• Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional...
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  • Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. A brigadier general ranks above...
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  • superior rank to colonel, and subordinate to major-general. It corresponds to the rank of brigadier general in many other nations. The rank has a NATO rank...
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  • some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers...
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    generals were authorized, the Confederate States Army had four grades of general officers; they were (in order of increasing rank) brigadier general,...
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    This is a list of people who have held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army...
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    Brigadier General (Bengali: ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল, romanized: Brigēḍiẏāra jēnārēla) is a senior rank in the Bangladesh Army. It is the fourth-highest active...
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  • to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the rank of brigadier or brigadier general. In the Commonwealth, major general is equivalent to the navy...
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    Brigadier is a one-star rank in the Indian Army. Brigadier ranks above the rank of Colonel and below the two-star rank of Major General. The equivalent...
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    Brigadier general (Polish: generał brygady Polish pronunciation: [ɡɛˈnɛraw brɨˈɡadɨ], abbreviated gen. bryg.) is the lowest grade for generals in the Polish...
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    Queenston Heights and the Battle of Fort George, and was promoted to brigadier general in early 1814. He served with distinction in the Battle of Chippawa...
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    102nd Air Defense Wing and shortly after, on 6 April, was promoted to brigadier general. During this time, he was activated with the 102nd and served in Europe...
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    For his service at Fort Donelson, Colonel Wallace was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers. During the expedition to Savannah, Tennessee, Maj....
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    colonel, and commanded the 26th Infantry. He soon received promotion to brigadier general as assistant division commander of the 1st Infantry Division. After...
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    On the Western Front during World War I, he rose to the rank of brigadier general, was again nominated for a Medal of Honor, and was awarded the Distinguished...
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  • by statute. Generals are nominated for the appointment by the president from any eligible officers holding the rank of brigadier general or above who...
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    Cherokee government maintained the alliance. Pike was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army on November 22, 1861, and given a command...
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    during the Siege of Corinth later that year, Stuart was appointed brigadier general on November 29, 1862. He led first a brigade, and then a division...
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  • general (four-star rank), lieutenant general (three-star rank), major general (two-star rank) or brigadier general (one-star rank). The senior Australian...
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  • major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. A major general ranks above a brigadier general...
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  • complete list of brigadier generals in the United States Regular Army before February 2, 1901. The grade of brigadier general (or one-star general) is ordinarily...
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  • promoted to general officer rank during the war: Colonel William O. Darby, whose nomination for promotion to the rank of brigadier general had already...
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    List of military leaders in the American Revolutionary War (category Generals in the American Revolution)
    responsible for directing military affairs Held a commission of at least brigadier general or rear admiral in an organized military during the conflict Was the...
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    Congress promoted him to brigadier general. Upon returning to Poland in 1784, Kościuszko was commissioned as a major general in the Polish–Lithuanian...
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  • lieutenant general is a rank immediately below colonel general, and above major general – in these systems there is no use of the brigadier general of many...
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    major general, North Carolina State militia Carson, James Harvey - brigadier general, Virginia militia Carswell, Reuben Walker - brigadier general, Georgia...
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    differences required of a prison facility. General Halleck's chief of staff at the scene in Tennessee, Brigadier General George W. Cullum, sent many prisoners...
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    was promoted in the early American Civil War (1861–1865), to brevet brigadier general of volunteers when only aged 23. Only a few days afterwards, he fought...
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  • Expert 7. Officers in these positions are expected to promote to brigadier-general, rear admiral or Military Expert 8. "Chief of Defence Force to be...
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  • Second brigadier general (Persian: سرتیپ دوم, romanized: Sartip dovom, lit. 'Second brigade leader') is a senior military rank in the armed forces of...
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