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Officers represent the top 17% of the armed forces, serving in leadership and command roles. Officers are divided into three categories: | |||
* O-1 to O-3: Company grade officers in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Corps, and Space Force or junior officers in the Navy and the Coast Guard. | |||
* O-4 to O-6: Field grade officers in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Corps, and Space Force or mid-grade officers in the Navy and Coast Guard. | |||
* O-7 to O-10: General officers in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Corps, and Space Force or flag officers in the Navy and Coast Guard. | |||
Officers are typically commissioned as second lieutenants or ensigns with a bachelor's degree after several years of training and education or directly commissioning from civilian life into a specific specialty, such as a medical professional, lawyer, chaplain, or cyber specialist. | |||
====Warrant Officer corps==== | ====Warrant Officer corps==== | ||