Batman (military) Batman (military) A batman or an orderly is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse" that carried the pack saddle with his officer's kit during a campaign. The U.K. English term is derived from the obsolete "bat", meaning "pack saddle" (from French "bât", from Old French "bast", from Late Latin "bastum"). A batman's duties often include: The action of serving as a batman was referred to as "batting". In armies where officers typically came from the upper
Junior commissioned officer Junior commissioned officer Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) is a term describing a group of military ranks found in the Indian Army, Pakistan Army and Nepal Army. Those soldiers holding JCO rank receive a 'junior commission' from his Commanding Officer. This commission is of a lower status than that held by full commissioned officers. During British rule, these soldiers were known as Viceroy's Commissioned Officers (VCOs) except in Nepal, which was never a British colony. Under the British, there was a clear colonial context, the VCOs being the highest that an Indian could get while the full commissioned officers were British