• frigate captain. Commander is also a generic term for an officer commanding any armed forces unit, such as "platoon commander", "brigade commander" and "squadron...
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  • Commander-captain or commanding captain is a naval rank, used in several navies, including those of all Scandinavian nations. It is rated OF-4 within...
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  • sections of a police station in larger departments. In the NYPD, captains are the normal commanders of precincts.[citation needed] Lieutenant: Wearing a single...
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    "The captain goes down with the ship" is the maritime tradition that a sea captain holds the ultimate responsibility for both the ship and everyone embarked...
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  • squadrons. Some navies address Lieutenant Commanders by their full rank or the positions they occupy ("captain" if in command of a vessel). In the British...
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  • Wing commander is immediately senior to squadron leader and immediately below group captain. It is usually equivalent to the rank of commander in the...
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    Captain is a rank in the Indian Navy. Captain ranks above the rank of Commander and lower than a Commodore. It is equivalent to colonel in the Indian...
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    Group Captain is a rank in the Indian Air Force. Group Captain ranks above the rank of Wing commander and lower than an Air Commodore. It is equivalent...
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  • or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level...
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  • Commander (Cdr) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is immediately junior to captain and immediately senior to the rank...
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    Force captain's authority varies by group assignment. In an operations group, senior captains may be flight commanders while more junior captains may be...
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  • ranks of lieutenant commander/major/squadron leader, commander/lieutenant colonel/wing commander and naval captain/colonel/group captain, or their equivalents...
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    Flag Captain Clapier de Colongue (the most senior officer onboard the destroyer after the injured admiral, outranking the ship commander Captain 2nd rank...
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    Headquarters Hotel Commander - Captain Doug Sword Intelligence Commander - Captain Greg Holliday Convention Center Commander - Captain Dwight Walker Detention...
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    'Alpha' Company Commander: Captain Mahbubur Rahman 'Bravo' Company Commander: Captain Hafiz Uddin Ahmad 'Charlie' Company Commander: Captain Salauddin Mumtaz...
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    had a command or not (e.g. the fictional Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander or the fictional Captain Horatio Hornblower in Hornblower and the...
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    rank, with the pay grade of O-5. Commander ranks above lieutenant commander (O-4) and below captain (O-6). Commander is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant...
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  • to the first novel, Master and Commander. Various opinions have been offered with regard to which Royal Navy captain most closely matches the fictional...
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  • Captain Mohsin Uddin Ahmed A Company CommanderCaptain Anwar Hossain B Company CommanderCaptain Akbar Hossain C Company CommanderCaptain Mohsinuddin...
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  • pilot for the Resistance. The son of Rebel Alliance fighters, he is a commander in the Resistance's Starfighter Corps and "one of Leia Organa's most-trusted...
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    Artillery (4 -3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: First Lieutenant Samuel Sherer Elder, USA Commander: Captain John Caldwell Tidball, USA Batteries of...
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  • cognate to the modern German Schultheiß, and was therefore called night commander, captain at night or schout-bij-nacht. In the Dano-Norwegian navy, the rank...
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    Scotty (Star Trek) (category Starfleet captains)
    when being protective of the ship's engines. Scotty (the fictional Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott) spent part of his life in Aberdeen, but was born in...
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  • Captain Planet and the Planeteers, commonly referred to as simply Captain Planet, is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series...
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    Rabb, Jr., USN, Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander/Commander/Captain, JAG Corps; Acting Judge Advocate General; Captain; Executive Officer of USS Allegiance...
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    Captains with sea commands generally command ships of cruiser size or larger; the more senior the officer, the larger the ship, but ship commanders do...
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  • lieutenant who has just been promoted to the rank of Master and Commander, effectively a captain, and Stephen Maturin, a destitute physician and naturalist...
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    are the Commanders' captains for Week 6?". Commanders Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 5, 2024. "Commanders-Ravens Stats & Snaps". Commanders.com. October...
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  • Captain America: Brave New World is a 2025 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Sam Wilson / Captain America. Produced...
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    officer. The modern rank of captain (abbreviated CAPT) is a senior officer rank, with the pay grade of O-6. It ranks above commander and below rear admiral...
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