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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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.
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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
Air force brigadier general Serhii Holubotsov announced back in June that the service was developing a new glide and guidance kit to transform Soviet-vintage unguided bombs into precision munitions.
—David Axe, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
Some articles mention the bust of Robert E. Lee at the center of it, but the larger monument actually commemorates a Confederate brigadier general named James Johnston Pettigrew.
—B.a. Parker, NPR, 19 June 2024
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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
Air force brigadier general Serhii Holubotsov announced back in June that the service was developing a new glide and guidance kit to transform Soviet-vintage unguided bombs into precision munitions.
—David Axe, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
Some articles mention the bust of Robert E. Lee at the center of it, but the larger monument actually commemorates a Confederate brigadier general named James Johnston Pettigrew.
—B.a. Parker, NPR, 19 June 2024
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“Brigadier general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigadier%20general. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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