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In some militaries, such as United States Army and Air Force and the British Army, captain is the entry-level rank for officer candidates possessing a professional degree, namely, most medical professionals (doctors, pharmacists, dentists) and lawyers. In the U.S. Army, lawyers who are not already officers at captain rank or above enter as lieutenants during training, and are promoted to the rank of captain after completion of their training if they are in the active component, or after a certain amount of time, usually one year from their date of commission as a lieutenant, for the reserve components.
The rank of captain should not be confused with the naval rank of captain, or with the UK-influenced air force rank of group captain, both of which are equivalent to the army rank of colonel.
The term ultimately goes back to Late Latincapitaneus meaning "chief, prominent";[2] in Middle English adopted as capitayn in the 14th century, from Old Frenchcapitaine.
The military rank of captain was in use from the 1560s, referring to an officer who commands a company. The naval sense, an officer who commands a man-of-war, is somewhat earlier, from the 1550s, later extended in meaning to "master or commander of any kind of vessel". A captain in the period prior to the professionalization of the armed services of European nations subsequent to the French Revolution, during the early modern period, was a nobleman who purchased the right to head a company from the previous holder of that right. He would in turn receive money from another nobleman to serve as his lieutenant. The funding to provide for the troops came from the monarch or his government; the captain had to be responsible for it. If he was not, or was otherwise court-martialed, he would be dismissed ("cashiered"), and the monarch would receive money from another nobleman to command the company. Otherwise, the only pension for the captain was selling the right to another nobleman when he was ready to retire.
Air forces
Many air forces, such as the United States Air Force, use a rank structure and insignia similar to those of the army.
Canada is a unique exception. Due to the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968, the air force rank titles are the same as those of the Canadian Army. However, like their Commonwealth counterparts, rank braids are pearl grey and increase in half strip increments. The decision was taken not to restore the historic rank titles for the RCAF due to it being deemed 'too confusing'. [4]
^Force, Government of Canada, National Defence, Royal Canadian Air. "Article - Royal Canadian Air Force - Backgrounder - New insignia for the Royal Canadian Air Force". www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca.
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Not to be confused with Captain naval or Sea captain This article is missing information about conditions of achieving this rank promotion requirements service length authorities and responsibilities Please expand the article to include this information Further details may exist on the talk page November 2018 The army rank of captain from the French capitaine is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers The rank is also used by some air forces and marine forces but usually refers to a more senior officer Today a captain is typically either the commander or second in command of a company or artillery battery or United States Army cavalry troop or Commonwealth squadron In the Chinese People s Liberation Army a captain may also command a company or be the second in command of a battalion Captain Aarne Juutilainen also called The Terror of Morocco by Finnish troops was well known as a soldier in the French Foreign Legion and one of the war heroes of the Winter War 1 In some militaries such as United States Army and Air Force and the British Army captain is the entry level rank for officer candidates possessing a professional degree namely most medical professionals doctors pharmacists dentists and lawyers In the U S Army lawyers who are not already officers at captain rank or above enter as lieutenants during training and are promoted to the rank of captain after completion of their training if they are in the active component or after a certain amount of time usually one year from their date of commission as a lieutenant for the reserve components The rank of captain should not be confused with the naval rank of captain or with the UK influenced air force rank of group captain both of which are equivalent to the army rank of colonel Contents 1 History 2 Air forces 3 Insignia 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesHistory EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Captain armed forces news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The term ultimately goes back to Late Latin capitaneus meaning chief prominent 2 in Middle English adopted as capitayn in the 14th century from Old French capitaine The military rank of captain was in use from the 1560s referring to an officer who commands a company The naval sense an officer who commands a man of war is somewhat earlier from the 1550s later extended in meaning to master or commander of any kind of vessel A captain in the period prior to the professionalization of the armed services of European nations subsequent to the French Revolution during the early modern period was a nobleman who purchased the right to head a company from the previous holder of that right He would in turn receive money from another nobleman to serve as his lieutenant The funding to provide for the troops came from the monarch or his government the captain had to be responsible for it If he was not or was otherwise court martialed he would be dismissed cashiered and the monarch would receive money from another nobleman to command the company Otherwise the only pension for the captain was selling the right to another nobleman when he was ready to retire Air forces EditMany air forces such as the United States Air Force use a rank structure and insignia similar to those of the army However the United Kingdom s Royal Air Force many other Commonwealth air forces and a few non Commonwealth air forces 3 use an air force specific rank structure in which flight lieutenant is OF 2 A group captain is derived from the naval rank of captain Canada is a unique exception Due to the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968 the air force rank titles are the same as those of the Canadian Army However like their Commonwealth counterparts rank braids are pearl grey and increase in half strip increments The decision was taken not to restore the historic rank titles for the RCAF due to it being deemed too confusing 4 Insignia Edit Argentine Army Capitan Australian Army Bangladesh Army Belgian Land Component Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazilian Army Capitao British Army Royal Marines Canadian Army Colombian Army Kapitan Czech Republic Army Kapteeni Finnish Defence Force Capitaine French Army კაპიტანი K ap it ani Georgian Army Indian Army Kapten Indonesian Army Captaen Irish Army Capitano Italian Army Kapitonas Lithuanian Land Force Kapetan Kapetan Macedonian Army Capitan Mexican Army Kapitein Royal Netherlands Army Kaptan Pakistan Army Capitan Spanish Kapitan Filipino Philippine Army Kaptein South African Army Sri Lanka Army Kapten Swedish Air Force Kapten Swedish Army CaptainRepublic of Singapore Armed Forces Yuzbasi Turkish Army Yuzbasi Turkish Air Force U S Army dress See also EditKapitan rank Captain United Kingdom Captain United States Senior captain Staff captain Katepano RittmeisterNotes EditReferences Edit Makela Jukka L 1969 Marokon Kauhu Terror of Morocco in Finnish Porvoo W Soderstrom WSOY OCLC 3935082 căpĭtanĕus Charlton T Lewis and Charles Short A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project Non Commonwealth air forces using an air force specific rank structure include the Egyptian Air Force Hellenic Air Force Royal Air Force of Oman Royal Thai Air Force and the Air Force of Zimbabwe Force Government of Canada National Defence Royal Canadian Air Article Royal Canadian Air Force Backgrounder New insignia for the Royal Canadian Air Force www rcaf arc forces gc ca Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Captain armed forces amp oldid 1137406884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
