In US military usage, a company-grade officer is a Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, or Captain.
In the Army, company-grade officers are typically assigned to a company as a platoon leader or executive officer (lieutenants) or as a commander (captains). They may also be assigned as staff officers. They may preside over a summary court-martial. Higher ranks are called Field Grade Officers.
In the Navy and the Coast Guard, a company-grade officer is called a junior officer or JO. A junior officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard is considered to be any officer holding the rank of Ensign (O-1) through Lieutenant Commander (O-4).
In the Air Force, a company-grade officer may be referred to as a CGO.
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“There was something so free and self-contained about him, something in the young fellow’s movements, that made that officer aware of him. And this irritated the Prussian. He did not choose to be touched into life by his servant.”
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