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Adjutant
Military position or rank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the military officer. For the bird, see Leptoptilos.
Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit. The term adjudant is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commissioned officer rank similar to a staff sergeant or warrant officer but is not equivalent to the role or appointment of an adjutant.
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An adjutant general is commander of an army's administrative services.
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