brigadier general
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a colonel and whose insignia is one star
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All four are accused of treason, the ministry said, adding that three brigadier generals and three commanders who were confirmed to have deployed soldiers made up the other six.
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Stella Kim, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
He was promoted to the honorary rank of brigadier general by the Air Force chief of staff at the time, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., in a ceremony at the Aerospace Museum of California in December 2022.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 18 May 2024
Perry — who served in the military for nearly 40 years, flying 44 combat missions in Iraq — retired in 2019 at the rank of brigadier general.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Guyot named the mountain after Thomas Clingman, a congressman and senator from North Carolina who later became a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Stella Kim, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
He was promoted to the honorary rank of brigadier general by the Air Force chief of staff at the time, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., in a ceremony at the Aerospace Museum of California in December 2022.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 18 May 2024
Perry — who served in the military for nearly 40 years, flying 44 combat missions in Iraq — retired in 2019 at the rank of brigadier general.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Guyot named the mountain after Thomas Clingman, a congressman and senator from North Carolina who later became a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Brigadier general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigadier%20general. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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