A field officer or field grade officer is an army or marine commissioned officer senior in rank to a company officer but junior to a general officer. An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces Marines (from the English adjective marine, meaning of the sea, from Latin language mare, meaning sea via French adjective An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority In US military usage a company-grade officer is a Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, or Captain.
Historically, a regiment or battalion's field officers made up its command element. A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel. A battalion is a Military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel
Today, a field officer is a major, lieutenant colonel, or a colonel. Major is a Military rank the use of which varies according to country Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country The British Army, (in which these officers are called officers of field rank, not field grade) and some others in the Commonwealth (including the Australian Army and New Zealand Army), also include the brigadier in this category: the equivalent in other armies is a general officer (the brigadier general). The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. The Australian Army is Australia's military land force It is part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF along with the Royal Australian Navy and the New Zealand Army ( Maori: Ngāti Tumatauenga, "Tribe of the God of war" is the land Armed force of the New Zealand military This article refers to the military rank For the Doctor Who character known as the Brigadier see Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.
In the Canadian Forces, the equivalent of field officers are senior officers (French: Officiers supérieurs); they include the army and air force ranks of Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel, and the naval ranks of Lieutenant-Commander, Commander, and Captain. The Canadian Forces (CF ( French: Forces canadiennes) are the unified Armed forces of Canada, governed by the National Defence French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Lieutenant Commander ( Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy) is a Commissioned officer rank in many navies Superior Commander is a Military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service In the Canadian Forces, the rank of Captain (Navy or Captain (N (Capt(N ( French: Capitaine de vaisseau or
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