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.

Officers of 1 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, 1 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 an air officer rank.

Contents 1 Australian 1 star ranks 2 Canadian 1 maple leaf ranks 3 United Kingdom 1 star ranks 4 United States 1 star ranks 5 Flotilla admiral 6 See also 7 References

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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 the RCAF and Brigadier for the Canadian Army.

[edit] United Kingdom 1 star ranks

• Commodore (Royal Navy 1 star rank)
• Brigadier (British Army and Royal Marines 1 star rank)
• Air Commodore (Royal Air Force 1 star rank)^[1]

[edit] United States 1 star ranks

• Rear Admiral (lower half) (United States Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps 1 star rank)
• Brigadier General (United States Army, Marines and Air Force 1 star rank)

[edit] Flotilla admiral

In the modern naval services of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden, the 1 star rank is flotilla admiral.

[edit] See also

• Ranks and insignia of NATO

[edit] References

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