldiers. However, in the United States Army, but not the U.S. Marines, a corporal is usually a fire team leader or second-in-command of a squad of soldiers.".
• Rank_Daejang comment "Daejang is a senior military rank of the Korean Peninsula, used by both North and South Korea. It is considered the combined equivalent of a General and Admiral in other nations. The rank of Daejang is sometimes spelled as Taejang, depending on the transliteration system used (Taejang in McCune-Reischauer, Daejang in official ROK transliteration system).".
• Rank_Divisional_Admiral comment "Divisional Admiral or Division Admiral is a commissioned officer rank in several navies. It is a two-star flag rank, equivalent to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy and the rank of Rear Admiral (Upper Half) in the United States Navy.".
• Rank_Divisional_General comment "Divisional General is a rank used in many armies to denote a rank of general, corresponding to command of a division. For convenience Divisional General is almost always translated into English as Major-General, the equivalent rank used by the UK, USA, etc. , although this translation is, strictly speaking, incorrect. The rank is particularly common in western Europe and Latin America.".
• Rank_Drum_Major_General comment "[edit] Overview The Drum Major General was a royal appointment in the British Army used from the mid-17th century and into the 18th century. Under this appointment, all training and licensing of military drummers took place.".
• Rank_Drum_major comment "The title Drum Major is an appointment, not a military rank.".
• Rank_Epihipparch comment "Epihipparch is an Ancient Greek military title for a cavalry commander of 1,000 horse. This unit was divided into two hipparchiai of 500. Each of these was commanded by a hipparchos.".
• Rank_Ferik comment "Ferik was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It is translated as Major General or Lieutenant General (Korgeneral). It was superior to a Mirliva (\"Brigadier\") and junior to a Birinci Ferik (\"First Ferik/General\"). The title of Ferik was abolished with Act No. 2590 of 26 November 1934 on the Abolition of Titles and Appellations such as Efendi, Bey or Pasha.".
• Rank_Fleet_Board comment "Fleet Board is a term in the Royal Navy for the examination cadet officers take which qualifies them to become commissioned officers. After passing the examination, officers who entered as sub-lieutenants have their commissions backdated to the date when they entered the Royal Navy. Midshipmen are also considered commissioned officers at this point, but are not immediately promoted to sub-lieutenant.".
• Rank_Garrison_Sergeant_Major comment "A Garrison Sergeant Major (GSM) in the British Army is the senior warrant officer of a garrison and holds the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1. The GSM London District, always a guardsman, holds one of the four most senior WO1 appointments in the British Army, and has military ceremonial responsibility for important state occasions such as Trooping the Colour.".
• Rank_Gefreiter comment "Gefreiter is the German, Swiss and Austrian equivalent for the military rank Private (NATO Rank Code OR-2). Gefreiter was the lowest rank to which an ordinary soldier could be promoted. As a military rank it has existed since at least the 16th century. From the 1920s on Gefreiter has expanded into several additional ranks, those being Obergefreiter, Hauptgefreiter, Stabsgefreiter and Oberstabsgefreiter (NATO Rank Code OR-3 and OR-4). Gefreiter means \"the exempted\".".
• Rank_General-in-Chief comment "General-in-Chief has been a military rank or title in various armed forces around the world.".
• Rank_General_Admiral comment "General Admiral was a Danish, Dutch, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish naval rank. Its historic origin is a title high military or naval dignitaries of early modern Europe sometimes held, for example the (nominal) Commander-in-Chief of the Dutch Republic's navy.".
• Rank_General_officer_EnglishTradition comment "A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given. The term General is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer; and as a specific rank. Since the late twentieth century, the rank of General is usually the highest active rank of a military not at war.".
• Rank_Hasa comment "Hasa is a Korean military rank which is used in both the armed forces of North and South Korea. In both countries, the rank is considered the first non-commissioned officer grade and is generally considered the equivalent of a Corporal or Sergeant in western militaries.".
• Rank_Havildar comment "Havildar, roughly equivalent to a Sergeant".
• Rank_Hetman comment "Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita. \"Hetman\" was also the highest military office, and head of state, in Ukraine's Cossack Hetmanate. The title (гетьман) was used by Ukraine's Cossacks from the 16th century, and by the Czechs (hejtman) in Bohemia from the Hussite Wars (15th century) on.".
• Rank_Hipparchus_Cavalry comment "A Hipparchus or Hipparch was the title of an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a hipparchia (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units were commanded by an Epihipparchos.".
• Rank_Jungsa comment "Jungsa is a Korean military rank used by the armed forces of South and North Koreas. A Jungsa is the equivalent to a Sergeant First Class. The rank of Jungsa is junior to a Sangsa in North and South Korea.".
• Rank_Jungwi comment "Chungwi (중위) is the second most junior Korean officer rank in both the militaries of North and South Korea. It is considered the equivalent of a First Lieutenant in most other militaries.".
• Rank_Kapudan_Pasha comment "Kapudan Pasha or Kapudan-i Derya were the titles given to the chief commander of the navy in the Ottoman Empire. The title Kapudan-i Derya was first granted during the reign of Bayezid I as an official rank within the state structure. Starting with the reign of Mehmed II, holders of the rank were accorded the status of viziers and held the title of Pasha, thus they were more often called Kapudan Pasha.".
• Rank_Kindral comment "Kindral is the Estonian word for General which is also the highest military position in the Republic of Estonia. Both Ground Force and Air Force superior officers ranks share the same names which have been combined with the military rank of general and other senior officer ranks. There are four types of generals in the Estonia Defence Forces.".
• Rank_Kolagasi comment "Kolağası (also written as Kol Ağsı, Kol Aghasi) was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It corresponds to a Senior Captain or an Adjutant Major. Kol Ağası is a compound word composed of Kol and Ağa. The rank was junior to the Binbaşı (Major) and superior to the Yüzbaşı (Captain). The rank of Kol Ağası was changed to Önyüzbaşı in Republican period.".
• Rank_Kolonel comment "Kolonel is a rank of the Belgium, Malaysia, Estonia and Netherlands which corresponds to the rank of Colonel in other countries.".
• Rank_Lieutenant_EnglishTradition comment "A Lieutenant is a commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage is senior to the army rank. It is also used in fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces as a rank. Lieutenant may also appear as part of a title used in various other organizations with a codified command structure. It often designates someone who is \"second-in-command,\" and as such, may precede the name of the rank directly above it.".
• Rank_Lochagos comment "Lochagos is used in the Greek language to mean \"Captain\". More precisely, it means \"leader of a lochos\".".
• Rank_Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_Wash comment "The position of Lord High Admiral of the Wash is an ancient hereditary naval office of England. In mediaeval times, the Lord High Admiral of the Wash was a nobleman with responsibility for the defence and protection of The Wash coast in north East Anglia. The post was granted to the le Strange family after the Norman Conquest. In the 16th century the post became obsolete and the Royal Navy took over the defence of the area.".
• Rank_Major_EnglishTradition comment "Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world. When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is considered the most junior of the field ranks. In some militaries, notably France, the rank is referred to as commandant, while in others it is known as \"captain-major\".".
• Rank_Marshal_EnglishTradition comment "Marshal (also spelled marshall, more commonly in British English than American English), is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. The word is an ancient loan word from Old (Norman) French, cf. modern French maréchal, which in turn is a borrowing from Old Frankish *marhskalk \"stable boy, keeper, servant\", still continued by Middle Dutch maerscalc, marscal \"id. \", modern Dutch maarschalk \"military commander\" (the meaning is under French influence).".
• Rank_Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union comment "Marshal of the Soviet Union was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. (The highest rank de jure, Generalissimus of the Soviet Union, was created for Joseph Stalin and held by him alone). The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 1991. Forty-one people held the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. The equivalent naval rank was Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union.".
• Rank_Midshipman_EnglishTradition comment "A midshipman is an officer cadet, or a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, India, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Kenya. The rank was also used, prior to 1968, by the Royal Canadian Navy, but upon the creation of the Canadian Forces the rank of midshipman was replaced with the rank of naval cadet.".
• Rank_Mirliva comment "Mirliva or Mîr-i livâ was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It corresponds to a Brigadier General or Major General (Tümgeneral). Mirliva is a compound word composed of Mir and Liva. The rank was junior to the Ferik and superior to the Miralay (Colonel). The title of Mirliva was abolished with Act No. 2590 of 26 November 1934 on the Abolition of Titles and Appellations such as Efendi, Bey or Pasha.".
• Rank_Navarch comment "Navarch is a Greek word meaning \"leader of the ships\", which in some states became the title of an office equivalent to that of a modern admiral.".
• Rank_Obergefreiter comment "Obergefreiter is a rank of the German and Swiss militaries which dates from the 19th century. \t \t\t \t\t\t021-Obergefreiter. png \t\t\t German Army rank insignia (shoulder tab) \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\t3 - ogefr. GIF \t\t\t German Navy rank insignia (sleeve) \t\t\t \t\t \t The rank was only used in the German army's heavy artillery branch (Fußartillerie) before 1919 and commonly established with the founding of the Reichswehr.".

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