An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a
A British Army commissioned officer (left) and warrant officer (right) in Afghanistan, 2011
The Royal Navy officer training academy Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth
Newly commissioned U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officers celebrate their new positions by throwing their midshipmen covers into the air as part of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2005 graduation and commissioning ceremony.
A platoon from the Australian 29th Battalion being addressed by their officer commanding in August 1918
A commission is a formal document issued to appoint a named person to high office or as a commissioned officer in a territory's armed forces. A commission constitutes documentary authority that the pe
Officer (armed forces)
…contextual qualification, the term typically refers only to a force's commissioned officers, the more senior members who derive their authority from a commission from the head of state. The proportion of officers varies greatly. Commissioned officers typically make up between an eighth and a fifth of modern armed…
Canadian commission from 2007 of a naval (acting sub-lieutenant) male (indicated in French) officer
An example of a Swedish commission from 1962, signed by King Gustav VI Adolf
1776 document commissioning Nathan Hale as a captain in the 19th Continental Regiment.
"Military Appointment" of President Abraham Lincoln, issued at the first day of June 1863