Major
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In many European languages, the term Major is a military rank, implying seniority at one of usually various levels of rank. For example:
- "General-Major" or "Major-General", denoting a senior ranking general officer.
- "Captain-Major", denoting a mid-level command status officer (immediately superior to the rank of a land-forces Captain but immediately subordinate to the ranks of Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel.
- "Sergeant-Major" denotes the most senior sergeant of a large military unit.
In the US Army and US Marine Corps, a Major is typically a staff officer, either a battalion Executive Officer (XO) (second in command), or a battalion staff officer such as the Operations Officer (S-3).
Most often, when the term 'major' occurs unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of a land-forces 'captain'. In some countries, notably in France, an unhyphenated "major" derives from "sergeant-major", a senior-level sub-officer rank.
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Links to Major ranks by country
- Major (Albania)
- Major (Australia)
- Major/Majoor (Belgium)
- Major (Canada)
- Major (Denmark)
- Major (Estonia)
- Majuri (Finland)
- Major (Germany)
- Őrnagy (Hungary)
- Major (Iceland)
- Maggiore (Italy)
- Majors (Latvia)
- Majoras (Lithuania)
- Major (Luxembourg)
- Majoor (the Netherlands)
- Major (Nigeria)
- Major (Norway)
- Major (Poland)
- Major (Sri Lanka)
- Major (Sweden)
- Major (United Kingdom)
- Major (United States)
Army Major insignia
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Australia |
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Belgium |
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Canada |
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Czech Republic |
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Denmark |
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Estonia |
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Germany |
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Iceland |
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Italy |
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Latvia |
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Lithuania |
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Netherlands |
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Poland |
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Sri Lanka |
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U.K. |
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U.S. |
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Air Force Major insignia
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Belgium |
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Canada |
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Denmark |
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Netherlands |
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Poland |
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Links to ranks equivalent to Major by country
- Jagran (جګړن) (Afghanistan)
- 少校 (Shaoxiao) (PR China)
- Bojnik (Croatia)
- Ra'Ed (راىد) (Egypt and most Arab League member countries)
- Commandant (France)
- Tagmatarchis (Ταγματάρχης) (Greece)
- Commandant (Ireland)
- Rav seren (רב סרן) (Israel)
- Shousa (Japan)
- 소좌 (North Korea)
- 소령 (South Korea)
- Mejar (Malaysia)
- Sturmbannführer (Schutzstaffel and paramilitary organisations of Nazi Germany)
- Comandante (Spain)
- Binbaşı (Turkey)
- Thiếu Tá (Vietnam)
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Bulgaria (майор) |
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Croatia (Bojnik) |
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France (Commandant) |
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Greece (Ταγματάρχης) |
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Hungary (Őrnagy) |
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Turkey (Binbaşı) |
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