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Company Commander CO - Captain
USA, USAF, and USMC In the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, captain is a company grade officer rank, with the pay grade of O-3. It ranks above first lieutenant and below major. It is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant in the below uniformed services. Army & Marine Captains generally command company-sized units. When given such a command, they bear the title Company Commander. Captains also instruct at service schools and combat training centers and are often staff officers at the battalion level. In medical units (in all services, except Marines), captain is the entry-level rank for doctors and those possessing a Doctor of Pharmacy. In Judge Advocate General units in all services except the United States Marine Corps, captain or first lieutenant is the entry-level rank for lawyers who already have their Juris Doctor degree and have been admitted to the bar of at least one U.S. state or territory. Air Force captains' authority varies by group assignment. In the operations group, senior captains may be flight commanders while more junior captains may be heads of departments. In the maintenance and mission support groups they are almost always flight commanders. In the medical group, captains usually have little administrative responsibility as captain is the entry level rank for many medical officers. Captains in the MSC, BSC, and NC corps, however, are sometimes assigned as flight commanders. Oklahoma DDay At Oklahoma DDay, a Captain bears the title Company Commander and is placed in command of a DDay sized Company. DDay company's range anywhere from1 to 2 platoons and host 20-40 troops. Company Commanders recieve or reqeust orders from Regiment Commanders and instructs Platoon Leaders to carry them out.
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