Captain, the rank and title of lieutenant officer in some countries and regions. The rank of captain has been set up in the rank system of all countries in the world. In most countries without the rank of captain, the captain is the highest rank of junior officers.
The word "captain" comes from the Latin word "chief". At first, the western army was based on companies, and each company was commanded by a captain. At that time, the captain was a professional title. Later, with the Qing government implementing the rank system in China, the captain gradually evolved into the rank of company commander, which was named "Zheng Jun Military Academy". After the Revolution of 1911, the Nanjing Provisional Government continued to use it. 1965438+In August, 2002, Beiyang government promulgated the rank table of army officers and soldiers and changed its name to captain.