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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A8_(%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9)" title="نقيب (رتبة عسكرية) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نقيب (رتبة عسكرية)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A1n" title="Capitán – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Capitán" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapitan_(h%C9%99rbi_r%C3%BCtb%C9%99)" title="Kapitan (hərbi rütbə) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kapitan (hərbi rütbə)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8" title="ক্যাপ্টেন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ক্যাপ্টেন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D1%85%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D3%99%D1%80%D3%99%D0%B6%D3%99)" title="Капитан (хәрби дәрәжә) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Капитан (хәрби дәрәжә)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Капітан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Капітан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Капітан – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Капітан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Капитан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Капитан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapetan" title="Kapetan – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kapetan" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A0" title="Capità – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Capità" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Капитан – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Капитан" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapit%C3%A1n_(vojenstv%C3%AD)" title="Kapitán (vojenství) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kapitán (vojenství)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaptajn_(milit%C3%A6r)" title="Kaptajn (militær) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kaptajn (militær)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapten" title="Kapten – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kapten" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82" title="Λοχαγός – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λοχαγός" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A1n" title="Capitán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Capitán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapitain" title="Kapitain – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kapitain" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سروان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سروان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitaine_(grade_militaire)" title="Capitaine (grade militaire) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Capitaine (grade militaire)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaptein_(rang)" title="Kaptein (rang) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kaptein (rang)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A1n" title="Capitán – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Capitán" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EC%9C%84" title="대위 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대위" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Կապիտան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կապիտան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8" title="कैप्टन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कैप्टन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satnik" title="Satnik – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Satnik" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapten" title="Kapten – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kapten" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitano" title="Capitano – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Capitano" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%9F_(%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%94)" title="קפטן (דרגה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קפטן (דרגה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapt%C3%A8n" title="Kaptèn – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kaptèn" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="კაპიტანი (არმია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კაპიტანი (არმია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapteni" title="Kapteni – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kapteni" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedvan" title="Sedvan – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Sedvan" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapteinis_(dienesta_pak%C4%81pe)" title="Kapteinis (dienesta pakāpe) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kapteinis (dienesta pakāpe)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapitonas" title="Kapitonas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kapitonas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A8_(%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87)" title="نقيب (رتبه عسكريه) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نقيب (رتبه عسكريه)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapten" title="Kapten – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kapten" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4_(%D1%86%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%BB)" title="Ахмад (цэргийн цол) – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Ахмад (цэргийн цол)" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapitein_(rang)" title="Kapitein (rang) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kapitein (rang)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%B0%89" title="大尉 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="大尉" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaptein_(grad)" title="Kaptein (grad) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kaptein (grad)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaptein_i_forsvaret" title="Kaptein i forsvaret – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kaptein i forsvaret" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitani" title="Capitani – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Capitani" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86" title="جگتورن – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="جگتورن" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapitan_(ranga)" title="Kapitan (ranga) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kapitan (ranga)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A3o" title="Capitão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Capitão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C4%83pitan_(grad_militar)" title="Căpitan (grad militar) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Căpitan (grad militar)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Капитан (воинское звание) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Капитан (воинское звание)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapiteni_(forcat_e_armatosura)" title="Kapiteni (forcat e armatosura) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kapiteni (forcat e armatosura)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kapteeni_T%C3%B6rni.jpg/440px-Kapteeni_T%C3%B6rni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1949" data-file-height="2936" /></a><figcaption>Captain <a href="/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni" title="Lauri Törni">Törni</a> in the Finnish Army in 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The army rank of <b>captain</b> (from the French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">capitaine</i></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">commissioned officer</a> rank historically corresponding to the command of a <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">company</a> of soldiers. The rank is also used by some <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air forces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">marine forces</a>, but usually refers to a more senior officer. Today, a captain is typically either the commander or <a href="/wiki/Second-in-command" title="Second-in-command">second-in-command</a> of a company or <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">artillery battery</a> (or <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Armoured_cavalry" title="Armoured cavalry">cavalry</a> <a href="/wiki/Troop" title="Troop">troop</a> or <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(army)" title="Squadron (army)">squadron</a>). In the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">Chinese</a> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>, a captain may also command a <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">company</a>, or be the second-in-command of a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>. </p><p>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. </p><p>The rank of captain should not be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">naval rank of captain</a>, or with the UK-influenced air force rank of <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a>, both of which are equivalent to the army rank of <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Captain_(armed_forces)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Captain_(armed_forces)" title="Special:EditPage/Captain (armed forces)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Captain%22+armed+forces">"Captain" armed forces</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Captain%22+armed+forces+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Captain%22+armed+forces&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Captain%22+armed+forces+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Captain%22+armed+forces">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Captain%22+armed+forces&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The term ultimately goes back to <a href="/wiki/Late_Latin" title="Late Latin">Late Latin</a> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capitaneus" class="extiw" title="wikt:capitaneus">capitaneus</a></i></span> meaning "head of [something]"; in <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a> adopted as <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">capitayn</i></span> in the 14th century, from <a href="/wiki/Old_French" title="Old French">Old French</a> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">capitaine</i></span>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Man-of-war" title="Man-of-war">man-of-war</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_warfare" title="Early modern warfare">early modern period</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a>. The funding to provide for the troops did not come from the monarch or their government; the captain responsible for feeding, housing, and provisioning their company. If he was unable to support the company, or was otherwise court-martialed, he would be dismissed ("<a href="/wiki/Cashiering" title="Cashiering">cashiered</a>"), and the monarch would sell his commission to 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air_forces">Air forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Captain_(armed_forces)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Air forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many air forces, such as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, use a rank structure and insignia similar to those of the army. </p><p>However, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>, many other <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> air forces and a few non-Commonwealth air forces<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> use an air force-specific rank structure in which <a href="/wiki/Flight_lieutenant" title="Flight lieutenant">flight lieutenant</a> is OF-2. A <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a> is derived from the naval rank of captain. </p><p>Canada is a unique exception. Due to the unification of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a> in 1968, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">air force</a> 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'.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Insignia">Insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Captain_(armed_forces)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Argentina-Army-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Capitán Argentine Army"><img alt="Capitán Argentine Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Argentina-Army-OF-2.svg/47px-Argentina-Army-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Argentina-Army-OF-2.svg/71px-Argentina-Army-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Argentina-Army-OF-2.svg/95px-Argentina-Army-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="76" data-file-height="192" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Capitán</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Army" title="Argentine Army">Argentine Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_Army_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Australian Army"><img alt="Australian Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Australian_Army_OF-2.svg/47px-Australian_Army_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Australian_Army_OF-2.svg/70px-Australian_Army_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Australian_Army_OF-2.svg/94px-Australian_Army_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bangladesh Army"><img alt="Bangladesh Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg/47px-Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg/70px-Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg/94px-Bangladesh-army-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Army" title="Bangladesh Army">Bangladesh Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Army-BEL-OF-02b.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Belgian Land Component"><img alt="Belgian Land Component" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Army-BEL-OF-02b.svg/78px-Army-BEL-OF-02b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Army-BEL-OF-02b.svg/116px-Army-BEL-OF-02b.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/British_Army_OF-2.svg/94px-British_Army_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">British Army/Royal Marines</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_Army_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Canadian Army"><img alt="Canadian Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Canadian_Army_OF-2.svg/47px-Canadian_Army_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Canadian_Army_OF-2.svg/70px-Canadian_Army_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Canadian_Army_OF-2.svg/94px-Canadian_Army_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_capital_of_the_Colombian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Colombian Army"><img alt="Colombian Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Rank_insignia_of_capital_of_the_Colombian_Army.svg/72px-Rank_insignia_of_capital_of_the_Colombian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="72" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Rank_insignia_of_capital_of_the_Colombian_Army.svg/108px-Rank_insignia_of_capital_of_the_Colombian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg/180px-Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg/240px-Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="157" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Kapteeni</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Defence_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish Defence Force">Finnish Defence Force</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Army-FRA-OF-02.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Capitaine French Army"><img alt="Capitaine French Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Army-FRA-OF-02.svg/48px-Army-FRA-OF-02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Army-FRA-OF-02.svg/72px-Army-FRA-OF-02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Army-FRA-OF-02.svg/96px-Army-FRA-OF-02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="162" data-file-height="405" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Capitaine</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgia_Army_OF-3.png" class="mw-file-description" title="კაპიტანი (K’ap’it’ani) Georgian Army"><img alt="კაპიტანი (K’ap’it’ani) Georgian Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Georgia_Army_OF-3.png/62px-Georgia_Army_OF-3.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Georgia_Army_OF-3.png/93px-Georgia_Army_OF-3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Georgia_Army_OF-3.png/124px-Georgia_Army_OF-3.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="2142" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka">კაპიტანი</span></span> (<span title="Georgian-language text"><i lang="ka">K’ap’it’ani</i></span>) <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Army">Georgian Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Indian Army"><img alt="Indian Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/47px-Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/15-TNI_Army-CPT.svg/114px-15-TNI_Army-CPT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="417" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Indonesian-language text"><i lang="id">Kapten</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Army" title="Indonesian Army">Indonesian Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland-Army-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Captaen Irish Army"><img alt="Captaen Irish Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ireland-Army-OF-2.svg/47px-Ireland-Army-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ireland-Army-OF-2.svg/70px-Ireland-Army-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ireland-Army-OF-2.svg/94px-Ireland-Army-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Captaen</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Irish_Army" title="Irish Army">Irish Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_capitano_of_the_Army_of_Italy_(1973).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Capitano Italian Army"><img alt="Capitano Italian Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Rank_insignia_of_capitano_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_capitano_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Rank_insignia_of_capitano_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_capitano_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Rank_insignia_of_capitano_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_capitano_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="488" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Capitano</i></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Italian_Army" title="Italian Army">Italian Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:15-Lithuania_Army-CPT.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kapitonas Lithuanian Land Force"><img alt="Kapitonas Lithuanian Land Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/15-Lithuania_Army-CPT.svg/45px-15-Lithuania_Army-CPT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/15-Lithuania_Army-CPT.svg/68px-15-Lithuania_Army-CPT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/15-Lithuania_Army-CPT.svg/91px-15-Lithuania_Army-CPT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="513" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Limburgish-language text"><i lang="li">Kapitonas</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Land_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Land Force">Lithuanian Land Force</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:11-APM-CPT.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Капетан (Kapetan) Macedonian Army"><img alt="Капетан (Kapetan) Macedonian Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/11-APM-CPT.svg/49px-11-APM-CPT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/11-APM-CPT.svg/74px-11-APM-CPT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/11-APM-CPT.svg/98px-11-APM-CPT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="198" data-file-height="482" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Macedonian-language text"><span lang="mk">Капетан</span></span> (<span title="Macedonian-language text"><i lang="mk">Kapetan</i></span>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_North_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Army of the Republic of North Macedonia">Macedonian Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mexican_Military_Capitan-primero.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Capitán Mexican Army"><img alt="Capitán Mexican Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mexican_Military_Capitan-primero.gif/50px-Mexican_Military_Capitan-primero.gif" decoding="async" width="50" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mexican_Military_Capitan-primero.gif/75px-Mexican_Military_Capitan-primero.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Mexican_Military_Capitan-primero.gif 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="239" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Capitán</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Army" title="Mexican Army">Mexican Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-landmacht-kapitein_ritmeester.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kapitein Royal Netherlands Army"><img alt="Kapitein Royal Netherlands Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Nl-landmacht-kapitein_ritmeester.svg/65px-Nl-landmacht-kapitein_ritmeester.svg.png" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Nl-landmacht-kapitein_ritmeester.svg/97px-Nl-landmacht-kapitein_ritmeester.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Nl-landmacht-kapitein_ritmeester.svg/130px-Nl-landmacht-kapitein_ritmeester.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="95" data-file-height="175" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Kapitein</i></span><br />Royal Netherlands Army</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Zealand-Army-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="New Zealand Army"><img alt="New Zealand Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/New_Zealand-Army-OF-2.svg/47px-New_Zealand-Army-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/New_Zealand-Army-OF-2.svg/70px-New_Zealand-Army-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/New_Zealand-Army-OF-2.svg/94px-New_Zealand-Army-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Army" title="New Zealand Army">New Zealand Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OF-2_Pakistan_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kaptan Pakistan Army"><img alt="Kaptan Pakistan Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/OF-2_Pakistan_Army.svg/47px-OF-2_Pakistan_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/OF-2_Pakistan_Army.svg/70px-OF-2_Pakistan_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/OF-2_Pakistan_Army.svg/94px-OF-2_Pakistan_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Urdu-language text"><i lang="ur">Kaptan</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PA_CPT_Svc.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Capitán (Spanish) Kapitán (Filipino) Philippine Army"><img alt="Capitán (Spanish) Kapitán (Filipino) Philippine Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/PA_CPT_Svc.svg/41px-PA_CPT_Svc.svg.png" decoding="async" width="41" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/PA_CPT_Svc.svg/62px-PA_CPT_Svc.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/PA_CPT_Svc.svg/82px-PA_CPT_Svc.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="1155" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Capitán</i></span> (Spanish)<br /><span title="Filipino-language text"><i lang="fil">Kapitán</i></span> (Filipino)<br /><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Army" title="Philippine Army">Philippine Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:03-RSA-OF02.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Captain Republic of Singapore Armed Forces"><img alt="Captain Republic of Singapore Armed Forces" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/03-RSA-OF02.svg/72px-03-RSA-OF02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="72" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/03-RSA-OF02.svg/108px-03-RSA-OF02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/03-RSA-OF02.svg/144px-03-RSA-OF02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="441" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Captain</i><br /><a href="/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces" title="Singapore Armed Forces">Republic of Singapore Armed Forces</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SAA-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kaptein South African Army"><img alt="Kaptein South African Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/SAA-OF-2.svg/47px-SAA-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/SAA-OF-2.svg/70px-SAA-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/SAA-OF-2.svg/94px-SAA-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">Kaptein</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/South_African_Army" title="South African Army">South African Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lanka-army-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sri Lanka Army"><img alt="Sri Lanka Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Sri_Lanka-army-OF-2.svg/47px-Sri_Lanka-army-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Sri_Lanka-army-OF-2.svg/70px-Sri_Lanka-army-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Sri_Lanka-army-OF-2.svg/94px-Sri_Lanka-army-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lanka Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OF-2_Kapten_FV_hylsa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kapten Swedish Air Force"><img alt="Kapten Swedish Air Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/OF-2_Kapten_FV_hylsa.svg/65px-OF-2_Kapten_FV_hylsa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/OF-2_Kapten_FV_hylsa.svg/97px-OF-2_Kapten_FV_hylsa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/OF-2_Kapten_FV_hylsa.svg/129px-OF-2_Kapten_FV_hylsa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Kapten</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SWE-Kapten.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kapten Swedish Army"><img alt="Kapten Swedish Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/SWE-Kapten.svg/49px-SWE-Kapten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/SWE-Kapten.svg/74px-SWE-Kapten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/SWE-Kapten.svg/98px-SWE-Kapten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="79" data-file-height="192" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Kapten</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Army" title="Swedish Army">Swedish Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey-army-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yüzbaşı Turkish Army"><img alt="Yüzbaşı Turkish Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Turkey-army-OF-2.svg/47px-Turkey-army-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Turkey-army-OF-2.svg/70px-Turkey-army-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Turkey-army-OF-2.svg/94px-Turkey-army-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Yüzbaşı</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Army">Turkish Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey-air-force-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yüzbaşı Turkish Air Force"><img alt="Yüzbaşı Turkish Air Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Turkey-air-force-OF-2.svg/47px-Turkey-air-force-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Turkey-air-force-OF-2.svg/70px-Turkey-air-force-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Turkey-air-force-OF-2.svg/94px-Turkey-air-force-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Yüzbaşı</i></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a></div> </li> <li 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Captain_(armed_forces)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kapitan_(rank)" title="Kapitan (rank)">Kapitan (rank)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain (United Kingdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain (United States)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_captain" title="Senior captain">Senior captain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staff_captain" title="Staff captain">Staff captain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katepano" title="Katepano">Katepano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rittmeister" class="mw-redirect" title="Rittmeister">Rittmeister</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span 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