Junior officer
Junior officer,company officerorcompany grade officerrefers to the lowest operationalcommissioned officercategory of ranks in amilitaryorparamilitaryorganization, ranking abovenon-commissioned officersand belowsenior officers.
The termscompany officerorcompany-grade officerare used more in the Army, Air Force, orMarine Corpsas the ranks ofcaptain,lieutenantgrades and othersubalternranks originated from the officers in command of a company or equivalent (cavalry squadron/troopandartillery battery).[1][unreliable source?]
In many armed forces, a junior officer is specifically acommissioned officerholding rank equivalent to a navallieutenant,an armycaptainor aflight lieutenantor below.[citation needed]
In theUnited States Armed Forces,the termjunior officeris used by theNavy,Coast Guard,Public Health Service,andNOAA Corpsfor officers in the ranks ofchief warrant officer(W-2 to W-4),ensign(O-1),lieutenant (junior grade)(O-2),lieutenant(O-3), andlieutenant commander(O-4).[citation needed]
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- ^Dorosh, Michael A."Rank and Responsibility".canadiansoldiers: The Canadian soldier in the 20th Century.Self-published by author.Retrieved31 January2013.
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