- 1 star rank
An officer of 1 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, 1 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 .Australian 1 star ranks
*Commodore (
Royal Australian Navy 1 star rank)
*Brigadier (Australian Army 1 star rank)
*Air Commodore (Royal Australian Air Force 1 star rank)Canadian 1 maple leaf ranks
*Commodore/commodore (
Canadian Forces Maritime Command 1 star rank)
*Brigadier-General/Brigadier-général (Canadian Forces Air Command and Land Forces Command 1 star rank)The maple leaf appears with St. Edward's crown and crossed sabre and baton.
Before unification, the rank of
Air Commodore was the 1 star rank equivalent for theRCAF andBrigadier for theCanadian Army .United Kingdom 1 star ranks
*Commodore (
Royal Navy 1 star rank)
*Brigadier (British Army andRoyal Marines 1 star rank)
*Air Commodore (Royal Air Force 1 star rank) [ [http://www.rafweb.org/Glossary.htm RAF Glossary] ]United States 1 star ranks
*Rear Admiral (lower half) (
United States Navy , Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps andNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps 1 star rank)
*Brigadier General (United States Army , Marines and Air Force 1 star rank)Flotilla admiral
In the modern naval services of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden, the 1 star rank is
flotilla admiral .References
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