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Commandant (shortened from ''Capitaine-commandant'', i.e. a captain commanding (a battalion)), is a rank of the French Army and French Air Force which is used instead of Major . The ''commandant'' is also styled ''chef de bataillon'' (Batallion Head) in the Infantry , ''chef d'escadrons'' (Squadrons Head) in the Armored Cavalry and ''chef d'escadron'' (Squadron Head - note the lack of s) in the Artillery and the '' Gendarmerie ''. ''Commandant'' is also the style, but not the rank, of the senior officers of the french Navy (''capitaine de corvette'', ''capitaine de frégate'' and ''capitaine de vaisseau''). Prior to the of armies subsequent to the French Revolution , the ''Major'' was the officer appointed by the King to keep track of the expenditures and readiness of a regiment. He could be either a commoner or a nobleman, and was graded as a Commissar, not an officer. The officer at commandant rank level was the ''chef de bataillon'' or ''chef d'escadron''. ''Major'' is now, however, the most senior Warrant Officer rank, above ''Adjudant-chef''. |
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