Assistant commandant

Assistant Commandant is a title often given to the second-in-command of a military, uniformed service, training establishment or academy. This usage is common in English-speaking nations, and in some countries it may be a military or police rank.

India
An Assistant Commandant of CISF

The rank of assistant commandant is equivalent to the ranks of assistant commissioner of police (ACP), deputy superintendent of police (DSP), and Captain in the Indian Army. This rank is a group-A gazetted officer in the Central Armed Police Forces of India.

Assistant commandants in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) are appointed through a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) selection process[1] and are called directly appointed gazetted officers.[2]

Assistant commandants are mandated to command companies and direct action teams (DATs) in various CAPFs and law enforcement agencies, They are also sent on deputations to serve in various important organizations such as RAW, NSG, SPG, NIA, IB, CBI, NDRF, NCB, state armed police force (DRG, Jharkhand Jaguars, Bihar military police, IRB, UP/MP STF, etc.), and Indian Army on deputation. Their role and performance therefore assumes an enormous significance because of the special features of an emergency force which is pressed in aid to civil power to perform multiple roles in extremely difficult situations. They are also known for leading operations while on attachment with the state police forces of India.

CAPFs ranks Police ranks Army ranks Navy ranks Air Force ranks Coast Guard ranks
Director general (Apex Scale) Director general of State Police Force Lieutenant general
(Commander's Scale)		 Vice admiral
(Commander's Scale)		 Air marshal
(Commander's Scale)		 Director general
Additional director general (ADG) Additional director general (ADG) Lieutenant general (HAG) Vice admiral (HAG) Air marshal (HAG) Additional director general
Inspector general (IG) Inspector general (IG) Major general Rear admiral Air vice marshal Inspector general
Deputy inspector general (DIG) Deputy inspector general (DIG) Brigadier Commodore Air commodore Deputy inspector general
(3-year seniority)
Commandant Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Colonel Captain Group captain Commandant
Second-in-Command Superintendent of Police (SP) / Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Lieutenant colonel Commander Wing commander Commandant (Junior Grade)
Deputy commandant Additional Superintendent of Police Major Lieutenant commander Squadron leader Deputy commandant
Assistant commandant Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) / Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Captain Lieutenant Flight lieutenant Assistant commandant
Assistant commandant (Officer Trainee) Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant Flying officer Assistant commandant
(under probation)

Pay scale of assistant commandants in CAPFs
Rank Pay Scale Pay Band
Director-General INR 2,25,000 Apex Fixed
Additional Director General INR 1,82,200 to INR 2,24,100 HAG
Inspector General INR 1,44,000 to INR 2,18,000 Pay Band 4
Deputy Inspector General INR 1,31,000 - INR 2,15,900 Pay Band 4
Sr. Commandant INR 1,31,000 - INR 2,15,986. Pay Band 4
Commandant INR 78,800 - INR 2,09,200 Pay Band 3
Deputy Commandant INR 67,700 - INR 2,08,870 Pay Band 3
Assistant Commandant INR 56,100 - 1,77,500 Pay Band 3

Subordinate officers (SOs)

Sub Inspectors are recruited through competitive examination conducted by Staff Selection Commission and they are referred to as DASOs (directly appointed subordinate officers). DESOs (departmental entry subordinate officers) are those officers who have been promoted through departmental exams conducted internally for inspectors, sub inspectors, assistant sub inspectors, head constables, constables etc.

Promotional avenues for gazetted officers

After joining service as assistant commandant the following promotional avenues are available to cadre officers:-

Rank Qualifying service for promotion
Dy. Commandant. 5 years as Asstt. Commandnat.
Second-In-Command 5 years as Dy.Commandant (with total 10 years Group ‘A’ service).
Commandant 5 years as Second-In-Command (with 15 years Group ‘A’ service)
DIGP 3 years as Commandant (with 20 years Group ‘A’ service)
IGP 3 years as DIG (24 years Group ‘A’ service)
ADG 30 years of Group 'A' service.

United States

In the United States, assistant commandant is an appointment, not a rank. A common use of the term is for the position of assistant commandant of the Marine Corps.Apppointments to this position are held by officers with the rank of General.Officers who hold this appointment are the second highest ranking officers in the United States Marine Corps after the Commandant of the Marine Corps[3]

References
  1. "Central Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination : (Overview)". Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. "CRPF Academy". Department of CRPF Academy, Kadarpur, Gurugram, Haryana, India. at present 48th batch of DAGOs is undergoing training in Academy. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. 10 U.S.C. § 5044 Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
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