Brigadier General

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general officer rank military rank one-star rank

A Brigadier General is a one-star general officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically responsible for commanding a brigade or serving in senior staff positions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Brigadeiro-general 2
Brigadier General canonical 2
Brigadier General (United States Army) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general officer rank ⓘ
military rank ⓘ
one-star rank ⓘ
abbreviation BG ⓘ
BGen ⓘ
Brig Gen ⓘ
appointmentBy President of the United States ⓘ
category flag officer ⓘ
commandLevel brigade-level formation ⓘ
commandScope several thousand soldiers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
doctrineRole link between tactical and operational levels of war ⓘ
equivalentRank Rear Admiral (lower half) ⓘ
equivalentService United States Coast Guard ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Coast Guard

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy
higherRank Major General ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Brigadier ⓘ
legalStatus Title 10 U.S. Code general officer grade ⓘ
lowerRank Colonel ⓘ
NATOrankCode OF-6 ⓘ
officerCategory commissioned officer ⓘ
partOf U.S. Air Force rank structure ⓘ
U.S. Army rank structure ⓘ
U.S. Marine Corps rank structure ⓘ
payGrade O-7 ⓘ
promotionFrom Colonel ⓘ
promotionTo Major General ⓘ
rankGroup general officers ⓘ
rankInsignia one silver star ⓘ
requires U.S. Senate confirmation ⓘ
responsibility high-level staff duties ⓘ
operational leadership ⓘ
strategic planning ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Air Force

United States Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army

United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Marine Corps
typicalAssignment assistant division commander ⓘ
director of a major staff directorate ⓘ
typicalCommand brigade ⓘ
task force ⓘ
typicalRole deputy commander of a division ⓘ
senior staff officer ⓘ
uniformInsigniaLocation collar ⓘ
shoulder straps ⓘ
usedIn United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States military

many NATO member states ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Army officers → includesRank → Brigadier General ⓘ
Portuguese military ranks → hasCommissionedOfficerRank → Brigadier General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brigadeiro-general
Portuguese military ranks → hasAirForceOfficerRank → Brigadier General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brigadeiro-general
SS-Brigadeführer → militaryBranchEquivalent → Brigadier General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heer brigadier general
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis → militaryRank → Brigadier General ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham Eustis
General (United States Army) → distinctFrom → Brigadier General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brigadier General (United States Army)