Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) is a term describing a group of military ranks found in the Indian Army and Pakistan Army. The officers holding this rank receive a commission from the President, but this commission is of a lower status to that held by full commissioned officers. The Indian Army is the army of the Republic of India. ... Pakistans 610,000-member armed forces, the worlds 8th largest in 2000, are well trained and disciplined. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ...

During British rule, these officers were known as Viceroy's Commissioned Officers (VCOs). The British Raj is an informal term for the period of British colonial rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. ...

Senior non-commissioned officers are promoted to VCO rank on the basis of merit and seniority, plus the number of vacancies. Junior Commissioned Officers are treated as a separate class, and hold many additional privileges. They have a separate mess (the JCOs' mess), get family quarters, and are authorized to travel in first class on the railways. With good pay and privileges, it is an ambition of most enlisted men to attain these ranks. A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), or NCO, is an enlisted member of an armed force who has been delegated leadership or command authority by a commissioned officer. ... A mess is the place where military personnel socialise, eat and (in some cases) live. ...

Due to their long years of service, officers accord JCOs great respect and influence, especially in cases involving the enlisted ranks, their welfare and morale. Another custom religiously followed is that a JCO is never addressed using just his name or rank. The word Saheb (master), is added to as a suffix (for eg: Subedar Saheb or <<Name>> Saheb). It is said that even the President of India has to follow this tradition. Standard of the President of India The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and first citizen of India and the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces. ...

The JCO ranks in the Indian Army (from highest to lowest) are: The Indian Army is the army of the Republic of India. ...

• Subedar-Major (infantry and other arms)/Risaldar-Major (cavalry and armour)
• Subedar/Risaldar
• Naib Subedar/Naib Risaldar

The JCO (or Chief Petty Officer) ranks in the Indian Navy are: Infantry in the First World War Infantry (or Infantrymen) are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, using personal weapons. ... An army unit consisting of mounted soldiers is commonly known as cavalry. ... Bharatiya Nau Sena:-The Indian Navy is one of the worlds largest navies. ...

• Master Chief Petty Officer Class 1
• Master Chief Petty Officer Class 2
• Chief Petty Officer

The JCO (or Warranted) ranks in the Indian Air Force are: Good conduct variation Master Chief Petty Officer insignia Master Chief Petty Officer is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, just above Senior Chief Petty Officer, and is a non-commissioned officer. ... Good conduct variation Chief Petty Officer insignia Chief Petty Officer is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, just above Petty Officer First Class and below Senior Chief Petty Officer, and is a non-commissioned officer. ... The Indian Air Force was established on October 8, 1932 as the Royal Indian Air Force, dropping its Royal prefix after India became a Republic in 1950. ...

• Master Warrant Officer
• Warrant Officer
• Junior Warrant Officer

While Chief Petty Officer ranks in the Navy are not authorised with any form of salute, the JCOs and Warranted ranks are authorised salutes (including rifle salutes if given by an armed soldier or airman). A warrant officer (WO) or a chief warrant officer (CWO) is a member of a military organization, with a rank subordinate to other commissioned officers and senior to noncommissioned officers. ...

Honorary Commissions

There is also a custom of giving Honorary Commissions to deserving Junior Commissioned Officers. Every year a list of eligible JCOs is drawn up and Honorary commissions awarded to them. This could be at the time of retirement, or when still in service.

Honorary Commissioned Officers may wear the appropriate rank insignia, but they do not become members of the officers' mess. They do, however, recive the pay and pension of their honorary rank. The honorary ranks in the various forces are:

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• Honorary Lieutenant
• Honorary Captain

Indian Navy: A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ...

• Honorary Sub Lieutenant
• Honorary Lieutenant

Indian Air Force: A Lieutenant, Junior Grade, is a division officer in the United States Navy. ...

• Honorary Flying Officer
• Honorary Flight Lieutenant

Generally, in official documents the Junior Commissioned Officer rank held by the officer is also added before the Honorary Commission rank. For example, Subedar/Hony. Lt. or Subedar Major/Hony. Capt. Flying Officer is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. ... Flight Lieutenant (pronounced as flight lef-tenant, see Lieutenant) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. ...