US Officer Rank (O-1 through O-5)
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Description:
Historically, officers were prominent aristocrats or landowners who received a commission from the country’s ruler, giving them permission to raise and train military units. By contrast, the enlisted were “the common folk” the officers led into battle. It was once true even in the United States: Military units were raised for the Civil War by wealthy and prominent community members, who would obtain a commission to recruit and train the people in their hometown.
Today, commissioned officers in the United States Military are no longer aristocracy and the enlisted far from being peasants. However, officers are still the primary source of authority in any military unit, and the position maintains some of its aristocratic pedigree, as embodied in the age-old phrase, “officer and a gentleman.”
*Size options reflect the appropriate ratio when displayed next to any other officer rank (O1-O10) of the same size (S,M,L...) as if they were displayed on a uniform.
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