Junior officer,company officer orcompany grade officer refers to the lowest operationalcommissioned officer category of ranks in amilitary orparamilitary organization, ranking abovenon-commissioned officers and belowsenior officers.
Junior officers are responsible for commanding small groups of enlisted personnel. Depending on their branch and specialty, junior officers may operate and maintain complex systems, such as weapons, vehicles, communication systems, or aircraft. They manage teams, oversee daily operations, and ensure the welfare and discipline of their subordinates. Junior officers are often tasked with planning, coordinating, and supervising tasks or missions. This might involve logistics, tactical oversight, or administrative tasks. Since Junior officers are in the early stages of their careers they are expected to develop leadership, strategic thinking, and operational expertise through experience and formal training.[1]
The termscompany officer orcompany-grade officer are used more in the Army, Air Force, orMarine Corps as the ranks ofcaptain,lieutenant grades and othersubaltern ranks originated from the officers in command of a company or equivalent (Cavalrytroop andartillery battery). In many armed forces, a junior officer is specifically acommissioned officer holding rank equivalent to a navallieutenant, an armycaptain or aflight lieutenant or below. In theUnited States Armed Forces, the termjunior officer is used by theNavy,Coast Guard,Public Health Service, andNOAA Corps for officers in the ranks ofchief warrant officer (W-2 to W-4),ensign (O-1),lieutenant (junior grade) (O-2), andlieutenant (O-3).[citation needed]
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