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In the French Army and French Air Force, the term commandant is used as a rank equivalent to major (NATO rank code OF-3). However, in the French Navy commandant is the style, but not the rank, of the senior officers, specifically capitaine de corvette, capitaine de frégate and capitaine de vaisseau.
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Famous quotes containing the word france:
“France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war!”
—Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)
“While learning the language in France a young man’s morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
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—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)