Editing Commodore (rank) (section)

==Other uses==

The [[U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary]] also employs variants of the ''title'' of commodore.  Members of the Auxiliary serve in the Coast Guard's [[Auxiliaries|uniformed auxiliary service]] and they do not have military rank, but who do wear modified U.S. Coast Guard uniforms and U.S. military-style officer rank insignia to indicate office.  Auxiliary members who have been elected or appointed to positions in the highest levels of the organization, similar in nature to active and reserve rear admirals and vice admirals use the term commodore (e.g., district commodore, assistant national commodore, deputy national commodore, national commodore, etc.).  These Coast Guard auxiliarists may permanently append the title commodore, sometimes abbreviated COMO, to their names (e.g., Commodore James A. Smith, National Commodore; or COMO Jim Smith, (NACO)).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg3/cg3pcx/cginfo/uniforms/insignia-national.asp |title=USCGAux Insignia of Office: Flotilla, Division, District and National Offices |date=7 May 2013 |publisher=[[United States Coast Guard Auxiliary|United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Division]] |access-date=18 June 2013}}</ref>

In the [[Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary]]—PCGA—each of the directors in command of the ten Coast Guard Auxiliary districts are commodores, as well as most of the Deputy National Directors (some may be rear admirals). Commodore is abbreviated to COMMO in the PCGA.

[[Vanderbilt University]]'s intercollegiate athletics teams are nicknamed the "[[Vanderbilt Commodores|Commodores]]", a reference to [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]]'s self-appointed title (he was the master of a large shipping fleet).

In the U.S. [[Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scouting]] program (which is part of the [[Boy Scouts of America]]), all National, Regional, Area, and Council committee chairs are titled as commodore, while senior committee members are addressed as vice commodore. Ship committee chairs do not hold this recognition.