Which rank corresponds to O-3?

Which rank corresponds to O-3?

• A. Major
• B. Lieutenant Colonel
• C. Captain
• D. First Lieutenant

Answer: (C)

Think in terms of officer pay grades and their corresponding ranks. Commissioned officers are organized by pay grade, with O-1, O-2, O-3, and so on. The sequence commonly used in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps is Second Lieutenant (O-1), First Lieutenant (O-2), Captain (O-3), Major (O-4), Lieutenant Colonel (O-5), Colonel (O-6), etc. Therefore, the pay grade O-3 is titled Captain in these services. The other options map to different grades: Major is O-4, Lieutenant Colonel is O-5, and First Lieutenant is O-2. (Note: Navy naming differs, where O-3 is Lieutenant, but among the given ranks the one that corresponds to O-3 in the Army/Air Force/Marine naming is Captain.)

Think in terms of officer pay grades and their corresponding ranks. Commissioned officers are organized by pay grade, with O-1, O-2, O-3, and so on. The sequence commonly used in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps is Second Lieutenant (O-1), First Lieutenant (O-2), Captain (O-3), Major (O-4), Lieutenant Colonel (O-5), Colonel (O-6), etc. Therefore, the pay grade O-3 is titled Captain in these services. The other options map to different grades: Major is O-4, Lieutenant Colonel is O-5, and First Lieutenant is O-2. (Note: Navy naming differs, where O-3 is Lieutenant, but among the given ranks the one that corresponds to O-3 in the Army/Air Force/Marine naming is Captain.)