Officer Designate
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Officer Designate OF is a term used in the NATO rank scale
, and comes below OF-1.
Ranks and insignia of NATO
Ranks and insignia of NATO are combined military insignia used by the member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.The rank scale is used for specifying posts within NATO.-Definitions:...
, and comes below OF-1.
NATO
Ranks designated as OF(D) include:- Dokimos Efedros Axiomatikos in the Hellenic ArmyHellenic ArmyThe Hellenic Army , formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece.The motto of the Hellenic Army is , "Freedom Stems from Valor", from Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War...
. A conscript desiring to become a reserve officer must serve for approximately 1 year in this rank, after completing Officer Candidate School and before being commissioned as an Anthypolochagos (2nd Lieutenant). The rank is considered equivalent to the rank of Warrant Officer, but more junior.
Rank
- Chuẩn Úy (Officer Designate) is the second lowest commissioned rank in the Vietnam People's Army.
See also
- Comparative military ranksComparative military ranksThis article is a list of various states' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another. Several of these lists mention NATO reference codes. These are the NATO rank reference...
- Subordinate OfficerSubordinate officerSubordinate officer is a term used in some armed forces for a grade of officer above a non-commissioned officer but still not actually commissioned, usually still in training...
- Vietnamese military ranks and insigniaVietnamese military ranks and insigniaThe Vietnam People's Army distinguishes three careerpaths: Officers , non-commissioned officers , and enlisted members ....