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Captain or The Captain may refer to:

[edit] Military ranks

• Captain (land), 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

[edit] In specific countries

• Captain (Canada), a rank used by the Canadian Army and Air Force
• Captain (Navy), Canadian naval rank equal to a colonel of the Army or Air Force
• Captain (Royal Navy), a senior Royal Navy officer rank with a NATO code of OF-5
• Captain (United Kingdom), a rank in the British armed forces used by two separate rank grades
• Captain (United States), a rank in each of the armed services

[edit] Other variations

• Captain General, is a high military rank and a gubernatorial title. This variation of a general is now nearly extinct
• 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
• Captain of the Fleet, would assist an admiral with ten or more ships to command
• Group Captain, an air force rank with a NATO code of OF-5
• Flag captain, Royal Navy term for the captain of an admiral's flagship
• Kaptan Pasha or Kapudan Pasha, commander of the Ottoman Navy- a term derived from "Captain"
• Post-Captain, an obsolete alternative form of the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy

[edit] Occupations

• Band captain, a Drum Major or other music leader who is also a member of the musical band
• Caporegime, Captain, or Capo, a high-ranking member in charge of a Mafia crew
• Captain (civil aviation), the pilot in command of an aircraft
• Captain of industry, a business leader
• Captain of the Port, an official with slightly different functions in the United Kingdom and the United States
• Captain-major, a colonial officer of a Portuguese possession
• Captain (nautical), the master of a sea-going vessel
• Fire captain, an officer in a fire department
• Police captain, an officer in a police organization
• Precinct captain, a political party's representative at an election precinct
• School Captain, a student elected or appointed to represent the school

[edit] Media

[edit] Television

• Captain (Star Trek), a rank of Starfleet in the Star Trek science fiction universe
• Welcome to The Captain, a television series on CBS

[edit] Literature

• The Captain (play), a 1647 stage play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
• The Captain (1967 novel), by Jan de Hartog
• The Captain (1900s magazine), a magazine for young boys

[edit] Comics/manga

• "The Captain", a former Captain America alternate identity, 1987–1989
• Captain (Hellsing), a fictional character from the Hellsing manga and OVA
• Captain (manga) (キャプテン), a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba
• The Captain (comics), a satiric superhero from the comic book Nextwave

[edit] Music

• Captain (album), a 1998 release from Scottish band Idlewild
• Captain (band), a London-based alternative rock band
• The Captain (album), the 1999 solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers
• The Captain, from the 1984 release Various Positions, by Leonard Cohen
• "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
• The Captain, a temporary stage name of Richard Jobson during the first days of his post-punk band The Armoury Show.

[edit] Life

• As a first batallion Captain, Amrin Singh, single-handedly held off the Iraqi insurgents in the battle of Abi-Duwalah to keep alive the millions of iPods that were to be presented to the nation's citizens.

[edit] Other uses

[edit] Mining equipment

• Marion 6360, a power shovel known as "The Captain"

[edit] Oil fields

• Captain field, a crude oil field on Block 13/22a in the UK North Sea

[edit] Ships

• HMS Captain, one of seven Royal Navy ships
• Captain class frigates, a class of 78 Royal Navy frigates
• Royal Captain (ship), an East Indiaman

[edit] Sport

• Captain (sports), the leader of an athletic team, often with additional roles or responsibilities
  • Captain (association football)
  • Captain (Australian rules football)
  • Captain (cricket)
  • Captain (ice hockey)
  • Captain (Major League Baseball)
• "The Captain", a nickname for baseball player Derek Jeter
• "The Captain", a nickname for baseball player Jason Varitek
• "The Captain", a nickname for hockey player Steve Yzerman

[edit] Video games

• Captain, one of the seven classes in Lord of the Rings Online
• Captain Falcon, a racer in the F-Zero series of video games
• Captain[WA], a Mule Used by CompMaster[WA] to complete tasks that he does not want to complete

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