Answer: commanders

AnswerCrossword Clue
COMMANDERSCommissioned officers
COMMANDERSOfficers.
COMMANDERSNaval officers
commandersCOMMANDER, one who commands
commanders(in certain metropolitan police departments) The officer in charge of a division, district, precinct, or squad
commandersA naval officer of high rank, in particular (in the US Navy or Coast Guard) an officer ranking above lieutenant commander and below captain
commandersA member of a higher class in some orders of knighthood
commandersA person in authority, esp. over a body of troops or a military operation