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Captain or The Captain may refer to:

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[edit] Military ranks

  • Captain (OF-2), an army, air force or marine rank with a NATO code of OF-2, and the equivalent in other military and paramilitary services
  • Captain (naval), a naval rank with a NATO code of OF-5, and the equivalent in other naval services


In specific countries


Other variations
  • Captain General, is a high military rank and a gubernatorial title. This variation of a general is now nearly extinct.
  • Group Captain, an air force rank with a NATO code of OF-5
  • Captain Lieutenant, a rank in the Russian Navy, Red Fleet/Soviet Navy and previously Imperial Russian Navy, a rank in the German Navy, and a former rank in the British army
  • Post-Captain, an obsolete alternative form of the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy
  • Flag captain, Royal Navy term for the captain of an admiral's flagship
  • Captain of the Fleet, would assist an admiral with ten or more ships to command

[edit] Occupations

[edit] Other uses

In television:

In literature:

In comics/manga:

In music:

  • Captain (band), a London-based alternative rock band
  • Captain (album), a 1998 release from Scottish band Idlewild
  • The Captain (album), the 1999 solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers
  • "The Captain", from the 2006 release Ganging Up On The Sun from Guster
  • "The Captain" (song), a song on the 2006 release Silent Shout from The Knife
  • "The Captain Is a Cold Hearted and Egotistical Fool", a song presented as an outtake on the 1999 release The Soft Bulletin 5.1 from The Flaming Lips
  • "The Captain", the stage name used by Daryl Dragon as part of the 1970s and 1980s duo Captain & Tennille

In sport

Ships

In video games