Officer (armed forces)
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An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.
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Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent contextual qualification, the term typically refers only to a force's commissioned officers, the more senior members who derive their authority from a commission from the head of state.