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A NATO one-star general's rank insignia
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 would hold the rank of commodore, flotilla admiral, 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.
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Australian one-star ranks
Australian commodore shoulder board- Commodore (Royal Australian Navy one-star rank)
- Brigadier (Australian Army one-star rank)
- Air commodore (Royal Australian Air Force one-star rank)
Canadian 1–maple leaf ranks
- Commodore (Royal Canadian Navy one-star rank)
- Brigadier-general/brigadier-général (Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force one-star rank)
The maple leaf appears with St. Edward's crown and crossed sabre and baton.
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.
Indian one-star ranks
- Additional commissioner of police or deputy inspector general of police (Indian Police one-star rank)
- Deputy inspector general (Indian Intelligence agencies one-star rank)
- Deputy inspector general (Indian Federal law enforcement agencies one-star rank)
- Deputy inspector general (Paramilitary forces of India one-star rank)
- Air commodore (Indian Air Force one-star rank)
- Brigadier (Indian Army one-star rank)
- Commodore (Indian Navy one-star rank)
Pakistani one-star ranks
- Deputy inspector general of police (Pakistan Police one-star rank)
- Air commodore (Pakistan Air Force one-star rank)
- Brigadier (Pakistan Army one-star rank)
- Commodore (Pakistan Navy one-star rank)
British one-star ranks
- Commodore (Royal Navy one-star rank)
- Brigadier (British Army and Royal Marines one-star rank)
- Air commodore (Royal Air Force one-star rank)[1]
US one-star ranks
- 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 and Air Force one-star rank)
Flotilla admiral
In the modern naval services of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden, the one-star rank is flotilla admiral.
See also
References
General-officer, flag-officer and air-officer ranks
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