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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: {{subpages}} ==Parent topics== {{r|Military}} {{r|Management}} ==Subtopics== {{r|Officer}} {{r|General}} {{r|Lieutenant general}} {{r|Major general}} {{r|Brigadier general}} {{r|Colo...) |
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Revision as of 15:07, 22 April 2011
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Parent topics
- Military [r]: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. [e]
- Management [r]: The act of directing and controlling a group of people for the purpose of coordinating and harmonizing the group towards accomplishing a goal beyond the scope of individual effort. [e]
Subtopics
- Officer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- General [r]: In current military organizations, the highest military rank (although the naval equivalent is admiral); also used in the sense of general officer, the highest grade of ranks of which this is the highest [e]
- Lieutenant general [r]: A senior military rank in ground or air forces, leading a corps-size organization, occupying a major staff leadership role, or, in some countries, commanding the entire military [e]
- Major general [r]: A senior military rank, in the middle to bottom range the top of the "general officer " system that divides officers into junior, field, and general/flag. [e]
- Brigadier general [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Colonel [r]: A fairly senior military rank, typically commanding the largest tactical unit such as a brigade or regiment, and ranking just below general officers [e]
- Lieutenant colonel [r]: A military rank in the middle of the "field officer" grades, who might command a battalion, or be a deputy chief of staff (e.g., for operations or logistics) of a division, or be the executive officer (i.e., second-in-command) of a brigade [e]
- Major [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Captain (land forces [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lieutenant (land forces) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sergeant [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Corporal [r]: A non commissioned officer, subordinate to a Sergeant, who commands a small group of men, derived from the fifteenth century Italian term capo de squadra. [e]
- Warrant officer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Privates [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Specialist [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Admiral [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Flag officer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Captain (naval) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Commander (naval) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Noncommissioned officer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sergeant [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Petty officer [r]: Add brief definition or description