One-star rank
An officer of one-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-6. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members. Typically, one-star officers hold the rank of commodore, flotilla admiral, senior colonel, brigadier general, brigadier, or in the case of those air forces with a separate rank structure, air commodore.
Officers of one-star rank are either the most junior of the flag, general and air officer ranks, or are not considered to hold the distinction at all. Specifically, in many navies, one-star officers are not considered to be flag officers, although this is not always the case. The army and air force rank of brigadier general is, by definition, a general officer rank. However, the equivalent rank of brigadier is usually not designated as a general officer. The air force rank of air commodore is always considered to be an air-officer rank.
Australia[]
In the Australian Defence Force the following ranks of commissioned officers are awarded one-star ranks:
- Commodore (Royal Australian Navy one-star rank)
- Brigadier (Australian Army one-star rank)
- Air commodore (Royal Australian Air Force one-star rank)
Canada[]
- Commodore (Royal Canadian Navy one-star-equivalent rank)
- Brigadier-general/brigadier-général (Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force one-star-equivalent rank)
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Before unification in 1968, the rank of air commodore was the one-star rank equivalent for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and brigadier for the Canadian Army.
Germany[]
Army and Air Force:
- Brigadegeneral (brigadier general)
- Generalarzt ("surgeon general")
- Generalapotheker ("pharmacist general")
Navy:
- Flottillenadmiral ("flotilla admiral")
- Admiralarzt ("surgeon admiral")
- Admiralapotheker ("pharmacist admiral")
India[]
- Brigadier (Indian Army one-star rank)
- Commodore (Indian Navy one-star rank)
- Air commodore (Indian Air Force one-star rank)
Indonesia[]
- Brigadir jendral (brigadier-general) - Indonesian Army, Indonesian Marine Corps and Indonesian National Police one-star rank
- Laksamana pertama (commodore) - Indonesian Navy and Indonesian Maritime Security Agency one-star rank
- Marsekal pertama (air commodore) - Indonesian Air Force one-star rank
Pakistan[]
- Air commodore (Pakistan Air Force one-star rank)
- Brigadier (Pakistan Army one-star rank)
- Commodore (Pakistan Navy one-star rank)
Philippines[]
- Brigadier general (Philippine Army one-star rank)
- Brigadier general (Philippine Air Force one-star rank)
- Commodore (Philippine Navy one-star rank)
- Commodore (Philippine Coast Guard one-star rank)
United Kingdom[]
- Commodore (Royal Navy one-star rank)
- Brigadier (British Army and Royal Marines one-star rank)[1]
- Air commodore (Royal Air Force one-star rank)[2]
United States[]
- Rear admiral (lower half) (United States Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps one-star rank)
- Brigadier general (United States Army, Marines, Air Force, and Space Force one-star rank)
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In the modern naval services of Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, the one-star rank is flotilla admiral.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ British Army - Ranks
- ^ RAF Glossary Archived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
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